Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Agnes of Faucigny

Countess of Savoy

Agnès Varda

b. 1928

French filmmaker and photographer (1928–2019)

Agneta Horn

b. 1629

Swedish writer (1629–1672)

Agostino Accorimboni

b. 1739

Italian composer (1739–1818)

Agostino Carracci

b. 1557

Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1557–1602)

Agostino Depretis

Italian politician (1813–1887)

Agostino Di Bartolomei

Italian footballer (1955–1994)

Agostino Roscelli

Italian priest

Agostino Steffani

b. 1654

Italian composer and diplomat (1654–1728)

Agostino Vallini

b. 1940

Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1940)

Ágoston Trefort

Hungarian politician (1817–1888)

Agrippa d'Aubigné

French poet (1552–1630)

Agrippa Postumus

b. 12 BC

Grandson of Augustus (12 BC – AD 14)

Agustín de Iturbide

Mexican army officer and politician

Agustín Gamarra

b. 1785

President of Peru variously in the 1800s (1785–1841)

Agustín Pichot

b. 1974

Argentina international rugby union player & administrator

Agustina Roth

b. 2001

Argentine BMX rider (born 2001)

Ah Young

b. 1991

South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)

Ahad Ha'am

b. 1856

Hebrew-language essayist, poet, and critic of early Zionism (1856-1927)

Ahad Hosseini

b. 1944

Iranian Azerbaijani sculptor and painter (born 1944)

Aharon Lichtenstein

b. 1933

Rabbi and rosh yeshiva

Ahilyabai Holkar

b. 1725

Queen of the Malwa kingdom (1725–1795)

Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I

b. 465

Ajaw of the Maya city of Palenque

Ahmad Akbarpour

b. 1970

Iranian writer