Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Boli Bolingoli

b. 1995

Belgian footballer (born 1995)

Bon Scott

b. 1946

Australian singer (1946–1980)

Bona Arsenault

Canadian politician

Bona of Savoy

b. 1449

15th-century Duchess of Milan

Bonaventura Peeters the Elder

b. 1614

Flemish painter

Bonaventure

Italian theologian (1221–1274)

Bones Ely

b. 1863

American baseball player (1863–1952)

Boniface of Savoy (bishop)

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1241 to 1270

Boniface of Valperga

Bonne of Luxembourg

b. 1315

French noblewoman (1315–1349)

Bonner Pink

British politician (1912–1984)

Bonnie and Clyde

American bank robbers in the 1930s

Bonnie Bernstein

b. 1970

American sports journalist and executive

Bonnie Langford

b. 1964

English actress, singer and dancer (born 1964)

Bonnie Newman

b. 1945

American businesswoman (born 1945)

Bonnie Pointer

b. 1950

American singer and songwriter (1950–2020)

Bonnie Tyler

b. 1951

Welsh singer (born 1951)

Bonny Lee Bakley

American fraudster (1956–2001)

Bono

b. 1960

Irish musician and activist (born 1960)

Boog Powell

b. 1941

American baseball player (born 1941)

Boomer Esiason

b. 1961

American football player and commentator (born 1961)

Boone Logan

b. 1984

American baseball player (born 1984)

Booth Tarkington

American novelist (1869–1946)

Boots Poffenberger

b. 1915

American baseball player (1915–1999)