Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Sessue Hayakawa

b. 1886

Japanese actor (1886–1973)

Seth Bingham

b. 1882

American organist and composer

Seth Rollins

b. 1986

American professional wrestler (born 1986)

Seth Warner

b. 1743

18th-century Continental Army officer

Seth Wescott

b. 1976

American snowboarder (born 1976)

Setsuko Hara

b. 1920

Japanese actress (1920–2015)

Seve Ballesteros

Spanish professional golfer (1957–2011)

Severo Aparicio Quispe

Peruvian friar and bishop

Sevim Burak

b. 1931

Turkish writer

Seyi Olofinjana

b. 1980

Nigerian footballer (born 1980)

Seymour Barab

American composer and musician (1921–2014)

Shaboozey

b. 1995

American musician (born 1995)

Shah Abdul Wahhab (born 1894)

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (1894–1982)

Shah Mahmood Qureshi

b. 1956

Pakistani politician and foreign affairs minister (born 1956)

Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)

b. 1616

Mughal prince and Subahdar of Bengal (1616–1661)

Shahar Pe'er

b. 1987

Israeli tennis player

Shahrbaraz

Shah of the Sasanian Empire in 630

Shahzada Dawood

Pakistani businessman and philanthropist (1975–2023)

Shailaja Pujari

b. 1982

Indian weightlifter (born 1982)

Shajar al-Durr

Ayyubid sultan of Egypt in 1250

Shakuntala Devi

Indian writer and mental calculator (1929–2013)

Shakur Stevenson

b. 1997

American boxer (born 1997)

Sham Kwok Fai

b. 1984

Hong Kong footballer and coach (born 1984)

Shamcey Supsup-Lee

b. 1986

Filipino model (born 1986)