Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Nour El-Sherif

b. 1946

Egyptian actor

Nouri al-Maliki

b. 1950

Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014

Noussair Mazraoui

b. 1997

Moroccan footballer (born 1997)

Novak Djokovic

b. 1987

Serbian tennis player (born 1987)

Novalis

b. 1772

German poet and writer (1772–1801)

Novera Ahmed

Bangladeshi artist (1939 – 2015)

Novlene Williams-Mills

b. 1982

Jamaican sprinter (born 1982)

Nozomi Tsuji

b. 1987

Japanese singer and actress (born 1987)

Nozu Michitsura

Japanese field marshal (1840–1908)

Ntozake Shange

b. 1948

American playwright and poet (1948–2018)

Nuala O'Faolain

Irish journalist and writer (1940–2008)

Nuccio Bertone

b. 1914

Italian automobile designer (1914–1997)

Nuh II

Amir of the Samanids from 976 to 997

Nuno Álvares Pereira

b. 1360

Portuguese general (1360–1431)

Nuno Bettencourt

b. 1966

Portuguese-American guitarist (born 1966)

Nuno Gomes

b. 1976

Portuguese footballer (born 1976)

Nuno Mendes (footballer, born 2002)

b. 2002

Portuguese footballer (born 2002)

Nuno Santos (footballer, born 1978)

b. 1978

Portuguese footballer

Nuno Santos (footballer, born 1980)

b. 1980

Portuguese footballer

Nuno Valente

b. 1974

Portuguese footballer

Nuon Chea

b. 1926

Cambodian politician and war criminal (1926–2019)

Nur al-Din Zengi

Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)

Nur Fettahoğlu

b. 1980

Turkish actress (born 1980)

Nur Jahan

b. 1577

Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire