Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Aleksandr Laktionov (painter)

b. 1910

Russian painter

Aleksandr Lyapunov

b. 1857

Russian mathematician (1857–1918)

Aleksandr Maksimenkov

b. 1952

Russian footballer

Aleksandr Medved

b. 1937

Soviet/Belarussian wrestler (1937–2024)

Aleksandr Mostovoi

b. 1968

Russian footballer (born 1968)

Aleksandr of Tver

b. 1301

Prince of Tver (r. 1326–1327; 1338–1339)

Aleksandr Olerski

b. 1973

Estonian footballer

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

b. 1949

Russian film director and writer (1949–2021)

Aleksandr Salugin

b. 1988

Russian footballer

Aleksandr Shustov

b. 1984

Russian high jumper

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Soviet-Russian author and dissident (1918–2008)

Aleksandr Stoletov

Russian physicist

Aleksandr Tvardovsky

b. 1910

Soviet poet and writer (1910–1971)

Aleksandra Boiko

b. 1918

Russian military personnel

Aleksandra Gajewska (born 1989)

b. 1989

Polish politician (born 1989)

Aleksandra Golovkina-Dolinskė

b. 1998

Lithuanian figure skater (born 1998)

Aleksandra Izmailovich

Belarusian socialist revolutionary (1878–1941)

Aleksandra Kiryashova

b. 1985

Russian pole vaulter

Aleksandra Szwed

b. 1990

Polish actress and singer (born 1990)

Aleksandra Wozniak

b. 1987

Canadian tennis player (born 1987)

Aleksandre Amisulashvili

b. 1982

Georgian footballer

Aleksandrs Čekulajevs

b. 1985

Latvian footballer (born 1985)

Aleksandrs Koliņko

b. 1975

Latvian footballer

Aleksandrs Starkovs

b. 1955

Latvian footballer