Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Elisha Cook Jr.

American actor (1903–1995)

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Israeli business management guru (1947–2011)

Eliza Acton

b. 1799

English food writer and poet

Eliza Orzeszkowa

Polish novelist (1841–1910)

Eliza Pollock

American archer (1840–1919)

Elizabeth Almira Allen

Elizabeth Bacon (died 1621)

English aristocrat (c. 1541–1621)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

English poet (1806–1861)

Elizabeth Barton

16th-century English Catholic nun and martyr

Elizabeth Blackwell

British-American physician (1821–1910)

Elizabeth Bowen

b. 1899

Irish writer (1899-1973)

Elizabeth Buchan

b. 1948

British novelist

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz

American naturalist and educator (1822–1907)

Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley

b. 1576

English courtier and patron of the arts

Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine

b. 1652

Duchess of Orléans (1652–1722)

Elizabeth Craig (writer)

Scottish writer and home economist (1883–1980)

Elizabeth Dilling

b. 1894

American writer and political activist (1894–1966)

Elizabeth Enright

American writer (1907–1968)

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

b. 1892

American writer (1892–1958)

Elizabeth Fry

b. 1780

English social reformer (1780–1845)

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

b. 1836

English physician, doctor and feminist (1836–1917)

Elizabeth Gloster

b. 1949

Former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (born 1949)

Elizabeth Goudge

b. 1900

English novelist and children's writer (1900–1984)

Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney

English courtier and the reputed mistress of William III (1657–1733)