Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Michael Russell (tennis)

b. 1978

American tennis player (born 1978)

Michael S. Engel

b. 1971

American paleontologist and entomologist

Michael S. Hart

American author, founder of Project Gutenberg (1947–2011)

Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg

b. 1927

Michael Sandle

b. 1936

British sculptor and artist (born 1936)

Michael Sarrazin

Canadian actor (1940-2011)

Michael Sata

b. 1937

President of Zambia from 2011 to 2014

Michael Schoenberg

American theoretical geophysicist (1943–2008)

Michael Schrader

b. 1987

German decathlete

Michael Schröder

b. 1959

German footballer

Michael Schwerner

American civil rights activist and murder victim (1939–1964)

Michael Sembello

b. 1954

American musician

Michael Servetus

b. 1511

16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist

Michael Shaara

American novelist (1928–1988)

Michael Shank

b. 1966

American auto racing driver

Michael Shannon

b. 1974

American actor (born 1974)

Michael Shea (American author)

b. 1946

American fiction author (1946–2014)

Michael Shermer

b. 1954

American science writer (born 1954)

Michael Showalter

b. 1970

American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer

Michael Shrieve

b. 1949

American drummer, percussionist, and composer (born 1949)

Michael Sim

b. 1984

Australian professional golfer (born 1984)

Michael Skibbe

b. 1965

German footballer and manager (born 1965)

Michael Smith (chemist)

b. 1932

Canadian biochemist, businessman and Nobel Prize laureate (1932–2000)

Michael Sorrentino

b. 1982

American television personality (born 1981)