Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

b. 1911

American golfer and athlete (1911–1956)

Babe Parilli

b. 1930

American gridiron football player (1930–2017)

Baburao Painter

b. 1890

Indian artist and filmmaker (1890–1954)

Baccio d'Agnolo

b. 1462

Italian woodcarver, sculptor, and architect

Bad News Brown (musician)

b. 1977

Musical artist

Bae Jin-young

b. 2000

South Korean singer (born 2000)

Baekhyun

b. 1992

South Korean singer (born 1992)

Bagrat III of Georgia

King of Georgia from 1008 to 1014

Baháʼu'lláh

Founder of the Baháʼí Faith (1817–1892)

Bajkam

Turkish military commander (d. 941)

Bajo Pivljanin

Serbian military leader

Baldur von Schirach

b. 1907

German Nazi politician (1907–1974)

Baldus de Ubaldis

Italian jurist

Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders

Count of Flanders from 987 to 1035

Baldwin Lonsdale

President of Vanuatu from 2014 to 2017

Bálint Kopasz

b. 1997

Hungarian canoeist (born 1997)

Balu Mahendra

b. 1939

Film director in Indian cinema (1939–2014)

Bamba Fall

b. 1986

BamBam

b. 1997

Thai rapper and singer (born 1997)

Ban Ki-moon

b. 1944

UN Secretary-General from 2007 to 2016

Banda Singh Bahadur

Sikh military commander (1670–1716)

Banharn Silpa-archa

Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 to 1996

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

b. 1838

Indian Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838–1894)

Bao Zheng

11th-century Chinese politician and cultural personification of justice