Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Yogi Adityanath

b. 1972

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017

Yogi Berra

b. 1925

American baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)

Yohan Mollo

b. 1989

French footballer (born 1989)

Yoichi Takabayashi

Japanese film director

Yōichi Takahashi

b. 1960

Japanese cartoonist and manga artist (born 1960)

Yoichiro Nambu

Japanese-American nobel-winning physicist

Yōji Matsuda

b. 1967

Japanese actor and voice actor

Yoko Kamio

b. 1966

Japanese manga artist and writer (born 1966)

Yoko Matsuoka (writer)

b. 1916

Japanese critic and translator (1916–1979)

Yoko Shimomura

b. 1967

Japanese composer (born 1967)

Yokozuna (wrestler)

b. 1966

American professional wrestler (1966–2000)

Yolanda Adams

b. 1961

American gospel music singer (born 1961)

Yolanda of Poland

Hungarian abbess

Yolanda Saldívar

b. 1960

Murderer of Selena Quintanilla (born 1960)

Yolanda Tortolero

Venezuelan politician (died 2021)

Yolande de Polastron

b. 1749

French aristocrat and courtier (1749–1793)

Yolande Donlan

b. 1920

American-British actress (1920–2014)

Yolande of Aragon

b. 1384

Duchess of Anjou

Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland

Countess of Montfort, Queen of Scots, Duchess of Brittany (1263–1330)

Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller

Bohemian Talmudist (1579–1654)

Yonatan Netanyahu

Israeli military officer (1946–1976)

Yonekura Shigetsugu

Japanese samurai

Yong Nyuk Lin

b. 1918

Singaporean politician

Yongle Emperor

b. 1360

Emperor of China from 1402 to 1424