Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Fu Jian (337–385)

Heavenly King of Great Qin

Fu Yanqing

Chinese general and politician

Fu Youyi

Chinese chancellor of the Tang dynasty (?–691)

Fuad I of Egypt

Sultan/King of Egypt from 1917 to 1936

Fuat Sezgin

b. 1924

Turkish historian of Arabic-Islamic science (1924–2018)

Fuifui Moimoi

b. 1979

Tongan International rugby league player

Fujii Kaze

b. 1997

Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist

Fujio Akatsuka

Japanese mangaka

Fujiwara no Akimitsu

Japanese bureaucrat (944–1021)

Fujiwara no Atsutada

Fujiwara no Genshi

b. 1016

Empress consort of Japan

Fujiwara no Kamatari

7th-century Japanese statesman and politician; founder of the Fujiwara clan

Fujiwara no Kaneie

Japanese statesman, courtier and politician

Fujiwara no Kenshi (994–1027)

Empress consort of Japan

Fujiwara no Michikane

Fujiwara no Michitaka

Japanese noble (953–995)

Fujiwara no Morosuke

Japanese statesman, courtier and politician

Fujiwara no Norimichi

b. 996

Fujiwara no Sukemasa

Japanese noble, statesman and calligrapher

Fujiwara no Tadahira

Japanese statesman, courtier and politician

Fujiwara no Teika

Japanese poet and court noble

Fujiwara Seika

Fulgence Charpentier

b. 1897

Fulgencio Batista

President of Cuba (1940–1944; 1952–1959)