Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Catherine of Lancaster

Queen of Castile and León from 1390 to 1406

Catherine of Portugal (nun)

Portuguese princess and nun (1436–1463)

Catherine of Siena

Italian Dominican saint (1347–1380)

Catherine of St. Augustine

b. 1632

17th-century French nun and nurse of New France

Catherine Samba-Panza

b. 1956

Central African lawyer and politician (born 1954)

Catherine Sauvage

b. 1929

Musical artist

Catherine the Great

b. 1729

Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796

Cathinka Buchwieser

b. 1789

German operatic soprano and actress (1789–1828)

Cathleen Synge Morawetz

b. 1923

Canadian mathematician (1923–2017)

Cathryn Damon

American actress (1930–1987)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

b. 1969

American politician (born 1969)

Cathy Smith

b. 1947

Canadian musician and criminal (1947–2020)

Cathy Tyson

b. 1965

British actress

Catulle Mendès

b. 1841

French poet and man of letters (1841–1909)

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

b. 1969

Spanish actress, journalist and TV presenter

Cecil Day-Lewis

b. 1904

Irish-born British poet (1904–1972)

Cecil Harmsworth King

British publisher

Cécile Chabot

Canadian poet and illustrator (1907–1990)

Cecilia Bartoli

b. 1966

Italian opera singer (born 1966)

Cecilia Beaux

b. 1855

American painter (1855–1942)

Cecilia Malmström

b. 1968

Swedish politician (born 1968)

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

b. 1900

British and American astronomer (1900–1979)

Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington

English noblewoman and peeress (1460–1529)

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York

b. 1415

English noblewoman (1415–1495)