Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Elizabeth Simcoe

b. 1762

English artist (1762–1850)

Elizabeth Spencer (writer)

b. 1921

American writer (1921–2019)

Elizabeth Spriggs

English actress (1929–2008)

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

b. 1596

Electress Palatine from 1613 to 1623

Elizabeth Tudor (1492–1495)

b. 1492

English princess (1492–1495)

Elizabeth Vargas

b. 1962

American television journalist

Elizabeth Warren

b. 1949

American politician (born 1949)

Elizabeth Wettlaufer

b. 1967

Canadian serial killer and former nurse

Elizabeth Wilmshurst

b. 1948

British civil servant

Elizabeth Wilson

American actress (1921–2015)

Elizabeth Woodville

Queen of England (1464–70; 1471–83)

Elke Hanel-Torsch

b. 1981

Austrian politician (born 1981)

Elke Sommer

b. 1940

German-American actress (1940–2026)

Ella Balinska

b. 1996

English actress (born 1996)

Ella Fitzgerald

b. 1917

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

Ella Grasso

b. 1919

American politician (1919–1981)

Ella Jenkins

b. 1924

American folk singer (1924–2024)

Ella Langley

b. 1999

American singer-songwriter (born 1999)

Ella Leivo

b. 1994

Finnish tennis player

Ella Raines

b. 1920

American actress (1920–1988)

Ella Stewart Udall

b. 1855

American Latter-day Saint telegraphist and entrepreneur (1855–1937)

Ella Toone

b. 1992

English footballer (born 1999)

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

American author and poet (1850–1919)

Ellar Coltrane

b. 1994

American actor (born 1994)