Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

Gregory Peck

American actor (1916–2003)

Gregory Poirier

b. 1961

American film director

Gregory Smith (actor)

b. 1983

Canadian actor and director

Gregory V of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Greta Andersen

b. 1927

Danish swimmer (1927–2023)

Gretchen Carlson

b. 1966

American broadcast journalist (born 1966)

Gretchen Wilson

b. 1973

American country singer

Gretchen Wyler

American actress (1932–2007)

Grete Dollitz

b. 1924

American radio presenter

Grete Faremo

b. 1955

Norwegian jurist and politician

Grete Gaim

b. 1993

Estonian biathlete (born 1993)

Grete Griffin

b. 1993

Estonian heptathlete

Grete Sultan

b. 1906

German-American pianist (1906–2005)

Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising

b. 1941

British Conservative politician

Grigor Dimitrov

b. 1991

Bulgarian tennis player (born 1991)

Grigori Kuzmin

Estonian astronomer

Grigori Perelman

b. 1966

Russian mathematician (born 1966)

Grigorios Maraslis

Grigoris Lambrakis

20th-century Greek physician, left-wing politician, and anti-war activist

Grigory Barenblatt

b. 1927

Russian mathematician (1927–2018)

Grigory Sokolov

b. 1950

Russian pianist (born 1950)

Grimbald of Saint-Bertin

9th-century Benedictine monk

Gro Harlem Brundtland

b. 1939

Norwegian politician (born 1939)

Grove Karl Gilbert

b. 1843

American geologist (1843–1918)