Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Tamika Catchings

b. 1979

American basketball player (born 1979)

Tamir Sapir

Georgian born-American businessman

Tammi Terrell

b. 1945

American singer-songwriter (1945–1970)

Tammin Sursok

b. 1983

Australian and American actress (born 1983)

Tammy Faye Messner

American evangelical and singer (1942–2007)

Tammy Wynette

b. 1942

American country singer (1942–1998)

Tamurbek Dawletschin

b. 1904

Soviet writer (1904–1983)

Tan Cheng Bock

b. 1940

Singaporean politician

Tản Đà

b. 1889

Vietnamese poet

Tan Dun

b. 1957

Chinese-American composer and conductor (born 1957)

Tan Kah Kee

b. 1874

Chinese businessman

Tan White

b. 1982

American basketball player (born 1982)

Tan Zhongyi

b. 1991

Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1991)

Tana Umaga

b. 1973

New Zealand international rugby union & league player (born 1973)

Tanaz Eshaghian

b. 1974

Iranian-American documentary filmmaker

Tancrède Labbé

b. 1887

Canadian politician and businessman (1887-1956)

Tancredo Neves

Prime minister of Brazil from 1961 to 1962

Tanel Padar

b. 1980

Estonian singer and songwriter (born 1980)

Tanel Tammet

b. 1965

Estonian computer scientist

Taner Akçam

b. 1953

Turkish-German historian and sociologist (born 1953)

Tang Chang

Thai artist and poet (1934–1990)

Tang Daoxi

Tanguturi Prakasam

b. 1872

Chief Minister of Andhra State from 1953 to 1954

Tania Cagnotto

b. 1985

Italian diver (born 1985)