Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Constantine Palaiologos (son of Michael VIII)

Byzantine prince

Constantine Podopagouros

Byzantine official executed for his plot to assassinate Emperor Constantine V in 766

Constantine the Great

Roman emperor from 306 to 337

Constantine XI Palaiologos

Last Byzantine Emperor from 1449 to 1453

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Greek architect (1913–1975)

Constantinos Charalambidis

b. 1981

Cypriot retired footballer

Constantinos Christoforou

b. 1977

Greek Cypriot singer (born 1977)

Constantius Chlorus

Roman emperor from 305 to 306

Constantius II

b. 317

Roman emperor from 337 to 361

Consuelo Velázquez

b. 1916

Mexican concert pianist and composer

Conte Candoli

b. 1927

American jazz trumpeter (1927–2001)

Conway Savage

b. 1960

Australian musician (1960–2018)

Conway Twitty

American country singer (1933–1993)

Cookie (cockatoo)

b. 1933

Oldest known Major Mitchell's cockatoo

Cookie Gilchrist

b. 1935

American gridiron football player (1935–2011)

Cool Papa Bell

b. 1903

American baseball player (1903–1991)

Coolio

b. 1963

American rapper (1963–2022)

Cooper Connolly

b. 2003

Australian cricketer (born 2003)

Cooper Koch

b. 1996

American actor (born 1996)

Cooper Kupp

b. 1993

American football player (born 1993)

Cootie Williams

b. 1911

American jazz, blues and R&B trumpeter (1911–1985)

Cor Brom

b. 1932

Dutch footballer and manager

Cora Agnes Benneson

American attorney (1851–1919)

Cora Sadosky

b. 1940

Argentine mathematician