Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62247 persons found

Mercedes Lackey

b. 1950

American writer of fantasy novels (born 1950)

Mercedes of Orléans

Queen of Spain in 1878

Mercedes Russell

b. 1995

American basketball player (born 1995)

Mercedes Sosa

b. 1935

Argentine singer (1935–2009)

Mercurino di Gattinara

Italian politician (1465–1530)

Mercury Morris

American football player (1947–2024)

Mercy Manci

b. 1955

South African activist

Meredith Baxter

b. 1947

American actress and producer (born 1947)

Meredith Brooks

b. 1958

American musician (born 1958)

Meredith Eaton

b. 1974

American actress (born 1974)

Meredith L. Patterson

b. 1977

American technologist, science fiction author, and journalist (born 1977)

Meredith MacRae

b. 1944

American actress and singer (1944–2000)

Meredith Willson

b. 1902

American composer, conductor, musical arranger, and bandleader (1902–1984)

Méret Oppenheim

b. 1913

German-Swiss surrealist artist (1913–1985)

Méric Casaubon

b. 1599

English classical scholar (1599–1671)

Merieme Chadid

b. 1969

Moroccan astronomer and researcher (born 1969)

Meriwether Lewis

b. 1774

American explorer and politician (1774–1809)

Merle Collins

b. 1950

Grenadian writer (born 1950)

Merle Curti

b. 1897

American historian (1897–1996)

Merle Miller

American novelist

Merle Park

b. 1937

British ballet dancer and teacher

Merle Travis

American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician (1917–1983)

Merle Tuve

b. 1901

American geophysicist (1901–1982)

Merle Woo

b. 1941

American poet (born 1941)