Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan

English princess and noblewoman (1282–1316)

Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk

b. 1444

English noblewoman (1444 – c. 1503)

Elizabeth P. Hoisington

20th-century United States Armed Forces officer

Elizabeth Peabody

b. 1804

American educator (1804–1894)

Elizabeth Peer

American journalist

Elizabeth Peratrovich

b. 1911

Native-American civil rights activist (1911–1958)

Elizabeth Plankinton

b. 1853

American philanthropist (1853–1923)

Elizabeth Poole

English settler in Plymouth Colony (1588–1654)

Elizabeth Ralston

b. 1995

Australian soccer player

Elizabeth Reaser

b. 1975

American actress (born 1975)

Elizabeth Rona

Hungarian chemist (1890–1981)

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

b. 1757

Wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)

Elizabeth Spencer (writer)

b. 1921

American writer (1921–2019)

Elizabeth Spriggs

English actress (1929–2008)

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

b. 1596

Electress Palatine from 1613 to 1623

Elizabeth Tudor (1492–1495)

b. 1492

English princess (1492–1495)

Elizabeth Warren

b. 1949

American politician (born 1949)

Elizabeth Wettlaufer

b. 1967

Canadian serial killer and former nurse

Elizabeth Wilmshurst

b. 1948

British civil servant

Elizabeth Wilson

American actress (1921–2015)

Elizabeth Woodville

Queen of England (1464–70; 1471–83)

Ella Fitzgerald

b. 1917

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

Ella Grasso

b. 1919

American politician (1919–1981)

Ella Jenkins

b. 1924

American folk singer (1924–2024)