Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Nicola Pozzi

b. 1986

Italian footballer

Nicola Roberts

b. 1985

British singer-songwriter (born 1985)

Nicola Romeo

b. 1876

Italian engineer

Nicola Sirkis

b. 1959

Musical artist

Nicola Slater

b. 1984

British tennis player

Nicola Sturgeon

b. 1970

First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023

Nicola Zaccaria

Greek operatic bass (1923–2007)

Nicolaas Bloembergen

Dutch–American physicist (1920–2017)

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn

b. 1918

Dutch mathematician (1918–2012)

Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder

b. 1620

17th century Dutch scholar and poet (1620–1681)

Nicolaas Zannekin

14th-century Flemish peasant and leader of a 1323-28 revolt in Flanders

Nicolae Dobrin

b. 1947

Romanian footballer (1947–2007)

Nicolae Saramandu

b. 1941

Romanian linguist and philologist

Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca

b. 1941

Romanian historian and philologist

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem

b. 1620

Dutch painter (1620–1683)

Nicolaes Tulp

Dutch surgeon (1593–1674)

Nicolaes Witsen

b. 1641

Dutch statesman (1641–1717)

Nicolai Abildgaard

Danish painter, sculptor and architect (1743–1809)

Nicolai Gedda

b. 1925

Swedish operatic tenor (1925–2017)

Nicolai Wergeland

b. 1780

Nicolao Dumitru

b. 1991

Italian footballer

Nicolás Almagro

b. 1985

Spanish tennis player (born 1985)

Nicolas Aubé-Kubel

b. 1996

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)

Nicolás Avellaneda

b. 1837

3rd President of Argentina