Leading Figures in History

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

24419 persons found

Hank Jones

American jazz pianist and bandleader (1918–2010)

Hank Ketcham

American cartoonist (1920–2001)

Hank Medress

American singer and record producer (1938–2007)

Hank Mobley

b. 1930

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–1986)

Hank Snow

b. 1914

Canadian musician (1914–1999)

Hank Stram

American football coach (1923–2005)

Hank Williams Jr.

b. 1949

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1949)

Hanna Barysiewicz

b. 1888

Reputed oldest woman in Belarus (1888–2007)

Hanna Melnychenko

b. 1983

Ukrainian heptathlete

Hanna Pakarinen

b. 1981

Finnish singer (born 1981)

Hannah Murray

b. 1989

English actress

Hannah Storm

b. 1962

American sportscaster (born 1962)

Hannah Webster Foster

18th and 19th-century American novelist

Hanne Darboven

b. 1941

German artist (1941–2009)

Hanne Stenvaag

b. 1971

Norwegian politician (born 1971)

Hannes Alfvén

b. 1908

Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate (1908–1995)

Hannes Löhr

b. 1942

German footballer (1942–2016)

Hannibal Hamlin

Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Hanns Eisler

b. 1898

Austrian and German composer (1898–1962)

Hanns Martin Schleyer

b. 1915

German business magnate and SS officer (1915–1977)

Hannu Kamppuri

b. 1957

Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1957)

Hannu Mikkola

b. 1942

Finnish rally driver (1942–2021)

Hannu Tihinen

b. 1976

Finnish footballer (born 1976)

Hans Albert Einstein

b. 1904

Swiss-American engineer and educator