Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Tullio Serafin

b. 1878

Italian conductor

Tully Bevilaqua

b. 1972

Australian basketball player (born 1972)

Tümer Metin

b. 1974

Turkish footballer and pundit

Tun Tun

b. 1923

Indian actress (1923–2003)

Tunç Başaran

b. 1938

Turkish filmmaker and actor (1938–2019)

Tunch Ilkin

Turkish-American gridiron football player and sports broadcaster (1957–2021)

Tung Chee-hwa

b. 1937

Politician and businessman from Hong Kong

Tunku Annuar

Tunku Bendahara of Kedah

Tunku Ismail Idris

b. 1984

Heir apparent to the Johor throne (born 1984)

Tunne Kelam

b. 1936

Estonian politician (born 1936)

Tuoba Huang

Crown Prince of Northern Wei

Tuomas Gerdt

b. 1922

Finnish soldier (1922–2020)

Tuomas Kantelinen

b. 1969

Finnish composer

Túpac Amaru

Monarch of the Inca state in Peru

Túpac Amaru II

Leader of an uprising in Peru

Tupac Shakur

b. 1971

American rapper and actor (1971–1996)

Tupou VI

b. 1959

King of Tonga since 2012

Turan Dursun

Former mufti, critic of Islam

Turbo B

b. 1967

American rapper (born 1967)

Ture Malmgren

b. 1851

Swedish journalist and politician (1851–1922)

Turgot of Durham

Turgut Cansever

b. 1921

Turkish architect and city planner

Turgut Özakman

b. 1930

Turkish writer (1930–2013)

Turgut Özal

President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993