Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Polly Holliday

b. 1937

American actress (1937–2025)

Polly Samson

b. 1962

English writer

Polly Umrigar

Indian cricketer

Polly Walker

b. 1966

English actress (born 1966)

Pollyanna Pickering

b. 1942

British artist and environmentalist (1942–2018)

Poly Styrene

Punk musician

Polydore Vergil

Italian-English scholar (c. 1470–1555)

Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg

b. 1706

Queen of Sardinia from 1730 to 1735

Pom Klementieff

b. 1986

French actress (born 1986)

Pommie Mbangwa

b. 1976

Zimbabwean cricketer and commentator

Pompeo Colonna

b. 1479

Italian noble (1479–1532)

Pompey

Roman general and statesman (106–48 BC)

Pomponio Nenna

Italian composer

Pomponne de Bellièvre

French statesman

Poncho Sanchez

b. 1951

Musical artist

Ponnambalam Arunachalam

b. 1853

Ceylonese civil servant (1853–1924)

Ponnambalam Ramanathan

b. 1851

Ceylon lawyer and politician

Ponnambalam Selvarasa

b. 1946

Sri Lankan politician

Pontiac (Odawa leader)

18th century Native American war chief

Pontormo

b. 1494

Florentine Mannerist painter

Pontus de Tyard

French poet and priest

Pontus Hultén

b. 1924

Swedish art collector and museum director (1924–2006)

Pontus Segerström

Swedish footballer

Poon Yiu Cheuk

b. 1977

Hong Kong footballer and coach (born 1977)