Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Tessa (rapper)

b. 1997

Danish rapper (born 1997)

Tessa Bonhomme

b. 1985

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)

Tessa Jowell

b. 1947

British Labour politician (1947–2018)

Tessa Munt

b. 1959

British politician (born 1959)

Tessa Schram

b. 1988

Dutch actress and director (born 1988)

Tessa Thompson

b. 1983

American actress (born 1983)

Tessa Virtue

b. 1989

Canadian ice dancer

Tetsuharu Kawakami

Japanese baseball player and manager (1920–2013)

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

b. 1933

Japanese actress (born 1933)

Tetsuya (musician)

b. 1969

Japanese musician (born 1969)

Tetsuya Nomura

b. 1970

Japanese video game designer (born 1970)

Tetsuya Yamagami

b. 1980

Assassin of Shinzo Abe (born 1980)

Teuvo Teräväinen

b. 1994

Finnish ice hockey player (born 1994)

Tevfik Fikret

Ottoman educator and poet (1867–1915)

Tevfik Kış

b. 1934

Turkish wrestler (1934–2019)

Tewoflos

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1708 to 1711

Tex Avery

American animator (1908–1980)

Tex Beneke

American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader (1914–2000)

Tex Coulter

American gridiron football player (1924–2007)

Tex Hill

United States Air Force general

Tex Hughson

American baseball player (1916–1993)

Tex Schramm

b. 1920

American football executive (1920–2003)

Tex Williams

b. 1917

American singer-songwriter (1917–1985)

Texas Jack Omohundro

American frontier scout and showman (1846–1880)