Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Victor Surridge

British motorcycle racer

Victor Trumper

Australian cricketer (1877–1915)

Victor Willis

b. 1951

American singer (born 1951)

Victor Wong (actor, born 1927)

b. 1927

American actor and journalist (1927-2001)

Victor Yates (rugby)

NZ international rugby union & league footballer

Víctor Zambrano

b. 1975

Venezuelan baseball player (born 1975)

Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie

Marshal of France

Victor, Duke of Münsterberg

b. 1443

15th-century Czech nobleman

Victoria Abril

b. 1959

Spanish actress and singer (born 1959)

Victoria Azarenka

b. 1989

Belarusian tennis player (born 1989)

Victoria Barbă

Moldovan film director (1926–2020)

Victoria Beckham

b. 1974

English fashion designer and singer (born 1974)

Victoria Bosio

b. 1994

Argentine tennis player

Victoria Braithwaite

British scientist (1967–2019)

Victoria De Angelis

b. 2000

Italian bassist (born 2000)

Victoria Drummond

b. 1894

British marine engineer

Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli

b. 1917

Spanish noblewoman

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg

b. 1887

Queen of Spain from 1906 to 1931

Victoria Francés

b. 1982

Spanish illustrator

Victoria Fromkin

b. 1923

American linguist

Victoria Fyodorova

American actress

Victoria Glendinning

b. 1937

British biographer and novelist (born 1937)

Victoria Gray Adams

American civil rights activist (1926–2006)

Victoria Jackson

b. 1959

American comedian (born 1959)