Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Ian Gould

b. 1957

Cricket umpire

Ian Gourlay

English Royal Marines general (1920–2013)

Ian Gow

British politician (1937–1990)

Ian Graham

b. 1923

British Mesoamericanist (1923–2017)

Ian Greenberg

b. 1942

Canadian businessman (1942–2022)

Ian Hamilton Finlay

b. 1925

Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (1925–2006)

Ian Happ

b. 1994

American baseball player (born 1994)

Ian Harding

b. 1986

American actor (born 1986)

Ian Hargreaves

b. 1951

British academic

Ian Harte

b. 1977

Irish footballer & agent (born 1977)

Ian Healy

b. 1964

Australian cricketer (born 1964)

Ian Henderson (rugby league)

b. 1983

Former Scotland international rugby league footballer

Ian Hislop

b. 1960

British journalist, satirist and television personality (born 1960)

Ian Holm

English actor (1931–2020)

Ian Hunter (actor)

b. 1900

British actor (1900–1975)

Ian Hutchinson (motorcyclist)

b. 1979

English motorcycle racer (born 1979)

Ian James Corlett

b. 1962

Canadian voice actor and author (born 1962)

Ian Jones (rugby union, born 1967)

b. 1967

Rugby player

Ian Kennedy (legal scholar)

b. 1941

British academic lawyer

Ian Kinsler

b. 1982

American-Israeli baseball player (born 1982)

Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood

b. 1932

Scottish judge (1932–2017)

Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton

b. 1940

British politician (born 1940)

Ian Leslie

b. 1942

Australian television journalist

Ian Lougher

b. 1963

Welsh motorcycle racer