Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Viventiolus

Catholic saint and Archbishop of Lyon (d. 524)

Vivian Campbell

b. 1962

Irish guitarist (born 1962)

Vivian Cheruiyot

b. 1983

Kenyan long-distance runner

Vivian Malone Jones

b. 1942

American civil rights advocate (1942–2005)

Vivian Vance

b. 1909

American actress (1909–1979)

Vivian Woodward

b. 1879

English footballer (1879-1954)

Viviana Durante

b. 1967

Italian ballet dancer

Viviane Baladi

b. 1963

Swiss mathematician (born 1963)

Viviane Forrester

French author (1925–2013)

Viviane Romance

French actress (1912–1991)

Vivianne Härri

b. 1999

Swiss alpine skier

Vivianne Miedema

b. 1996

Dutch footballer (born 1996)

Vivica A. Fox

b. 1964

American actress and producer (born 1964)

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern

b. 1941

British Baroness (born 1941)

Vivien Thomas

b. 1910

American laboratory supervisor (1910–1985)

Vivienne de Watteville

b. 1900

British travel writer and adventurer (1900–1957)

Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot

b. 1888

American poet and first wife of T. S. Eliot (1888–1947)

Vivinho

Brazilian footballer

Vivion Brewer

b. 1900

Vjekoslav Luburić

Croatian Ustaše official (1914–1969)

Vjenceslav Novak

b. 1859

Croatian writer

Vlad Chiricheș

b. 1989

Romanian footballer (born 1989)

Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin

b. 1919

Soviet mathematician (1919–1984)