Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Aleksandr Khinchin

b. 1894

Russian mathematician

Aleksandr Kulik

b. 1981

Estonian footballer (born 1981)

Aleksandr Kurosh

Soviet mathematician (1908–1971)

Aleksandr Laktionov (painter)

b. 1910

Russian painter

Aleksandr Lyapunov

b. 1857

Russian mathematician (1857–1918)

Aleksandr Maksimenkov

b. 1952

Russian footballer

Aleksandr Mostovoi

b. 1968

Russian footballer (born 1968)

Aleksandr Olerski

b. 1973

Estonian footballer

Aleksandr Shustov

b. 1984

Russian high jumper

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Soviet-Russian author and dissident (1918–2008)

Aleksandr Stoletov

Russian physicist

Aleksandr Tvardovsky

b. 1910

Soviet poet and writer (1910–1971)

Aleksandra Boiko

b. 1918

Russian military personnel

Aleksandra Gajewska (born 1989)

b. 1989

Polish politician (born 1989)

Aleksandra Golovkina-Dolinskė

b. 1998

Lithuanian figure skater (born 1998)

Aleksandra Kiryashova

b. 1985

Russian pole vaulter

Aleksandra Szwed

b. 1990

Polish actress and singer (born 1990)

Aleksandre Amisulashvili

b. 1982

Georgian footballer

Aleksandrs Koliņko

b. 1975

Latvian footballer

Aleksandrs Starkovs

b. 1955

Latvian footballer

Aleksanteri Aava

b. 1883

Finnish poet

Aleksei Balabanov

Russian filmmaker (1959–2013)

Aleksei Berezutski

b. 1982

Russian footballer

Aleksei Tammiste

b. 1946

Estonian basketball player