Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Wael Gomaa

b. 1975

Egyptian footballer (born 1975)

Wah Chang

b. 1917

American sculptor and animator (1917–2003)

Wahab Akbar

b. 1960

Filipino politician (1960–2007)

Waheed Murad

b. 1938

Pakistani actor, film producer and director

Wahoo McDaniel

b. 1938

American football player and professional wrestler (1938–2002)

Waite Hoyt

American baseball player (1899–1984)

Wajahatullah Wasti

b. 1974

Pakistani cricketer (born 1974)

Wajed Ali Khan Panni

Bengali zamindar and politician (1871–1936)

Waka Flocka Flame

b. 1986

American rapper (born 1986)

Wakachichibu Komei

Japanese sumo wrestler (1939–2014)

Wakako Yamauchi

Japanese American playwright and writer (1924–2018)

Wakamotoharu Minato

b. 1993

Japanese professional sumo wrestler

Wakanohana Kanji I

Japanese sumo wrestler

Wakashima Gonshirō

Japanese sumo wrestler

Wakisaka Yasuharu

16/17th-century Japanese warlord (daimyō) of Awaji Island

Wal Handley

British motorcycle racer

Walafrid Strabo

Alemannic Benedictine monk and theological writer

Walasse Ting

American painter

Walcher

11th-century Bishop of Durham

Waldemar Haffkine

Russian-French microbiologist (1856–1930)

Waldemar Hammenhög

b. 1902

Swedish writer

Waldemar Hoven

Nazi German physician and war criminal (1903–1948)

Waldemar Milewicz

Polish journalist and war correspondent

Waldo de los Ríos

b. 1934

Argentine composer, conductor and arranger (1934–1977)