Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Paul Walker

b. 1973

American actor (1973–2013)

Paul Walsh

b. 1962

English footballer (born 1962)

Paul Waner

b. 1903

American baseball player (1903–1965)

Paul Ware

b. 1970

English footballer

Paul Warhurst

b. 1969

English footballer

Paul Warwick (racing driver)

British racing driver (1969–1991)

Paul Wassif

b. 1963

Musical artist

Paul Weiland

b. 1953

British director (born 1953)

Paul Weller

b. 1958

English singer-songwriter and musician (born 1958)

Paul Wellings

b. 1953

Australian/British ecologist (born 1953)

Paul Wellstone

b. 1944

American politician (1944–2002)

Paul Went

b. 1949

English footballer (1949–2017)

Paul Wesley

b. 1982

American actor and director (born 1982)

Paul West (writer, born 1930)

British-born American novelist, poet, and essayist (1930–2015)

Paul Weston

American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor (1912–1996)

Paul Whatuira

b. 1981

New Zealand international rugby league footballer

Paul White, Baron Hanningfield

b. 1940

British politician (1940–2024)

Paul Wilbur Klipsch

American engineer (1904–2002)

Paul Williams (The Temptations singer)

b. 1939

American singer (1939–1973)

Paul Willis (actor)

American actor

Paul Wilson (musician)

b. 1978

Scottish musician (born 1978)

Paul Winchell

American ventriloquist and actor (1922–2005)

Paul Winfield

b. 1939

American actor (1939–2004)

Paul Wittgenstein

b. 1887

Austrian-American pianist (1887–1961)