Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Ichijō Kaneyoshi

b. 1402

Ichirō Ozawa

b. 1942

Japanese politician (born 1942)

Ichiro Suzuki

b. 1973

Japanese baseball player (born 1973)

Ichiyō Higuchi

b. 1872

Japanese writer (1872–1896)

Ida B. Wells

b. 1862

American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)

Ida Browne

b. 1900

Australian geologist (1900–1976)

Ida Elizabeth Osbourne

Australian actress and radio broadcaster

Ida Freund

Austrian-British chemist

Ida Gerhardt

Dutch poet and classicist

Ida Hunt Udall

American Latter-day Saint diarist (1858–1915)

Ida Lou Anderson

b. 1900

American radio broadcaster and academic

Ida Lupino

British actress and filmmaker (1918–1995)

Ida Maclean

b. 1877

English biochemist

Ida Mae Martinez

b. 1931

American professional wrestler and nurse

Ida Maria

b. 1984

Norwegian singer

Ida McNeil

American broadcaster (1888–1974)

Ida Mett

Belarusian anarchist and writer (1901–1973)

Ida Noddack

German chemist (1896–1978)

Ida Rhodes

b. 1900

American mathematician

Ida Tarbell

b. 1857

American writer, journalist, biographer and lecturer (1857–1944)

Ida Wüst

German actress (1884–1958)

Idabelle Smith Firestone

b. 1874

American composer and songwriter

Idalis DeLeón

b. 1969

American singer (born 1969)

Idan Tal

b. 1975

Israeli footballer (born 1975)