Leading Figures in History

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

21513 persons found

Madison Hu

b. 2002

American actress (born 2002)

Madison Kocian

b. 1997

American artistic gymnast (born 1997)

Madman Muntz

American businessman and engineer (1914–1987)

Mae Busch

Australian-born American actress (1891–1946)

Mae Clarke

American actress (1910–1992)

Mae Whitman

b. 1988

American actor (born 1988)

Maeda Toshiie

General of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period

Maedayama Eigorō

b. 1914

Japanese sumo wrestler

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller

Danish shipping magnate (1913–2012)

Maeve Binchy

b. 1939

Irish novelist (1939–2012)

Magda Gabor

b. 1915

Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1915–1997)

Magda Goebbels

Wife of Joseph Goebbels (1901–1945)

Magda Herzberger

b. 1926

Romanian-born American author, lecturer, composer and Holocaust survivor (1926–2021)

Magdalena Abakanowicz

b. 1930

Polish sculptor (1930–2017)

Magdalena Zděnovcová

b. 1978

Czech tennis player

Magdalene Thoresen

b. 1819

Danish-Norwegian poet and playwright (1819–1903)

Maggie Gripenberg

b. 1881

Finnish dancer (1881–1976)

Maggie MacNeal

b. 1950

Dutch singer (born 1950)

Maggie Q

b. 1979

American actress (born 1979)

Maggie Rogers

b. 1994

American musician (born 1994)

Maginel Wright Enright

b. 1881

American writer & illustrator (1877–1966)

Magnus Erlingsson

King of Norway from 1161 to 1184

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie

Swedish statesman and military man

Magnus Hirschfeld

b. 1868

German sexologist (1868–1935)