Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss

b. 1933

English judge (born 1933)

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz

American naturalist and educator (1822–1907)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

American suffragist (1815–1902)

Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley

b. 1576

English courtier and patron of the arts

Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine

b. 1652

Duchess of Orléans (1652–1722)

Elizabeth Coatsworth

American poet

Elizabeth Connell

b. 1946

South African-born opera singer

Elizabeth Cook

b. 1972

American country singer (born 1972)

Elizabeth Craig (writer)

Scottish writer and home economist (1883–1980)

Elizabeth de Burgh

Queen of Scots from 1306 to 1327

Elizabeth de Clare

b. 1295

English heiress (1295–1360)

Elizabeth Dilling

b. 1894

American writer and political activist (1894–1966)

Elizabeth Dole

b. 1936

American politician and writer (born 1936)

Elizabeth Enright

American writer (1907–1968)

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

b. 1892

American writer (1892–1958)

Elizabeth Francis

b. 1909

American supercentenarian (1909–2024)

Elizabeth Fraser

b. 1963

Scottish singer (born 1963)

Elizabeth Fry

b. 1780

English social reformer (1780–1845)

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

b. 1836

English physician, doctor and feminist (1836–1917)

Elizabeth Gaskell

b. 1810

English novelist, biographer, and short story writer (1810–1865)

Elizabeth George Speare

American novelist (1908–1994)

Elizabeth Gilbert

b. 1969

American journalist and author (born 1969)

Elizabeth Gilels

b. 1919

Soviet and Russian violinist (1919–2008)

Elizabeth Gloster

b. 1949

Former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (born 1949)