Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Cosimo III de' Medici

b. 1642

Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 to 1723

Coşkun Özarı

Turkish footballer and coach

Cosmas of Prague

Czech priest (c. 1045–1125)

Cosme Argerich

b. 1758

Argentine physician

Cosmin Bărcăuan

b. 1978

Romanian footballer and manager

Cosmo Duff-Gordon

Scottish landowner and sportsman (1862–1931)

Costa Pereira

Portuguese footballer

Costanzo Porta

Italian composer

Costas Ferris

b. 1935

Greek film director

Costas Georgiou

Cypriot-born British mercenary (1951–1976)

Costas Mandylor

b. 1965

Australian actor (born 1965)

Costas Simitis

b. 1936

Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004

Costel Busuioc

b. 1974

Romanian tenor

Cot Deal

American baseball player (1923–2013)

Cote de Pablo

b. 1979

Chilean-American actress

Cotton Fitzsimmons

b. 1931

American basketball coach (1931–2004)

Count Andrew Ciechanowiecki

Polish-British nobleman

Count Basie

American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)

Count Christian of Rosenborg

Danish royal (1942–2013)

Count Felix of Monpezat

b. 2002

Member of the Danish royal family (born 2002)

Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff

b. 1712

German-Danish statesman (1712–1772)

Countee Cullen

b. 1903

American author (1903–1946)

Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck

b. 1640

German noblewoman, poet and composer

Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg

b. 1947

Danish countess (1947–2014)