Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Ted Shackelford

b. 1946

Actor

Ted Sorensen

b. 1928

American lawyer and presidential adviser (1928–2010)

Ted Weems

American musician and bandleader (1901–1963)

Tedald (bishop of Arezzo)

Teddy Blass

b. 1984

Musical artist

Teddy Cobeña

b. 1973

Teddy Kollek

b. 1911

Israeli politician (1911–2007)

Teddy Turner

b. 1917

British actor (1917–1992)

Teddy Wakelam

b. 1893

British Army officer, English rugby union player & broadcaster

Teden Mengi

b. 2002

English footballer (born 2002)

Tedy Bruschi

b. 1973

American football player (born 1973)

Teet Allas

b. 1977

Estonian footballer (born 1977)

Tegla Loroupe

b. 1973

Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1973)

Tekle Haymanot I

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1706 to 1708

Teklemariam Medhin

b. 1989

Eritrean long-distance runner (born 1989)

Telford Taylor

American lawyer (1908–1998)

Tenzing Norgay

Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (1914–1986)

Teodoro Fernández

b. 1913

Peruvian footballer (1913–1996)

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

b. 1942

Dictator of Equatorial Guinea since 1979

Teófilo Gutiérrez

b. 1985

Colombian footballer (born 1985)

Teófilo Stevenson

Cuban amateur boxer (1952–2012)

Terence Etherton, Baron Etherton

b. 1951

British judge (1951–2025)

Terence Fisher

British film director and film editor (1904–1980)

Terence O'Neill

Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1963 to 1969