Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Skylar Diggins

b. 1990

American basketball player (born 1990)

Skyler Gisondo

b. 1996

American actor (born 1996)

Skyler Shaye

b. 1986

American actress

Slash (musician)

b. 1965

British musician (born 1965)

Slater Martin

American basketball player and coach (1925–2012)

Slavcho Shokolarov

b. 1989

Bulgarian footballer

Slavko Cicak

b. 1969

Swedish chess grandmaster (born 1969)

Sławomir Mrożek

b. 1930

Polish playwright (1930–2013)

Sławomir Petelicki

Polish general (1946–2012)

Slayyyter

b. 1996

American singer and songwriter (born 1996)

Slick Watts

b. 1951

American basketball player (1951–2025)

Slide Hampton

b. 1932

American trombonist (1932–2021)

Slim Dunlap

b. 1951

American guitarist and singer-songwriter (1951–2024)

Slim Dusty

b. 1927

Australian country music singer-songwriter (1927–2003)

Slim Pickens

b. 1919

American rodeo performer and actor (1919–1983)

Slim Whitman

American country musician (1923–2013)

Sloan Wilson

American writer (1920–2003)

Slobodan Milošević

b. 1941

Yugoslav and Serbian politician (1941–2006)

Slobodan Živojinović

b. 1963

Serbian tennis player

Sloot Digital Coding System

Alleged data encoding technique

Sly Dunbar

b. 1952

Jamaican drummer (1952–2026)

Sly Stone

American musician (1943–2025)

SM Sultan

b. 1923

Bangladeshi painter (1923–1994)

Smarck Michel

Haitian politician (1937–2012)