Leading Figures in History

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

18354 persons found

Władysław II the Exile

High Duke of Poland from 1138 to 1146

Władysław IV Vasa

Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1632 to 1648

Władysław Reymont

b. 1867

Polish novelist (1867–1925)

Władysław Witwicki

b. 1878

Polish polymath

Władysław Żmuda

b. 1954

Topics referred to by the same term

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989

Wojciech Leśnikowski

American architect

Wojciech Szczęsny

b. 1990

Polish footballer (born 1990)

Wolf Huber

Austro-German painter, printmaker and architect

Wolf V. Vishniac

b. 1922

American microbiologist (1922–1973)

Wolfe Tone

b. 1763

Irish revolutionary figure (1763–1798)

Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven

b. 1579

Founder of the New Netherlands colony

Wolfgang Borchert

b. 1921

German playwright and writer

Wolfgang I of Oettingen

b. 1455

German nobleman

Wolfgang Jeschke

German author (1936–2015)

Wolfgang Leonhard

b. 1921

German political author and historian

Wolfgang Lüth

German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II

Wolfgang Pauli

b. 1900

Austrian–Swiss physicist (1900–1958)

Wolfgang Reitherman

German-American animator (1909–1985)

Wolfgang Schüssel

b. 1945

Chancellor of Austria from 2000 to 2007

Wolfram Sievers

German war criminal (1905–1948)

Wolraad Woltemade

Cape Dutch dairy farmer; famous for saving lives in a shipwreck in 1773

Wonder Mike

b. 1957

Musical artist

Wong Ka Kui

b. 1962

Hong Kong musician (1962–1993)