Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Tommy Robredo

b. 1982

Spanish tennis player (born 1982)

Tommy Searle

b. 1989

English motocross & supercross racer (born 1989)

Tommy Smith (saxophonist)

b. 1967

Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator

Tomoko Kaneda

b. 1973

Japanese voice actress and radio personality (born 1973)

Tomoko Kawakami

Japanese voice actress (1970–2011)

Tomoya Satozaki

b. 1976

Japanese baseball player

Tomoyuki Tanaka

b. 1910

Japanese film producer (1910–1997)

Ton Schulten

b. 1938

Dutch painter (1938–2025)

Tôn Thất Thuyết

b. 1839

Vietnamese revolutionary (1839–1913)

Toni Livers

b. 1983

Swiss cross-country skier

Toni Tennille

b. 1940

American singer (b. 1940)

Tonie Campbell

b. 1960

American hurdler (born 1960)

Tõnis Lukas

b. 1962

Estonian politician (born 1962)

Tonita Peña

b. 1893

Native American painter and muralist

Tõnno Lepmets

Estonian basketball player

Tonny Kessler

b. 1889

Dutch footballer (1889–1960)

Tõnu Sepp

b. 1946

Estonian musicologist

Tony Allen (musician)

Nigerian musician (1940–2020)

Tony Blair

b. 1953

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

Tony Boselli

b. 1972

American football player and executive (born 1972)

Tony Christie

b. 1943

English musician and singer (born 1943)

Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher

b. 1925

British businessman, trade unionist, tax official and life peer

Tony Cliff

b. 1917

Jewish-British socialist activist (1917–2000)