Leading Figures in History

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

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Sigbjørn Johnsen

b. 1950

Norwegian politician

Sigebert of Gembloux

Medieval author

Sigge Parling

Swedish footballer (1930–2016)

Sigismondo d'India

Italian composer (c1582 – before 1629)

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

b. 1417

Italian nobleman and condottiero (1417–1468)

Sigismondo Savona

Maltese educator and politician

Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria

Archduke of Further Austria (1630–1665)

Sigismund II Augustus

Ruler of Poland and Lithuania from 1529 to 1572

Sigismund III Vasa

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1587–1632), King of Sweden (1592–1599)

Sigismund von Herberstein

b. 1486

Carniolan writer and diplomat (1486–1566)

Sigismund, Archduke of Austria

b. 1427

Ruler of Austria from 1439 to 1496

Sigizmund Levanevsky

b. 1902

Soviet aviator (1902–1937)

Sigleif Johansen

b. 1948

Norwegian biathlete (born 1948)

Sigmar Gabriel

b. 1959

German politician (born 1959)

Sigmar Polke

German painter (1941–2010)

Sigmund Freud

b. 1856

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

Sigmund Rascher

German Schutzstaffel (SS) doctor (1909–1945)

Sigmund Romberg

b. 1887

Hungarian-American composer (1887–1951)

Sigmund Sternberg

b. 1921

Hungarian-British philanthropist, business man and Labour Party donor

Signe Hasso

Swedish actress (1915–2002)

Signe Rink

Danish writer and ethnologist (1836–1909)

Signe Ronka

b. 1988

Latvian-Canadian figure skater

Signe Salén

Swedish doctor (1871–1963)

Signe Toly Anderson

b. 1941

American singer (1941–2016)