Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Eliot Ness

b. 1903

American Prohibition agent (1903–1957)

Eliot Spitzer

b. 1959

Governor of New York from 2007 to 2008

Eliphalet Dyer

American judge

Eliphalet Remington

American engineer (1793–1861)

Elisa Rigaudo

b. 1980

Italian race walker (born 1980)

Elisabeth Abegg

German educator and Righteous Among the Nations recipient

Elisabeth Beresford

b. 1926

English children's author (1926–2010)

Elisabeth Bergner

German actress (1897–1986)

Elisabeth Bing

20th and 21st-century American physical therapist

Elisabeth Brooke, Marchioness of Northampton

b. 1526

English noblewoman

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

b. 1691

Holy Roman Empress from 1711 to 1740

Elisabeth Domitien

Central African politician

Elisabeth Geleerd

Dutch-American psychoanalyst (1909–1969)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

b. 1977

American television personality (born 1977)

Elisabeth Hauptmann

b. 1897

German writer (1897–1973)

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

French musician, harpsichordist and composer

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

b. 1926

Swiss-American psychiatrist (1926–2004)

Elisabeth Moss

b. 1982

American actor (born 1982)

Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)

b. 1968

British and American media executive (born 1968)

Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France

b. 1554

Queen of France from 1570 to 1574

Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

16th-century German noblewoman

Élisabeth of France

b. 1764

French princess, Sister of Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God (1764–1794)

Elisabeth of Schönau

German Benedictine visionary

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German-born opera soprano (1915–2006)