Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Hicham El Guerrouj

b. 1974

Moroccan middle-distance runner (born 1974)

Hida Viloria

b. 1968

American activist (born 1968)

Hide (musician)

Japanese musician (1964–1998)

Hideaki Anno

b. 1960

Japanese animator, filmmaker, producer, and seiyū (born 1960)

Hideaki Wakui

b. 1986

Japanese baseball player (born 1986)

Hideki Irabu

b. 1969

Japanese baseball player (1969-2011)

Hideki Matsui

b. 1974

Japanese baseball player (born 1974)

Hideki Shirakawa

b. 1936

Japanese chemist, engineer, and professor

Hideki Yukawa

Japanese physicist (1907–1981)

Hidenoyama Raigorō

Japanese sumo wrestler

Hideo Fukuyama

b. 1955

Japanese racing driver (born 1955)

Hideo Kojima

b. 1963

Japanese video game designer (born 1963)

Hideo Nakata

b. 1961

Japanese filmmaker (born 1961)

Hideo Nomo

b. 1968

Japanese baseball player (born 1968)

Hidesaburō Ueno

Japanese agricultural scientist and owner of Hachikō (1872–1925)

Hidetaka Miyazaki

b. 1974

Japanese video game director (born 1974)

Hideto Takahashi

b. 1987

Japanese footballer (born 1987)

Hidir Lutfi

Iraqi poet

Hienadz Buraukin

Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (1936–2014)

Hiệp Hòa

b. 1847

6th emperor of Nguyễn-dynasty Vietnam (r. 30 July – 29 November 1883)

Hieronymus Bosch

Dutch painter (c. 1450–1516)

Hieronymus Fabricius

b. 1537

Italian physician, anatomist and surgeon (1533–1619)

Hieronymus Łaski

b. 1496

Polish diplomat (1496–1542)

Hieronymus Praetorius

b. 1560

German composer and organist (1560-1629)