Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Channing Tatum

b. 1980

American actor (born 1980)

Chantal Djotodia

b. 1981

Central African-Beninese Politician

Chantal Goya

b. 1942

French singer and actress (born 1942)

Chantal Jouanno

b. 1969

French politician (born 1969)

Chantal Montellier

b. 1947

French writer/artist

Chantal Mouffe

b. 1943

Belgian post-Marxist political theorist (born 1943)

Chantelle Newbery

b. 1977

Australian diver

Chapman Pincher

English journalist (1914–2014)

Charalambos Andreou

b. 1967

Cypriot footballer (born 1967)

Charalambos Tseroulis

Hellenic army officer (1879–1929)

Charalampos Xanthopoulos

b. 1956

Greek footballer

Charan Singh

Prime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980

Charb

b. 1967

French satirist and journalist (1967–2015)

Charbel Makhlouf

b. 1828

19th-century Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)

Charilaos Florakis

Greek communist politician

Charilaos Trikoupis

b. 1832

Greek politician; Prime Minister intermittently between 1875 and 1895

Charis Giannopoulos

b. 1989

Greek basketball player (born 1989)

Charisma Carpenter

b. 1970

American actress (born 1970)

Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick

American operatic soprano and presenter (1983–2019)

Charlene (singer)

b. 1950

American easy-listening and R&B singer

Charles "Buddy" Rogers

American actor and musician (1904–1999)

Charles (archbishop of Mainz)

Roman Catholic archbishop, Aquitain, 825/830 - 863

Charles A. Hines

United States Army general

Charles A. Wickliffe

b. 1788

American politician (1788–1869)