Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Ella Langley

b. 1999

American singer-songwriter (born 1999)

Ella Leivo

b. 1994

Finnish tennis player

Ella Raines

b. 1920

American actress (1920–1988)

Ella Stewart Udall

b. 1855

American Latter-day Saint telegraphist and entrepreneur (1855–1937)

Ellar Coltrane

b. 1994

American actor (born 1994)

Elle King

b. 1989

American musician (born 1989)

Ellen Albertini Dow

American actress (1913–2015)

Ellen Barkin

b. 1954

American actress (born 1954)

Ellen Corby

b. 1911

American actress (1911–1999)

Ellen G. White

American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Ellen Glasgow

b. 1873

American novelist (1873–1945)

Ellen Kuras

b. 1959

American cinematographer (born 1959)

Ellen MacArthur

b. 1976

English yachtswoman (born 1976)

Ellen Oliver (suffragette)

Purity activist and Southcottian from Guernsey

Ellen Raskin

American writer and illustrator (1928–1984)

Ellen Roosevelt

b. 1868

American tennis player

Ellen Schrecker

b. 1938

American historian

Ellen Terry

English actress (1847–1928)

Ellen White (footballer)

b. 1989

English footballer (born 1988)

Ellen Willmott

b. 1858

English horticulturist (1858–1934)

Elli Stenberg

Finnish politician (1903–1987)

Elliana Walmsley

b. 2007

American dancer (born 2007)

Ellie Kemper

b. 1980

American actress and comedian (born 1980)

Ellina Anissimova

b. 1992

Estonian hammer thrower