Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Joshua Leonard

b. 1975

American actor (born 1975)

Joshua Nkomo

b. 1917

Zimbabwean politician (1917–1999)

Joshua Orwa Ojode

Kenyan politician

Joshua Rifkin

b. 1944

American conductor, keyboard player, and musicologist

Joshua Rowley

b. 1730

British admiral

Joshua Rozenberg

b. 1950

British solicitor, legal affairs commentator, and journalist

Joshua Zirkzee

b. 2001

Dutch footballer (born 2001)

Josiah Bartlett

American Founding Father, physician, and judge

Josiah Child

English merchant and politician

Josiah Henson

b. 1789

American abolitionist and minister

Josiah Mason

British businessman (1795–1881)

Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp

British industrialist, economist, politician, and writer (1880–1941)

Josiah Thomas (politician)

b. 1863

19th and 20th-century Australian politician

Josiah Willard Gibbs

American scientist (1839–1903)

Josif Pančić

b. 1814

Serbian botanist and academic (1814–1888)

Josip Broz Tito

Leader of Yugoslavia from 1943 to 1980

Josip Štolcer-Slavenski

b. 1896

Croatian composer

Joss Whedon

b. 1964

American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)

Jost Amman

b. 1539

Swiss-German artist (1539–1591)

Josy Barthel

b. 1927

Luxembourgish athlete (1927–1992)

Jōtarō Watanabe

b. 1874

Japanese general (1874–1936)

Jovan Aćimović

b. 1948

Serbian footballer

Jovan Rašković

b. 1929

Serbian politician and academic (1929–1992)

Jovenel Moïse

President of Haiti from 2017 to 2021