Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Sophie Howard (footballer)

b. 1993

Scottish footballer

Sophie Jamal

b. 1966

Canadian endocrinologist

Sophie Kurys

b. 1925

Baseball player

Sophie Lee

b. 1968

Australian actress (born 1968)

Sophie Luck

b. 1989

Australian actress

Sophie Masloff

American mayor (1917–2014)

Sophie Menter

b. 1846

German pianist and composer (1846–1918)

Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

b. 1557

Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1572 to 1588

Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania

Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania

b. 1587

Sophie of Württemberg

b. 1818

Queen of the Netherlands from 1849 to 1877

Sophie Okonedo

b. 1968

English actress and narrator (born 1968)

Sophie Raworth

b. 1968

English journalist, newsreader and broadcaster (born 1968)

Sophie Scholl

b. 1921

German anti-Nazi student activist (1921–1943)

Sophie Thatcher

b. 2000

American actress (born 2000)

Sophie Treadwell

b. 1885

American playwright

Sophie von Dönhoff

b. 1768

German lady-in-waiting

Sophie Walker

b. 1971

British political activist (born 1971)

Sophie Wotschke

b. 1998

Austrian politician (born 1998)

Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg

Wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1868–1914)

Sophie, Princess of Albania

b. 1885

Princess consort of Albania

Sophina Brown

b. 1976

American television and theater actress

Sopubek Begaliev

Soraia Chaves

b. 1982

Portuguese actress and model