Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Dedrick Dodge

b. 1967

American football player and coach (born 1967)

Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)

b. 1984

American basketball player (born 1984)

Dee Dee Bridgewater

b. 1950

American jazz singer (born 1950)

Dee Dee Ramone

American musician (1951–2002)

Dee Molenaar

b. 1918

American mountain climber

Dee Strange-Gordon

b. 1988

American baseball player (born 1988)

Deepak Tijori

b. 1961

Indian film director and actor (born 1961)

Deepika Kumari

b. 1994

Indian archer and Olympian

DeForest Kelley

American actor (1920–1999)

DeForest Soaries

b. 1951

American politician

Deion Branch

b. 1979

American football player and coach (born 1979)

Deion Sanders

b. 1967

American football coach and former player (born 1967)

Deividas Šemberas

b. 1978

Lithuanian footballer (born 1978)

Deividas Stagniūnas

b. 1985

Lithuanian ice dancer (born 1985)

Dejan Kulusevski

b. 2000

Swedish footballer (born 2000)

Dejan Ognjanović

b. 1978

Montenegrin footballer

Dejan Savić

b. 1975

Serbian water polo player (born 1975)

Deke Slayton

American astronaut (1924–1993)

Del Harris

b. 1937

American basketball coach (born 1937)

Del Reeves

b. 1932

American country music singer (1932–2007)

Del the Funky Homosapien

b. 1972

American rapper (born 1972)

DeLancey W. Gill

b. 1859

American painter and photographer (1859–1940)

Delaney Bramlett

b. 1939

American musician (1939–2008)

Delano family

American family