Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Valerie Bertinelli

b. 1960

American actress (born 1960)

Valerie Eliot

b. 1926

British editor; widow of T. S. Eliot

Valerie Goulding

Irish politician and campaigner (1918–2003)

Valerie Harper

b. 1939

American actress (1939–2019)

Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland

b. 1940

British social worker and life peer (1940–2025)

Valerie Mahaffey

American actress (1953–2025)

Valerie Perrine

b. 1943

American actress (1943–2026)

Valerie Plame

b. 1963

American writer, spy novelist and former CIA officer (born 1963)

Valerie Taylor (computer scientist)

b. 1963

American computer scientist

Valeriy Boldenkov

b. 1994

Moldovan-born Ukrainian footballer

Valeriy Borzov

b. 1949

Soviet-Ukrainian former sprinter and politician

Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002)

Valeriy Neverov

b. 1964

Ukrainian chess grandmaster (born 1964)

Valeriy Sydorenko

b. 1976

Ukrainian boxer

Valeriya Novodvorskaya

b. 1950

Soviet dissident (1950–2014)

Valery Afanassiev

b. 1947

Russian-born Belgian pianist, writer, and conductor

Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist)

b. 1929

Soviet anthropologist

Valery Belousov

Russian ice hockey player and coach

Valery Bryusov

Russian poet (1873–1924)

Valery Bykovsky

b. 1934

Soviet cosmonaut (1934–2019)

Valery Gazzaev

b. 1954

Russian footballer and manager

Valery Gergiev

b. 1953

Russian conductor (born 1953)

Valery Klimov (violinist)

b. 1931

Russian musician (1931–2022)

Valery Legasov

b. 1936

Former Soviet inorganic chemist and member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1936–1988)