Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Elisabeth Sladen

British actress (1946–2011)

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

b. 1755

French portrait painter (1755–1842)

Elisabeth Welch

American singer, actress, and entertainer (1904–2003)

Elisabetta Sirani

Italian artist (1638–1665)

Élise Lucet

b. 1963

French journalist (born 1963)

Elise Matthysen

b. 1992

Belgian swimmer (born 1992)

Elise Stefanik

b. 1984

American politician (born 1984)

Elise Testone

b. 1983

American singer-songwriter (born 1983)

Élisée Reclus

French geographer, writer and anarchist

Elisenda of Montcada

Queen of Aragon from 1322 to 1327

Elish Angiolini

b. 1960

Scottish lawyer (born 1960)

Elisha Cook Jr.

American actor (1903–1995)

Elisha Gray

b. 1835

American electrical engineer (1835–1901)

Elisha Otis

b. 1811

19th-century American industrialist and inventor of the Otis Elevator

Elisha Williams

b. 1694

Eliška Misáková

Czech gymnast

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Israeli business management guru (1947–2011)

Eliza Acton

b. 1799

English food writer and poet

Eliza Carthy

b. 1975

English folk musician and singer (born 1975)

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

b. 1787

American writer, editor, and abolitionist

Eliza Orzeszkowa

Polish novelist (1841–1910)

Eliza Pollock

American archer (1840–1919)

Elizabeth Almira Allen

Elizabeth Ann Seton

b. 1774

American Roman Catholic educator and saint (1774–1821)