Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Stanisław Wigura

Polish aircraft designer and aviator (1901-1932)

Stanisław Żółkiewski

Polish noble (1547–1620)

Stanley A. McChrystal

b. 1954

US Army general (born 1954)

Stanley Adams (actor)

American actor and screenwriter

Stanley B. Prusiner

b. 1942

American neurologist and chemist (born 1942)

Stanley Baldwin

b. 1867

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923–1924; 1924–1929; 1935–1937)

Stanley Bates

b. 1942

British actor and screenwriter (born 1942)

Stanley Baxter

b. 1926

Scottish actor and comedian (1926–2025)

Stanley Bruce

Prime Minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929

Stanley Chapman

b. 1925

British architect (1925–2009)

Stanley Clarke

b. 1951

American bassist (born 1951)

Stanley Elkin

American novelist, essayist, and professor

Stanley Fischer

American and Israeli economist (1943–2025)

Stanley Fish

b. 1938

American literary theorist, legal scholar, author and public intellectual (born 1938)

Stanley Gene

b. 1974

Former Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer and coach

Stanley Hawes

British-born documentary film producer and director

Stanley Holloway

b. 1890

British actor, singer and comedian (1890–1982)

Stanley Jordan

b. 1959

American jazz guitarist

Stanley K. Hathaway

b. 1924

27th Governor of Wyoming and Secretary of the Interior

Stanley Ketchel

American boxer (1886–1910)

Stanley Knowles

Canadian politician (1908–1997)

Stanley Kramer

b. 1913

American film director and producer (1913–2001)

Stanley Kubrick

b. 1928

American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)

Stanley Kunitz

American poet (1905–2006)