Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Tania Foster

b. 1987

Musical artist

Taniela Lasalo

b. 1989

Australian rugby league footballer

Tanikaze Kajinosuke

b. 1750

Japanese sumo wrestler (1750–1795)

Tanita Tikaram

b. 1969

British singer-songwriter (born 1969)

Tanith Belbin White

b. 1984

Canadian-American ice dancer (born 1984)

Tanith Lee

British science fiction and fantasy writer (1947 – 2015)

Tanitoluwa Adewumi

b. 2010

American chess player (born 2010)

Tanja Szewczenko

b. 1977

German figure skater and actor (born 1977)

Tanka Prasad Acharya

19th Prime minister of Nepal

Tankei

Japanese sculptor

Tanneguy Le Fèvre

French humanist and scholar (1615–1672)

Tanner Foust

b. 1973

American racecar driver, stunt driver and television host

Tanner Roark

b. 1986

American baseball pitcher (born 1986)

Tanni Grey-Thompson

b. 1969

Welsh wheelchair racer and parliamentarian (born 1969)

Tansu Çiller

b. 1946

Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996

Tanya Roberts

b. 1955

American actress (1949–2021)

Tanya Savicheva

Russian diarist and victim of the Siege of Leningrad

Tanya Tucker

b. 1958

American country singer (born 1958)

Tanyon Sturtze

b. 1970

American baseball player (born 1970)

Tao Okamoto

b. 1985

Japanese actress (born 1985)

Taoufik Makhloufi

b. 1988

Algerian track and field athlete

Tapan Sarkar

b. 1948

Indian-American electrical engineer (1948–2021)

Tapio Wilska

b. 1969

Musical artist

Tapley Seaton

b. 1950

Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (2015–2023)