Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Anatoly Tarasov

Russian ice hockey player and coach

Anders Celsius

Swedish astronomer and physicist (1701–1744)

Anders Dahl

Swedish botanist (1751–1789)

Anders Eliasson

Swedish composer (1947–2013)

Anders Jonas Ångström

Swedish physicist (1814–1874)

Anders Michanek

b. 1943

Swedish speedway rider

Anders Peter Nielsen

Danish sport shooter (1867–1950)

Anderson Bigode Herzer

b. 1962

Brazilian transgender writer (1962–1982)

Anderson Cooper

b. 1967

American journalist (born 1967)

Andi Eigenmann

b. 1990

Filipino actress and model (born 1990)

Andie MacDowell

b. 1958

American actress and model (born 1958)

Andoni Iraola

b. 1982

Spanish football manager (born 1982)

Andor Lilienthal

b. 1911

Soviet-Hungarian chess grandmaster (1911–2010)

Andranik Margaryan

b. 1951

Armenian politician; Prime Minister of Armenia (2000-2007)

András Szennay

b. 1921

20th-century Hungarian abbot

Andrass Samuelsen

Prime Minister of the Faroe islands (1948–1950)

André 3000

b. 1975

American rapper (born 1975)

André Abujamra

b. 1965

Musical artist

Andre Agassi

b. 1970

American tennis player (born 1970)

Andre Anis

b. 1977

Estonian footballer

André Barbeau

b. 1931

Canadian neurologist

André Bazin

b. 1918

French film critic (1918–1958)

André Bourbeau

b. 1936

Canadian politician

André Brink

b. 1935

South African writer (1935–2015)