Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Unai Emery

b. 1971

Spanish football manager (born 1971)

Unai Simón

b. 1997

Spanish footballer (born 1997)

Uncle Charlie Osborne

American musician

Uncle Dave Macon

b. 1870

American musician (1870–1952)

Uncle Kracker

b. 1974

American musician (born 1974)

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer

Dutch noble, diplomat and composer (1692–1766)

Unita Blackwell

American civil rights activist (1933–2019)

United Airlines Flight 232

1989 aviation accident in Iowa

Unity Dow

b. 1959

Motswana politician, writer, and human rights activist (born 1959)

Unni (bishop)

German archbishop

Uno Laht

b. 1924

Estonian writer and poet

Uno Lamm

b. 1904

Swedish electrical engineer and inventor

Unryū Kyūkichi

Japanese sumo wrestler

Unto Mononen

b. 1930

Musical artist

Upendra (actor)

b. 1968

Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1968)

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury

b. 1863

Bengali writer and illustrator

Upton Sinclair

b. 1878

American writer (1878–1968)

Ura Kazuki

b. 1992

Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1992)

Urania Marquard Olsen

Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director (1856–1932)

Urbain Grandier

French Catholic priest convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1634

Urbain Le Verrier

French astronomer and mathematician (1811–1877)

Urban Meyer

b. 1964

American football coach (born 1964)

Urby Emanuelson

b. 1986

Dutch footballer (born 1986)

Urho Kekkonen

President of Finland from 1956 to 1982