Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

A. G. Kripal Singh

b. 1933

Indian cricket player. (1933–1987)

A. J. Ayer

English philosopher (1910–1989)

A. J. Brown

b. 1997

American football player (born 1997)

A. J. Casson

b. 1898

Canadian painter in the Group of Seven (1898–1992)

A. J. Cook

b. 1978

Canadian actress (born 1978)

A. J. Cronin

b. 1896

Scottish physician and novelist (1896–1981)

A. J. Foyt IV

b. 1984

American football scout and former racing driver (born 1984)

A. J. Green

b. 1988

American football player (born 1988)

A. J. Quinnell

b. 1940

English thriller novelist (1940–2005)

A. J. Smith

American football executive (1949–2024)

A. Jeyaratnam Wilson

Sri Lankan Tamil academic, historian and author

A. K. Faezul Huq

Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and journalist (1944–2007)

A. K. Fazlul Huq

Pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962)

A. K. Lohithadas

Indian film director and screenwriter

A. M. Rosenthal

b. 1922

American journalist (1922–2006)

A. N. Sherwin-White

b. 1911

British historian and academic (1911–1993)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

President of India from 2002 to 2007

A. Philip Randolph

American civil rights activist (1889–1979)

A. S. Byatt

b. 1936

British writer (1936–2023)

A. Sabapathy

Ceylon Tamil politician

A. Thangathurai

20th-century Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer

A. Thiagarajah

b. 1916

Sri Lankan politician (1916–1981)

A. Thurairajah

Sri Lankan academic (1934–1994)

A. W. Sandberg

b. 1887

Danish film director and screenwriter