Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Dennis Potter

b. 1935

British dramatist and screenwriter (1935–1994)

Dennis Prager

b. 1948

American conservative activist (born 1948)

Dennis Priestley

b. 1950

English darts player (born 1950)

Dennis Ralston

b. 1942

American tennis player (1942–2020)

Dennis Rodman

b. 1961

American basketball player (born 1961)

Dennis Rommedahl

b. 1978

Danish footballer (born 1978)

Dennis Seidenberg

b. 1981

German ice hockey player (born 1981)

Dennis Tito

b. 1940

American engineer and entrepreneur, also the first space tourist (born 1940)

Dennis Turner

b. 1942

British politician (1942–2014)

Dennis Waterman

English actor and singer (1948–2022)

Dennis Weaver

b. 1924

American actor (1924–2006)

Denny Barry

b. 1883

Irish patriot

Denny Bautista

b. 1980

Dominican baseball player (born 1980)

Denny Cardin

b. 1988

Italian footballer (born 1988)

Denny Hulme

b. 1936

New Zealand racing driver (1936–1992)

Denny Jones

American politician (1910–2012)

Denton Cooley

b. 1920

American heart and cardiothoracic surgeon (1920–2016)

Denys Arcand

b. 1941

Canadian film director (born 1941)

Denys Finch Hatton

b. 1887

British aristocrat and big-game hunter (1887–1931)

Denys Roberts

British judge and colonial administrator (1923–2013)

Denys Watkins-Pitchford

b. 1905

British naturalist, illustrator and author (1905–1990)

Denzel Ward

b. 1997

American football player (born 1997)

Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu

b. 1750

18th-century French geologist, namesake of Dolomite

Deodoro da Fonseca

b. 1827

President of Brazil from 1889 to 1891