Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

İsmail Akbay

b. 1930

Turkish space scientist (1930–2003)

Ismail al-Azhari

b. 1900

President of Sudan from 1965 to 1969

Ismail al-Faruqi

Palestinian-American Islamic scholar (1921–1986)

İsmail Erez

Turkish diplomat

Ismail Haniyeh

Palestinian politician (c.1962–2024)

Ismail I

Shah of Safavid Iran from 1501 to 1524

Ismail Kadare

Albanian writer (1936–2024)

Ismail Mahomed

Chief Justice of South Africa from 1997 to 2000

Ismail Merchant

Indian film producer (1936–2005)

Ismail Petra of Kelantan

b. 1949

Sultan of Kelantan (r. 1979–2010)

İsmail YK

b. 1978

Turkish German singer

Ismat Chughtai

Indian writer and filmmaker (1915–1991)

İsmet İnönü

b. 1884

Turkish politician (1884–1973)

İsmet Özel

b. 1944

Turkish poet and writer (born 1944)

Isobel Andrews

New Zealand playwright, novelist, short-story writer and poet (1905–1990)

Isobel Campbell

b. 1976

Scottish singer

Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie

b. 1900

Isobel Lilian Gloag

b. 1865

English painter (1865–1917)

Isoroku Yamamoto

Japanese admiral (1884–1943)

Israel Abramofsky

b. 1888

Russian-American painter

Israel Adesanya

b. 1989

Nigerian and New Zealand mixed martial artist (born 1989)

Israel Bissell

American patriot (1752–1823)

Israel Broussard

b. 1994

American actor

Israel Gelfand

b. 1913

Soviet mathematician (1913–2009)