Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Elio de Angelis

Italian racing driver (1958–1986)

Eliot Ness

b. 1903

American Prohibition agent (1903–1957)

Eliot Spitzer

b. 1959

Governor of New York from 2007 to 2008

Eliphalet Dyer

American judge

Elisa Rigaudo

b. 1980

Italian race walker (born 1980)

Elisabeth Bergner

German actress (1897–1986)

Elisabeth Bing

20th and 21st-century American physical therapist

Elisabeth Brooke, Marchioness of Northampton

b. 1526

English noblewoman

Elisabeth Domitien

Central African politician

Elisabeth Geleerd

Dutch-American psychoanalyst (1909–1969)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

b. 1977

American television personality (born 1977)

Elisabeth Hauptmann

b. 1897

German writer (1897–1973)

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

French musician, harpsichordist and composer

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

b. 1926

Swiss-American psychiatrist (1926–2004)

Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France

b. 1554

Queen of France from 1570 to 1574

Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

16th-century German noblewoman

Élisabeth of France

b. 1764

French princess, Sister of Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God (1764–1794)

Elisabeth of Schönau

German Benedictine visionary

Elisabeth Sladen

British actress (1946–2011)

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

b. 1755

French portrait painter (1755–1842)

Élise Lucet

b. 1963

French journalist (born 1963)

Élisée Reclus

French geographer, writer and anarchist

Elisenda of Montcada

Queen of Aragon from 1322 to 1327

Elish Angiolini

b. 1960

Scottish lawyer (born 1960)