Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Elvis Costello

b. 1954

English singer-songwriter (born 1954)

Elvis Crespo

b. 1971

American singer

Elvis Grbac

b. 1970

American football player (born 1970)

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

Ely Jacques Kahn Jr.

American writer (1916–1994)

Ely Ould Mohamed Vall

Head of State of Mauritania from 2005 to 2007

Ema Burgić

b. 1992

Bosnian tennis player

Emanuel Ax

b. 1949

Polish-American pianist, music professor (1949)

Emanuel Feuermann

Austrian cellist (1902–1942)

Emanuel Granberg

Finnish painter (1754–1797)

Emanuel Leutze

b. 1816

German-American painter

Emanuel Nobel

b. 1859

Swedish oil baron (1859–1932)

Emanuel Raymond Lewis

American historian

Emanuel Steward

b. 1944

American boxer, trainer, and commentator

Emanuel Vidović

Croatian painter (1870–1953)

Emanuele Giaccherini

b. 1985

Italian footballer (born 1985)

Emanuele Luigi Galizia

Maltese architect and engineer (1830–1907)

Embeth Davidtz

b. 1965

American and South African actress (born 1965)

Emerentia von Düben

b. 1669

Swedish lady-in-waiting

Emerson (footballer, born August 1980)

b. 1980

Brazilian footballer

Emerson Boozer

b. 1943

American football player (born 1943)

Emerson Hart

b. 1969

American musician

Emi Shinohara

b. 1963

Japanese voice actress (1963–2024)

Emik Avakian

Armenian American inventor