Leading Figures in History

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

39109 persons found

Neil Reynolds

Canadian politician (1940–2013)

Neil Ritchie

b. 1897

British Army officer (1897–1983)

Neil Robinson (baseball)

b. 1907

American baseball player (1907–1983)

Neil Simon

b. 1927

American playwright, writer, and academic (1927–2018)

Neil Smith (cricketer, born 1967)

b. 1967

English cricketer (born 1967)

Neil Tennant

b. 1954

English singer and songwriter (born 1954)

Neil Trudinger

b. 1942

Australian mathematician

Neil Walker (swimmer)

b. 1976

American swimmer (born 1976)

Neil Welliver

b. 1929

American painter (1929 - 2005)

Neil Williams (cricketer)

b. 1962

English cricketer (1962–2006)

Neile Adams

b. 1932

Filipina-American actress, singer and dancer

Néjia Ben Mabrouk

b. 1949

Tunisian film director and screenwriter

Nelinho

b. 1950

Brazilian footballer

Nell Dunn

b. 1936

UK playwright & fiction writer

Nell Irvin Painter

b. 1942

American historian (born 1942)

Nell McCafferty

Irish journalist and playwright (1944–2024)

Nellah Massey Bailey

b. 1893

American politician (1893–1956)

Nellie Beer

b. 1900

Nellie Bly

b. 1864

American investigative journalist (1864–1922)

Nellie Kim

b. 1957

Russian gymnast (born 1957)

Nellie Mae Rowe

b. 1900

African-American artist (1900–1982)

Nellie Melba

b. 1861

Australian opera singer (1861–1931)

Nelly Sachs

Jewish German-Swedish writer, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate (1891–1970)

Nelly Vuksic

b. 1938

Musical artist