Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Ann Veneman

b. 1949

American attorney (born 1949)

Ann Wilson

b. 1950

American singer (born 1950)

Ann-Louise Skoglund

b. 1962

Swedish hurdler

Ann-Margret

b. 1941

American actress (born 1941)

Anna Akhmatova

b. 1889

Russian and Soviet poet (1889–1966)

Anna Atkins

British photographer (1799–1871)

Anna B. Eckstein

b. 1868

German pacifist (1868–1947)

Anna Baryshnikov

b. 1992

American actress

Anna Bondár

b. 1997

Hungarian tennis player (born 1997)

Anna Brownell Jameson

b. 1794

Irish-born English writer (1794–1860)

Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston

b. 1812

American writer

Anna Cathcart

b. 2003

Canadian actress (born 2003)

Anna Cervin

b. 1878

Swedish artist (1878–1972)

Anna Chancellor

b. 1965

English actress

Anna Chennault

b. 1925

Chinese-American reporter (1923–2018)

Anna Cramling

b. 2002

Swedish chess player (born 2002)

Anna d'Este

Figure during French wars of Religion

Anna Dello Russo

b. 1962

Italian fashion journalist (born 1962)

Anna Ibrisagic

b. 1967

Swedish politician (born 1967)

Anna Jarvis

b. 1864

Founder of Mother's Day (1864-1948)

Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler

b. 1883

American mathematician

Anna Laurens Dawes

b. 1851

American author and suffragist

Anna Lee

British and American actress (1913–2004)

Anna Lee Aldred

b. 1921

American jockey and trick rider