Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Suharto

b. 1921

President of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998

Suho

b. 1991

South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (born 1991)

Suk Hyun-jun

b. 1991

South Korean footballer (born 1991)

Sukanta Bhattacharya

Bengali poet (1926–1947)

Sukarno

b. 1901

President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967

Sukhdev Thapar

b. 1907

Indian revolutionary (1907–1931)

Suleiman Mousa

Jordanian historian (1919–2008)

Süleyman Demirel

President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000

Sulochana Latkar

Indian actress (1928–2023)

Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri

b. 1914

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar

Sultan Husayn Bayqara

Timurid ruler of Herat (c.1469–1506)

Sumitranandan Pant

b. 1900

Indian writer

Sumner Locke Elliott

Novelist and playwright

Sumner Paine

b. 1868

American sport shooter

Sumner Redstone

b. 1923

American business and media magnate (1923–2020)

Sun Quan

Emperor of Eastern Wu from 229 to 252

Sun Ra

b. 1914

American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993)

Sunanda Pushkar

b. 1962

Indo-Canadian businessperson (1962–2014)

Sundar Pichai

b. 1972

CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google (born 1972)

Sundar Popo

Trinidadian and Tobagonian musician (1943–2000)

Sunderolt

Sung Han-bin

b. 2001

South Korean singer (born 2001)

Sunil Dutt

Indian film actor and politician (1929–2005)

Sunil Janah

Indian-American photojournalist and documentary photographer