Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Chae Seo-jin

b. 1994

South Korean actress

Chae Soo-bin

b. 1994

South Korean actress (born 1994)

Chaeryeong

b. 2001

South Korean singer and dancer (born 2001)

Chaeyoung

b. 1999

South Korean singer (born 1999)

Chagatai Khan

Second son of Genghis Khan and Börte (1183–1242)

Chai Rong

Later Zhou dynasty emperor from 954 to 959

Chaim Aronson

Lithuanian Jewish inventor and memoirist

Chaim Herzog

President of Israel from 1983 to 1993

Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg

b. 1910

Rabbi

Chaim Potok

American author and rabbi (1929–2002)

Chaïm Soutine

French, Jewish Belarusian painter (1893–1943)

Chaim Topol

b. 1935

Israeli actor (1935–2023)

Chaim Weizmann

Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)

Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan

b. 1915

Indian diplomat (1915–2003)

Chalermchai Sitthisart

b. 1957

Thai military officer and general

Chalmers Johnson

b. 1931

American political scientist (1931–2010)

Chamique Holdsclaw

b. 1977

American basketball player (born 1977)

Champ Bailey

b. 1978

American football player (born 1978)

Champ Ferguson

American mass murderer and guerilla fighter

Champ Summers

American baseball player (1946–2012)

Champion Jack Dupree

b. 1910

American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer (1909/10–1992)

Chamu Chibhabha

b. 1986

Zimbabwean cricketer

Chan Ho Park

b. 1973

South Korean baseball player (born 1973)

Chan Parker

b. 1925

Jazz enthusiast and common-law wife of saxophonist Charlie Parker (1925–1999)