Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

Stanislav Gross

Czech politician (1969–2015)

Stanislav Kostka Neumann

Czech poet (1875–1947)

Stanislav Petrov

Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017)

Stanislava Hrozenská

b. 1982

Slovak tennis player

Stanisław Bareja

Polish film director (1929–1987)

Stanisław Czaykowski

b. 1899

Polish racing driver (1899–1933)

Stanisław Dziwisz

b. 1939

Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church

Stanisław Lubieniecki

Stanisław Nagy

Stanley Adams (actor)

American actor and screenwriter

Stanley B. Prusiner

b. 1942

American neurologist and chemist (born 1942)

Stanley Baxter

b. 1926

Scottish actor and comedian (1926–2025)

Stanley Clarke

b. 1951

American bassist (born 1951)

Stanley Elkin

American novelist, essayist, and professor

Stanley Fischer

American and Israeli economist (1943–2025)

Stanley Fish

b. 1938

American literary theorist, legal scholar, author and public intellectual (born 1938)

Stanley Gene

b. 1974

Former Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer and coach

Stanley Hawes

British-born documentary film producer and director

Stanley Knowles

Canadian politician (1908–1997)

Stanley Kunitz

American poet (1905–2006)

Stanley Marsh 3

American artist and eccentric

Stanley Mosk

American jurist (1912– 2001)

Stanley Moss

b. 1925

American poet, publisher, and art dealer (1925–2024)

Stanley Rogers Resor

American governmental official (1917–2012)