Leading Figures in History

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

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Alla Kazanskaya

b. 1920

Russian actress

Alla Nazimova

b. 1879

Russian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer (1879–1945)

Allan Blakeney

Premier of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982

Allan Carr

b. 1937

American producer (1937–1999)

Allan Chapman (historian)

b. 1946

British historian of science (1946–2026)

Allan Francovich

American film producer

Allan Houser

b. 1914

American sculptor and painter

Allan Houston

b. 1971

American basketball player (born 1971)

Allan Lamb

b. 1954

South African-born former English cricketer

Allan Lockheed

American aviation engineer and industrialist (1889–1969)

Allan MacLeod Cormack

South African and American physicist

Allan McKeown

b. 1946

British television and stage producer (1946–2013)

Allan Sandage

b. 1926

American astronomer (1926–2010)

Allan Segal

b. 1941

British filmmaker (1941–2012)

Allan Simonsen (racing driver)

Danish racing driver (1978–2013)

Allan Watkins

b. 1922

Welsh cricketer

Allar Raja

b. 1983

Estonian rower

Allegra Versace

b. 1986

Italian American heiress and socialite

Allen Butler Talcott

American painter

Allen Fox

b. 1939

American tennis player (born 1939)

Allen Ginsberg

b. 1926

American poet and writer (1926–1997)

Allen Grossman

American writer (1932–2014)

Allen Iverson

b. 1975

American former basketball player (born 1975)

Allen Lanier

b. 1946

American musician