Leading Figures in History

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

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Ingmar De Vos

b. 1963

Belgian sports administrator

Ingmar Vos

b. 1986

Dutch decathlete (born 1986)

Ingo Hertzsch

b. 1977

German footballer (born 1977)

Ingo Schultz

b. 1975

German sprinter

Ingolf Dahl

b. 1912

German and American musician (1912–1970)

Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

b. 1898

Wife-and-husband illustrator and children's writer duo

Ingrid Bergman

b. 1915

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

Ingrid Fliter

b. 1973

Argentinian classical pianist

Ingrid Lempereur

b. 1969

Belgian swimmer (born 1969)

Ingrid Lukas

b. 1984

Estonian-Swiss singer, pianist and composer

Ingrid of Skänninge

Swedish saint

Ingrid of Sweden

Queen of Denmark from 1947 to 1972

Ingrid Puusta

b. 1990

Estonian windsurfer

Ingrid Roscoe

b. 1944

British art historian (1944–2020)

Ingrid Rüütel

b. 1935

Estonian folklorist (born 1935)

Ingrid Sischy

South African-American writer and editor (1952–2015)

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

b. 1921

Dutch astronomer (1921–2015)

Ingrid Vetlesen

b. 1981

Norwegian soprano (born 1981)

Ingrīda Andriņa

Latvian actress (1944–2015)

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

b. 1956

Norwegian writer (1956–2025)

Ingvar Carlsson

b. 1934

Prime Minister of Sweden (1986–1991; 1994–1996)

Ingvar Rydell

Swedish footballer

Ingvild Kjerkol

b. 1975

Norwegian politician (born 1975)

Ingwær

King of Northumbria