Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Wolfgang Schüssel

b. 1945

Chancellor of Austria from 2000 to 2007

Wolfgang Schwanitz

b. 1930

German intelligence official (1930–2022)

Wolfgang Sühnholz

b. 1946

German-American footballer and coach (1946–2019)

Wolfgang Suschitzky

b. 1912

Austrian cinematographer (1912–2016)

Wolfgang Tillmans

b. 1968

German photographer (born 1968)

Wolfgang Unzicker

b. 1925

German chess grandmaster (1925–2006)

Wolfgang von Trips

German racing driver (1928–1961)

Wolfgang Wagner

b. 1919

20th and 21st-century German director of the Bayreuth Theatre

Wolfgang Windgassen

German operatic tenor

Wolfgang Wolf

b. 1957

German football player and manager

Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

b. 1526

Count (1526–1569)

Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

b. 1492

German prince

Wolfhart Pannenberg

German Lutheran theologian (1928–2014)

Wolfman Jack

American DJ and music TV host (1938–1995)

Wolfram Klein

b. 1968

German footballer

Wolfram Müller

b. 1981

German middle-distance runner

Wolfram Sievers

German war criminal (1905–1948)

Wolfram von Richthofen

German military officer and aviator (1895–1945)

Wolraad Woltemade

Cape Dutch dairy farmer; famous for saving lives in a shipwreck in 1773

Wolrad IV of Waldeck-Eisenberg

German count (1588–1640)

Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

b. 1588

German count (1588–1640)

Wonder Mike

b. 1957

Musical artist

Wong Ho Leng

Malaysian politician

Wong Ka Kui

b. 1962

Hong Kong musician (1962–1993)