Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

César-François Cassini de Thury

b. 1714

French cartographer and astronomer (1714–1784)

Cesc Fàbregas

b. 1987

Spanish footballer (born 1987)

Cevdet Sunay

President of Turkey from 1966 to 1973

Cha Bum-kun

b. 1953

South Korean footballer

Chad Everett

b. 1937

American actor (1937–2012)

Chad Hedrick

b. 1977

American speed skater

Chad Pennington

b. 1976

American football player (born 1976)

Chae Seo-jin

b. 1994

South Korean actress

Chaeryeong

b. 2001

South Korean singer and dancer (born 2001)

Chaeyoung

b. 1999

South Korean singer (born 1999)

Chaim Aronson

Lithuanian Jewish inventor and memoirist

Chaim Herzog

President of Israel from 1983 to 1993

Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan

b. 1915

Indian diplomat (1915–2003)

Champ Bailey

b. 1978

American football player (born 1978)

Chan Ho Park

b. 1973

South Korean baseball player (born 1973)

Chan Parker

b. 1925

Jazz enthusiast and common-law wife of saxophonist Charlie Parker (1925–1999)

Chance the Rapper

b. 1993

American rapper (born 1993)

Chandler Riggs

b. 1999

American actor (born 1999)

Chandler Smith

b. 2002

American racing driver (born 2002)

Chandrabose Suthaharan

Sri Lankan Tamil journalist

Chandrashekhar Agashe

Indian industrialist (1888–1956)

Chandrashekharendra Saraswati VIII

b. 1894

68th Peethadishwar of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

Chandrika Kumaratunga

b. 1945

President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005

Chang and Eng Bunker

b. 1811

Thai-American conjoined twins (1811–1874)