Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Buddy Knox

b. 1933

American singer-songwriter (1933–1999)

Buddy MacMaster

Canadian musician

Buddy Merrill

b. 1936

American musician (1936–2021)

Buddy O'Connor

b. 1916

Canadian ice hockey player (1916–1977)

Buddy Roberts

b. 1947

American-Canadian wrestler (1947–2012)

Buddy Rogers (wrestler)

American professional wrestler (1921–1992)

Buddy Ryan

American football player, coach, and executive (1931–2016)

Buddy Wakefield

b. 1974

American poet and spoken word artist

Budge Rogers

b. 1939

British Lions & England international rugby union player

Buenaventura Durruti

b. 1896

Spanish anarchist militant (1896–1936)

Buffalo Bob Smith

American television show host (1917–1998)

Buford Pusser

American sheriff (1937–1974)

Bugsy Siegel

American mobster (1906–1947)

Bùi Thanh Liêm

b. 1949

Buju Banton

b. 1973

Jamaican dancehall musician (born 1973)

Bulat Okudzhava

b. 1924

Soviet-Russian singer (1924–1997)

Bulbs Ehlers

American basketball, football, and baseball player

Bulcsú (chieftain)

10th-century Magyar chieftain and military leader

Bülent Arınç

b. 1948

22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey

Bülent Ecevit

b. 1925

Prime Minister of Turkey (1974; 1977; 1978–79; 1999–2002)

Bull Connor

b. 1897

American government official and segregationist (1897–1973)

Bulle Ogier

b. 1939

French actress and screenwriter (born 1939)

Bullet Rogan

b. 1893

American baseball player (1893–1967)

Bulstrode Whitelocke

English politician (1605–1675)