Leading Figures in History

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

24423 persons found

Ian Tracey (organist)

b. 1955

British organist

Ian Wallace (bass-baritone)

b. 1919

English operatic singer and actor (1919–2009)

Ian Whitcomb

English singer-songwriter (1941–2020)

Ian White (ice hockey)

b. 1984

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)

Ian Wilmut

b. 1944

British embryologist (1944–2023)

Iannis Xenakis

b. 1922

Greek-French composer, architect and engineer (1922–2001)

Ibn Baz

Saudi Islamic scholar (1912–1999)

Ibn Hisham

Muslim scholar and historian (died 833)

Ibn Khaldun

b. 1332

Arab Islamic scholar, historian and philosopher (1332–1406)

Ibn-e-Insha

b. 1927

Pakistani poet, travelogue writer and columnist (1927–1978)

Ibrahim Camejo

b. 1982

Cuban long jumper (born 1982)

Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya

b. 850

Emir of Ifriqiya from 875 to 902

Ibrahim Jeilan

b. 1989

Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1989)

Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh

b. 1979

Militant and Al Qaida leader (1979-2015)

Ibrahim Touré (footballer, born 1985)

English footballer (1985–2014)

Ibrahima Konaté

b. 1999

French footballer (born 1999)

Ibrahima Koné (footballer, born 1999)

b. 1999

Malian footballer

Ice Cube

b. 1969

American rapper and actor (born 1969)

Ichijō Kaneyoshi

b. 1402

Ichirō Ozawa

b. 1942

Japanese politician (born 1942)

Ichiyō Higuchi

b. 1872

Japanese writer (1872–1896)

Ida Freund

Austrian-British chemist

Ida Hunt Udall

American Latter-day Saint diarist (1858–1915)

Ida Maclean

b. 1877

English biochemist