Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Toshizō Nishio

Japanese general

Tosia Altman

b. 1919

Member of the Polish and Jewish resistance movements in World War II

Tosin Adarabioyo

b. 1997

English footballer (born 1997)

Tostig Godwinson

11th-century Anglo-Saxon earl

TotalBiscuit

British game critic and commentator (1984–2018)

Totila

King of the Ostrogoths from 541 to 552

Toto Cutugno

Italian musician (1943–2023)

Toughie (frog)

Last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (died 2016)

Toumani Diabaté

Malian musician (1965–2024)

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte

French Navy officer (1720–1791)

Tove Jansson

Finland-Swedish writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

Tove Lo

b. 1987

Swedish singer and songwriter (born 1987)

Tove Nilsen

b. 1952

Norwegian writer (born 1952)

Townsend Harris

b. 1804

American politician (1804–1878)

Townsend Hoopes

American historian and government official (1922–2004)

Toyah Willcox

b. 1958

English singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter (born 1958)

Toyo Ito

b. 1941

Japanese architect

Toyohiko Kagawa

b. 1888

Japanese Christian social reformer

Toyonoshima Daiki

b. 1983

Japanese sumo wrestler

Toyotomi Hideyori

b. 1593

Japanese samurai (1593–1615)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Military ruler of Japan from 1585 to 1598

Tracee Ellis Ross

b. 1972

American actress (born 1972)

Tracey Crouch

b. 1975

British politician (born 1975)

Tracey Emin

b. 1963

English artist (born 1963)