Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Nicolas Macrozonaris

b. 1980

Canadian sprinter

Nicolas Malebranche

b. 1638

French priest and rationalist philosopher (1638–1715)

Nicolas Marceau

b. 1964

Canadian politician

Nicolás Massú

b. 1979

Chilean tennis player and coach (born 1979)

Nicolas Nabokov

b. 1903

Russian-American composer

Nicolas Oudinot

b. 1767

French Army marshal (1767–1847)

Nicolas Peyrac

b. 1949

French musician, writer and photographer (born 1949)

Nicolás Richotti

b. 1986

Argentine basketball player (born 1986)

Nicolas Roeg

b. 1928

English film director and cinematographer (1928–2018)

Nicolas Slonimsky

b. 1894

Russian-American musicologist (1894–1995)

Nicolás Tagliafico

b. 1992

Argentine footballer (born 1992)

Nicolas Vogondy

b. 1977

French cyclist

Nicolás Vuyovich

Argentine racing driver

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

French astronomer (1580–1637)

Nicolas-Henri Jardin

French architect

Nicolas-Jacques Conté

b. 1755

French painter, and inventor of the modern pencil (1755–1805)

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

French inventor (1725-1804)

Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida

Portuguese writer (1740–1811)

Nicolaus Copernicus

Mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)

Nicolaus I Bernoulli

b. 1687

Swiss mathematician (1687–1759)

Nicolaus II Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1695–1726)

Nicolaus Otto

b. 1832

Inventor of the internal combustion engine

Nicolaus Zinzendorf

German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church

Nicole Aniston

b. 1987

American actress and model (born 1987)