Leading Figures in History

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

24419 persons found

Isaac Brock (musician)

b. 1975

American musician

Isaac Casaubon

European classical scholar and philologist (1559–1614)

Isaac de Beausobre

French churchman

Isaac Heinemann

b. 1876

Israeli rabbinical scholar and professor

Isaac Kungwane

South African soccer player (1971–2014)

Isaac Liu

b. 1991

New Zealand & Samoa international rugby league footballer

Isaac van Ostade

b. 1621

Dutch painter

Isaak August Dorner

b. 1809

German Lutheran church leader (1809–1884)

Isabel Atkin

b. 1998

British-American freestyle skier

Isabel González

b. 1882

Puerto Rican activist

Isabel Ingoldisthorpe

English noblewoman (1441–1476)

Isabel Pires

b. 1990

Portuguese politician (born 1990)

Isabel Sanford

American actress (1917–2004)

Isabela Merced

b. 2001

American actress (born 2001)

Isabella Andreini

Italian actress and writer (1562–1604)

Isabella Blow

English magazine editor (1958–2007)

Isabella del Balzo

b. 1465

Queen consort of Naples

Isabella Ford

b. 1855

English social reformer (1855–1924)

Isabella Glyn

Shakespearean actress

Isabella I of Castile

b. 1451

Queen of Castile and León from 1474 to 1504

Isabella II of Jerusalem

Queen of Jerusalem (r. 1212–1228)

Isabella Markham

16th-century English lady-in-waiting

Isabella of Angoulême

Queen of England from 1200 to 1216

Isabella of Portugal

Holy Roman Empress from 1530 to 1539