Leading Figures in History

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

21513 persons found

Masanori Murakami

b. 1944

Japanese baseball player (born 1944)

Masaya Takahashi

b. 1984

Japanese professional wrestler (born 1986)

Masayo Kurata

b. 1969

Japanese voice actress (born 1969)

Masayoshi Ōhira

Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 to 1980

Mashita Nagamori

Japanese feudal lord (1545–1615)

Mason Adams

American actor (1919–2005)

Masoud Shojaei

b. 1984

Iranian footballer (born 1984)

Massimo Ambrosini

b. 1977

Italian footballer (born 1977)

Massimo D'Alema

b. 1949

Italian politician (born 1949)

Massimo Oddo

b. 1976

Italian footballer and manager (born 1976)

Massimo Vignelli

Italian designer (1931–2014)

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

b. 1891

Indian Kannada-language writer (1891–1986)

Mat Jackson

b. 1981

British racing driver (born 1981)

Mateo Kovačić

b. 1994

Croatian footballer (born 1994)

Mateo Retegui

b. 1999

Footballer (born 1999)

Mateusz Morawiecki

b. 1968

Prime Minister of Poland from 2017 to 2023

Matheus Cunha

b. 1999

Brazilian footballer (born 1999)

Mathew Barzal

b. 1997

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)

Mathew Batsiua

b. 1971

Nauruan politician

Mathew Brady

b. 1822

American photographer (1822–1896)

Mathias Rust

b. 1968

German activist, landed a plane near Red Square in Moscow in 1987

Mathieu Biron

b. 1980

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)

Mathieu Marais

French jurist and lawyer

Mathieu Schneider

b. 1969

American ice hockey player (born 1969)