Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Ivan Neville

b. 1959

American R&B musician and singer

Ivan Ntege

b. 1994

Ugandan footballer (born 1994)

Ivan Pavlov

b. 1849

Russian physiologist (1849–1936)

Ivan Pernar (politician, born 1985)

b. 1985

Croatian politician and activist

Iván Persa

Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer

Ivan Pervushin

Russian clergyman and mathematician

Iván Petrovich

Serbian actor (1894–1962)

Ivan Plyushch

Ukrainian politician (1941–2014)

Iván Ramis

b. 1984

Spanish footballer (born 1984)

Ivan Reitman

b. 1946

Canadian filmmaker (1946–2022)

Ivan Saenko

b. 1983

Russian footballer

Ivan Sekyra

b. 1952

Czech musician (1952–2012)

Ivan Shuvalov

b. 1727

Russian minister of education

Ivan Silayev

b. 1930

Soviet and Russian politician (1930–2023)

Ivan Šramko

b. 1957

Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia from 2005 to 2010

Ivan Stang

b. 1953

American writer (born 1953)

Ivan Šuker

b. 1957

Croatian politician and economist (1957–2023)

Ivan Sutherland

b. 1938

American computer scientist and Internet pioneer

Iván Szabó

Hungarian politician (1934–2005)

Ivan the Terrible

b. 1530

Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584

Ivan Toms

b. 1953

South African physician

Ivan Triesault

b. 1898

Estonian-American actor (1898-1980)

Ivan Trubetskoy

b. 1667

Russian field marshal

Ivan Turgenev

Russian writer (1818–1883)