Leading Figures in History

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

24411 persons found

Gabe Carimi

b. 1988

American football player (born 1988)

Gabi (footballer, born 1983)

b. 1983

Spanish footballer

Gabi Delgado-López

b. 1958

Spanish-German singer (1958–2020)

Gable Steveson

b. 2000

American wrestler (born 2000)

Gabourey Sidibe

b. 1983

American actress (born 1983)

Gabri Veiga

b. 2002

Spanish footballer (born 2002)

Gabriel Arcand

b. 1949

Canadian actor (born 1949)

Gabriel Auguste Daubrée

French geologist

Gabriel Axel

b. 1918

Danish film director, actor, writer and producer

Gabriel Byrne

b. 1950

Irish actor (born 1950)

Gabriel Damon

b. 1976

American actor

Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery

b. 1530

French nobleman and soldier (1530–1574)

Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader)

Métis leader (1837–1906)

Gabriel Fauré

b. 1845

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher (1845–1924)

Gabriel Figueroa

b. 1907

Mexican cinematographer (1907–1997)

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

Gabriël Grupello

b. 1644

Flemish Baroque sculptor

Gabriel Kolko

American historian (1932–2014)

Gabriel Liiceanu

b. 1942

Romanian philosopher

Gabriel Naudé

French librarian, scholar and writer (1600–1653)

Gabriel of Komana

b. 1946

Gabriel Vargas (cartoonist)

Mexican cartoonist (1915–2010)

Gabriela Sabatini

b. 1970

Argentine tennis player (born 1970)

Gabriele Hinzmann

b. 1947

East German discus thrower