Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Fleming Mackell

Canadian ice hockey player

Flesh-n-Bone

b. 1973

American rapper (born 1973)

Fletcher Christian

English sailor (1764–1793)

Fletcher Markle

Canadian entertainer (1921–1991)

Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley

b. 1716

English lawyer and politician (1716–1789)

Fleur Adcock

New Zealand poet (1934–2024)

Flinders Petrie

b. 1853

British Egyptologist (1853–1942)

Flip Saunders

American basketball player and coach (1955–2015)

Flo Rida

b. 1979

American rapper and singer (born 1979)

Floella Benjamin

b. 1949

British actress, presenter, and peer (born 1949)

Flor María Chalbaud

b. 1921

First Lady of Venezuela

Flor Peeters

b. 1903

Flemish organist, composer and music pedagogue

Flor Silvestre

b. 1930

Mexican singer and actress (1930–2020)

Flora Finch

b. 1867

English actress (1867–1940)

Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun

Scottish hereditary peer (1930–2024)

Flora MacDonald (politician)

b. 1926

Canadian politician (1926–2015)

Flora MacNeil

Scottish Gaelic Traditional singer (1928–2015)

Flora Tristan

French socialist and feminist writer (1803–1844)

Florence Auer

American actress (1880–1962)

Florence B. Seibert

b. 1897

American biochemist

Florence Ballard

b. 1943

American singer (1943–1976)

Florence Bascom

American professor of geology (1862–1945)

Florence Chadwick

b. 1918

American swimmer (1918–1995)

Florence Eldridge

b. 1901

American actress (1901–1988)