Leading Figures in History

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

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Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933–1995)

Elizabeth Murray (artist)

b. 1940

American painter (1940–2007)

Elizabeth Nunez

American novelist (1944–2024)

Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545)

b. 1526

Queen of Poland from 1543 to 1545

Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)

Queen consort of Bohemia

Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg

b. 1485

Electress of Brandenburg from 1502 to 1535

Elizabeth of Görlitz

Duchess of Luxemburg

Elizabeth of Hungary

b. 1207

Hungarian princess and Christian saint

Elizabeth of Luxembourg

b. 1409

Queen of Germany from 1438 to 1439

Elizabeth of Portugal

Queen of Portugal from 1282 to 1325, Catholic saint

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan

English princess and noblewoman (1282–1316)

Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk

b. 1444

English noblewoman (1444 – c. 1503)

Elizabeth P. Hoisington

20th-century United States Armed Forces officer

Elizabeth Peabody

b. 1804

American educator (1804–1894)

Elizabeth Peer

American journalist

Elizabeth Peña

b. 1959

American actress (1959–2014)

Elizabeth Peratrovich

b. 1911

Native-American civil rights activist (1911–1958)

Elizabeth Plankinton

b. 1853

American philanthropist (1853–1923)

Elizabeth Poole

English settler in Plymouth Colony (1588–1654)

Elizabeth Ralston

b. 1995

Australian soccer player

Elizabeth Reaser

b. 1975

American actress (born 1975)

Elizabeth Richeza of Poland

b. 1288

Queen of Bohemia and Poland (1288–1335)

Elizabeth Rona

Hungarian chemist (1890–1981)

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

b. 1757

Wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)