Leading Figures in History

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

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Josiah Burchett

British naval administrator and Whig politician

Josiah Child

English merchant and politician

Josiah Henson

b. 1789

American abolitionist and minister

Josiah Mason

British businessman (1795–1881)

Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp

British industrialist, economist, politician, and writer (1880–1941)

Josiah Thomas (politician)

b. 1863

19th and 20th-century Australian politician

Josiah Wedgwood

b. 1730

English entrepreneur and abolitionist; founder, Wedgwood pottery (1730–1795)

Josiah Willard Gibbs

American scientist (1839–1903)

Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

German count (1554–1588)

Josie Bissett

b. 1970

American actress (born 1970)

Josif Pančić

b. 1814

Serbian botanist and academic (1814–1888)

Josip Boljkovac

Croatian politician

Josip Broz Tito

Leader of Yugoslavia from 1943 to 1980

Josip Drmić

b. 1992

Swiss footballer (born 1992)

Josip Štolcer-Slavenski

b. 1896

Croatian composer

Josquin des Prez

Composer of the Renaissance (c. 1450–1521)

Joss Whedon

b. 1964

American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)

Josse Goffin

b. 1938

Belgian artist and graphic novelist (1938–2024)

Jost Amman

b. 1539

Swiss-German artist (1539–1591)

Jošt of Rožmberk

b. 1430

Bohemian nobleman and bishop (1430–1467)

Jostein Gaarder

b. 1952

Norwegian author (born 1952)

Jostein Gulbrandsen

b. 1976

Musical artist

Josuah Sylvester

English poet (1563–1618)

Josué (footballer, born 1979)

b. 1979

Brazilian footballer