Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Bonnie Newman

b. 1945

American businesswoman (born 1945)

Bonnie Owens

b. 1929

American country music singer-songwriter (1924–2006)

Bonnie Pointer

b. 1950

American singer and songwriter (1950–2020)

Bonnie Tyler

b. 1951

Welsh singer (born 1951)

Bonny Lee Bakley

American fraudster (1956–2001)

Bono

b. 1960

Irish musician and activist (born 1960)

Bonzi Wells

b. 1976

American basketball player (born 1976)

Boog Powell

b. 1941

American baseball player (born 1941)

Boomer Esiason

b. 1961

American football player and commentator (born 1961)

Boone Logan

b. 1984

American baseball player (born 1984)

Booth Tarkington

American novelist (1869–1946)

Boots Poffenberger

b. 1915

American baseball player (1915–1999)

Boots Randolph

b. 1927

American saxophonist (1927–2007)

Bootsy Collins

b. 1951

American bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter

Bootsy Thornton

b. 1977

American basketball player (born 1977)

Bora Đorđević

Serbian singer-songwriter and frontman of Riblja Čorba (1952–2024)

Bora Milutinović

b. 1944

Serbian footballer and manager (born 1944)

Bora Paçun

b. 1987

Turkish basketball player (born 1987)

Borghild Holmsen

b. 1865

Norwegian pianist, music critic and composer (1865–1938)

Boris Artzybasheff

Russian and American artist (1899–1965)

Boris Borisovich Golitsyn

Russian physicist (1862–1916)

Boris Buzančić

Croatian actor and politician

Boris Cebotari

Moldovan footballer (1975–2012)

Boris Cepeda

b. 1974

German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat