Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg

b. 1753

Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia

b. 1657

Russian tsarevna (1657–1704)

Sophia Brahe

b. 1556

Danish horticulturalist

Sophia Bush

b. 1982

American actress (born 1982)

Sophia Campbell

Early Australian settler (1777–1833)

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover

b. 1668

Duchess/Queen in Prussia from 1701 to 1705

Sophia Dorothea of Celle

b. 1666

Electoral Princess of Hanover

Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

Queen in Prussia from 1713 to 1740

Sophia Hutchins

American socialite (1996–2025)

Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

b. 1464

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sophia Loren

b. 1934

Italian actress (born 1934)

Sophia of Hanover

Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698

Sophia of Hungary, Duchess of Saxony

Duchess consort of Saxony

Sophia of Prussia

b. 1870

Queen of Greece (1913–1917; 1920–1922)

Sophia Wilson

b. 2000

American soccer player (born 2000)

Sophie (musician)

b. 1986

English music producer and DJ (1986–2021)

Sophie Aberle

b. 1896

American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist

Sophie Adlersparre

b. 1823

Publisher, editor, writer and women's rights activist

Sophie Auster

b. 1987

American singer/songwriter and actress

Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe

b. 1578

Danish noblewoman (1578–1646)

Sophie Crumb

b. 1981

American-French comics artist

Sophie Cunningham

b. 1996

American basketball player (born 1996)

Sophie Dahl

b. 1977

British author

Sophie Germain

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher