Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Mikhail Lavrentyev

Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

Mikhail Naimy

b. 1889

Lebanese writer and philosopher (1889–1988)

Mikhail Nesterov

Russian-Soviet painter (1862–1942)

Mikhail of Asyut

b. 1921

Coptic Metropolitan

Mikhail of Vladimir

Grand Prince of Vladimir (r. 1174; 1175–1176)

Mikhail Ostrogradsky

b. 1801

Ukrainian-Russian mathematician

Mikhail Pervukhin

b. 1904

Soviet politician (1904–1978)

Mikhail Prokhorov

b. 1965

Russian entrepreneur and politician (born 1965)

Mikhail Rusyayev

b. 1964

Russian footballer

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Russian author and satirist (1826–1889)

Mikhail Shcherbatov

b. 1733

Imperial historian (1733–1790)

Mikhail Sholokhov

b. 1905

Russian writer (1905–1984)

Mikhail Shtalenkov

b. 1965

Russian ice hockey player (born 1965)

Mikhail Skobelev

b. 1843

Russian general (1843–1882)

Mikhail Solomentsev

b. 1913

Soviet politician and bureaucrat (1913–2008)

Mikhail Tal

Soviet and Latvian chess grandmaster (1936–1992)

Mikhail Tomsky

b. 1880

Soviet trade unionist and politician (1880–1936)

Mikhail Tukhachevsky

Russian and Soviet military leader (1893–1937)

Mikhail Voronin

Russian gymnast

Mikhail Yangel

Soviet engineer and missile designer (1911–1971)

Mikhail Youzhny

b. 1982

Russian tennis player & coach (born 1982)

Mikhail Zoshchenko

Soviet writer and satirist (1894–1958)

Miki Howard

b. 1960

American singer (born 1960)