Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Wilf Copping

b. 1909

English footballer and manager (1909–80)

Wilf Mannion

b. 1918

English footballer (1918–2000)

Wilford Brimley

American actor (1934–2020)

Wilford White

American football player (1928–2013)

Wilford Woodruff

4th President of the LDS Church from 1889 to 1898

Wilfred Benítez

b. 1958

Puerto Rican boxer (born 1958)

Wilfred Bouma

b. 1978

Dutch footballer (born 1978)

Wilfred Burchett

b. 1911

Australian journalist

Wilfred de Souza

Indian politician (1927–2015)

Wilfred Feinberg

American judge

Wilfred Gordon Bigelow

b. 1913

Canadian heart surgeon

Wilfred Grenfell

British medical missionary (1865–1940)

Wilfred Josephs

b. 1924

English composer

Wilfred Kitching

b. 1893

British Salvation Army General (1893–1977)

Wilfred Mugeyi

b. 1969

Zimbabwean footballer and manager (born 1969)

Wilfred Pickles

b. 1904

British actor (1904–1978)

Wilfred Rhodes

English cricketer (1877–1973)

Wilfred Thesiger

b. 1910

British military officer, explorer, and writer

Wilfredo Gómez

b. 1956

Puerto Rican boxer (1956–2026)

Wilfrid Hamel

b. 1895

Canadian politician

Wilfrid Hyde-White

British actor (1903–1991)

Wilfrid Israel

Jewish Anglo-German businessman active in the Kindertransport

Wilfrid Noyce

British mountain climber

Wilfrid Pelletier

b. 1896

Canadian musician and arts administrator (1896–1982)