Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Chief Bender

b. 1884

Native American baseball player (1884–1954)

Chief Dan George

b. 1899

Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, actor (1899–1981)

Chief Keef

b. 1995

American rapper (born 1995)

Chief Seattle

Suquamish and Duwamish chief (1790–1866)

Chien-Shiung Wu

b. 1912

Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997)

Chihiro Yonekura

b. 1972

Musical artist

Childe Hassam

American painter (1859–1935)

Chill Wills

b. 1902

American actor and singer (1902–1978)

Chin Han (actor, born 1946)

b. 1946

Shanghai-born taiwanese actor

Chin-Hui Tsao

b. 1981

Taiwanese baseball player (born 1981)

China Anne McClain

b. 1998

American actress and singer (born 1998)

Chinami Yoshida

b. 1991

Japanese curler

Chinedu Obasi

b. 1986

Nigerian footballer (born 1986)

Chinghiz Aitmatov

Soviet and Kyrgyz author (1928-2008)

Chingiz Mustafayev (journalist)

Azerbaijani journalist

Chinmayananda Saraswati

b. 1916

Indian Hindu spiritual leader

Chino Moreno

b. 1973

American singer (born 1973)

Chino Trinidad

Filipino basketball sports journalist and league commissioner (1967–2024)

Chinx

American rapper (1983–2015)

Chip Ganassi

b. 1958

American racing team owner

Chipper Jones

b. 1972

American baseball player (born 1972)

Chips Moman

b. 1937

American songwriter (1937–2016)

Chiranjeevi

b. 1955

Indian actor and philanthropist (born 1955)

Chittaranjan Das

Indian politician, poet, author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870–1925)