Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Tatjana Fomina

b. 1954

Estonian chess player

Tatjana Hüfner

b. 1983

German luger (born 1983)

Tatjana Maria

b. 1987

German tennis player (born 1987)

Tatsunori Hara

b. 1958

Japanese baseball manager (born 1958)

Tatsuo Hori

Japanese writer (1904–1953)

Tatsuo Shimabuku

Okinawan karateka and the founder of Isshin-ryū

Tatu Kolehmainen

b. 1885

Finnish long-distance runner

Tatu Sinisalo

b. 1992

Finnish actor (born 1992)

Tatwine

Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734, Christian saint

Tatya Tope

Leader of the Indian War of Independence in 1857

Tatyana Ledovskaya

b. 1966

Soviet and Belarusian athletics competitor

Tatyana Mitkova

b. 1959

Russian television journalist (born 1955)

Tatyana Tolstaya

b. 1951

Russian writer

Tatyana van Aardenne-Ehrenfest

b. 1905

Dutch mathematician (1905–1984)

Tatyana Zaslavskaya

Russian sociologist and economist (1927–2013)

Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV

b. 1918

King of Tonga from 1965 to 2006

Taufik Hidayat

b. 1981

Indonesian badminton player and politician (born 1981)

Taufiq Ismail

b. 1935

Indonesian poet, activist and editor

Taufiq Kiemas

Indonesian politician (1942–2013)

Taur Matan Ruak

b. 1956

East Timorese politician (born 1956)

Tavis Smiley

b. 1964

Talk show host and author (born 1964)

Tawan Vihokratana

b. 1991

Thai actor, model and host (born 1991)

Tawfiq al-Hakim

b. 1898

Egyptian writer (1898–1987)

Tawn Mastrey

b. 1954

American infotainer