Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Wlodimir Ledóchowski

b. 1866

Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1915 to 1942

Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz

b. 1950

Prime Minister of Poland from 1996 to 1997

Wojciech Fibak

b. 1952

Polish tennis player (born 1952)

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989

Wojciech Kilar

b. 1932

Polish composer (1932–2013)

Wojciech Leśnikowski

American architect

Wojciech Szczęsny

b. 1990

Polish footballer (born 1990)

Woldemar Bargiel

b. 1828

German composer (1828–1897)

Woldemar Voigt

b. 1850

German mathematician and physicist (1850–1919)

Wole Soyinka

b. 1934

Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist

Wolf Huber

Austro-German painter, printmaker and architect

Wolf Kahn

b. 1927

German-born American painter (1927–2020)

Wolf Rüdiger Hess

German architect

Wolf V. Vishniac

b. 1922

American microbiologist (1922–1973)

Wolfe Tone

b. 1763

Irish revolutionary figure (1763–1798)

Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven

b. 1579

Founder of the New Netherlands colony

Wolfgang Borchert

b. 1921

German playwright and writer

Wolfgang Dremmler

b. 1954

German footballer (born 1954)

Wolfgang Flür

b. 1947

German musician

Wolfgang Gerhardt

German politician (1943–2024)

Wolfgang Haken

b. 1928

German mathematician (1928–2022)

Wolfgang Hohlbein

b. 1953

German writer (born 1953)

Wolfgang I of Oettingen

b. 1455

German nobleman

Wolfgang Iser

b. 1926

German literary scholar