Leading Figures in History

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

18354 persons found

Aigars Apinis

b. 1973

Latvian Paralympic athlete

Ailee

b. 1989

American singer (born 1989)

Aileen Hernandez

b. 1926

American union organizer and civil rights activist

Aimé Césaire

Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008)

Aimee Stephens

American civil rights activist (1960–2020)

Ain Kaalep

b. 1926

Estonian writer (1926–2020)

Aivar Kuusmaa

b. 1967

Estonian basketball player and coach

Aivars Kalējs

b. 1951

Latvian composer, organist and pianist

Aiyathurai Nadesan

AJ Styles

b. 1977

American retired professional wrestler (born 1977)

Ajahn Buddhadasa

b. 1906

Thai Buddhist monk (1906–1993)

Ajahn Chah

b. 1918

Buddhist monk of Thai Forest Tradition (1918–1992)

Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar

b. 1964

British surgeon and life peer (born 1964)

Ajith Kumar

b. 1971

Indian actor and racing driver (born 1971)

Ajla Tomljanović

b. 1993

Croatian-born Australian tennis player (born 1993)

Ajoy Mukherjee

Indian politician (1901–1986)

Akebono Tarō

b. 1969

American-born Japanese sumo wrestler (1969–2024)

Akhmad Kadyrov

Chechen militant and revolutionary (1951–2004)

Akihiro Miwa

b. 1935

Japanese singer, actor, composer and drag queen

Akinoumi Setsuo

b. 1914

Japanese sumo wrestler

Akira Ifukube

b. 1914

Japanese composer (1914–2006)

Akira Ioane

b. 1995

New Zealand rugby union player

Akira Tonomura

Japanese physicist

Akon

b. 1973

Senegalese-American singer (born 1973)