Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Barbara O'Neil

American actress (1910–1980)

Barbara of Brandenburg (1464–1515)

b. 1464

Queen consort of Bohemia

Barbara of Cilli

Holy Roman Empress from 1433 to 1437

Barbara Parkins

b. 1942

Canadian actress

Bárbara Paz

b. 1974

Brazilian actress (born 1974)

Barbara Perry (actress)

b. 1921

American actress (1921-2019)

Barbara Potter

b. 1961

American tennis player

Barbara Prammer

Austrian politician (1954–2014)

Barbara Pym

b. 1913

English novelist (1913–1980)

Barbara Radziwiłł

Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1548 to 1551

Barbara Rittner

b. 1973

German tennis player (born 1973)

Barbara Robinson (author)

American writer

Barbara Saß-Viehweger

b. 1943

German politician (born 1943)

Barbara Stanwyck

b. 1907

American actress (1907–1990)

Barbara Strozzi

b. 1619

Venetian baroque singer and composer

Barbara Taylor Bradford

b. 1933

British novelist (1933–2024)

Barbara Thompson (musician)

b. 1944

English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer (1944–2022)

Barbara Vucanovich

American politician (1921–2013)

Barbara Walters

b. 1929

American journalist (1929–2022)

Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

b. 1914

British economist; life peer

Barbara Werle

b. 1928

American actress

Barbara Windsor

b. 1937

English actress (1937–2020)

Barbet Schroeder

b. 1941

Iranian-born Swiss film director

Barbora Špotáková

b. 1981

Czech javelin thrower