Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Gale Gordon

American actor (1906–1995)

Gale Harold

b. 1969

American actor (born 1969)

Gale Page

b. 1910

American actress (1913–1983)

Gale Sayers

b. 1943

American football player (1943–2020)

Gale Sondergaard

American actress (1899–1985)

Gale Storm

American actress and singer (1922–2009)

Galeazzo II Visconti

Ruler of Milan (1320–1378)

Galen Rowell

American wilderness photographer, mountaineer, and author (1940–2002)

Galen Rupp

b. 1986

American long-distance runner (born 1986)

Galen Weston

b. 1940

British-Canadian billionaire businessman (1940–2021)

Galeotto I Pico

b. 1442

15th-century Italian soldier and nobleman

Galileo Ferraris

b. 1847

Italian physicist and electrical engineer (1847–1897)

Galina Prozumenshchikova

Soviet swimmer (1948–2015)

Galina Vishnevskaya

b. 1926

Russian soprano (1926–2012)

Gallagher (comedian)

b. 1946

American comedian (1946–2022)

Galusha A. Grow

b. 1823

American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman (1823–1907)

Galway Kinnell

American poet (1927–2014)

Gamal Abdel Nasser

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

Gamal al-Ghitani

Egyptian author, literary editor and commentator

Gamal Hamdan

Egyptian scholar and geographer (1928–1993)

Gamani Corea

b. 1925

Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat (1925–2013)

Gamini Fonseka

Sri Lankan actor-politician (1931–2004)

Gamini Lokuge

b. 1943

Sri Lankan politician (1943–2025)

Gamze Bulut

b. 1992

Turkish middle-distance runner (born 1992)