Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Taraki Sivaram

Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka

Tarcisio Burgnich

b. 1939

Italian footballer (1939–2021)

Tarin Bradford

b. 1980

Australian rugby league footballer

Tariq Aziz

b. 1936

Iraqi Assyrian politician (1936–2015)

Tarjei Sandvik Moe

b. 1999

Norwegian actor (born 1999)

Tarquinio Provini

b. 1933

Italian motorcycle racer (1933–2005)

Tarsem Singh

b. 1961

Indian film director (born 1961)

Tarvaris Jackson

b. 1983

American football player (1983–2020)

Tasha Tudor

American illustrator and writer (1915–2008)

Taşkın Aksoy

b. 1967

German footballer and manager

Tate George

b. 1968

American basketball player (born 1968)

Tatenda Taibu

b. 1983

Zimbabwean cricketer

Tathagata Mukherjee

b. 1985

Indian actor

Tatiana Volosozhar

b. 1986

Ukrainian-born Russian pair skater (born 1986)

Tatjana Fomina

b. 1954

Estonian chess player

Tatjana Hüfner

b. 1983

German luger (born 1983)

Tatsuo Hori

Japanese writer (1904–1953)

Tatsuo Shimabuku

Okinawan karateka and the founder of Isshin-ryū

Tatu Kolehmainen

b. 1885

Finnish long-distance runner

Tatya Tope

Leader of the Indian War of Independence in 1857

Tatyana Ledovskaya

b. 1966

Soviet and Belarusian athletics competitor

Tatyana Tolstaya

b. 1951

Russian writer

Taufiq Ismail

b. 1935

Indonesian poet, activist and editor

Taufiq Kiemas

Indonesian politician (1942–2013)