Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Sarah Rosetta Wakeman

American female soldier who served in the American Civil War

Sarah Siddons

Welsh-born actress (1755–1831)

Sarah Teather, Baroness Teather

b. 1974

British Liberal Democrat politician

Sarah Wayne Callies

b. 1977

American actress

Sarah Wixey

b. 1970

Welsh sport shooter

Sarat Pujari

Indian actor

Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda

Indian naval officer

Sári Barabás

Hungarian operatic soprano

Šárka Kašpárková

b. 1971

Czech former track and field athlete (born 1971)

Šarūnas Marčiulionis

b. 1964

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1964)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

President of India from 1962 to 1967

Sasaki Kojirō

16/17th-century Japanese swordsman

Sasao Gouland

b. 1933

Micronesian politician (1933–2011)

Sascha Konietzko

b. 1961

German musician and producer (born 1961)

Satchel Paige

American baseball player and coach (1906–1982)

Sathya Sai Baba

Indian Godman (1926–2011)

Satou Sabally

b. 1998

German-American basketball player (born 1998)

Satya Pal Jain

b. 1952

Indian politician (born 1952)

Satyajit Ray

Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)

Satyendranath Dutta

Bengali poet and rhymer (1882–1922)

Saul Adler

b. 1895

Israeli microbiologist

Saul Bass

American graphic designer (1920–1996)

Saul Bellow

b. 1915

American writer (1915–2005)

Saul Steinberg

Romanian-born American cartoonist (1914–1999)