Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Sabbatai Zevi

b. 1626

Jewish mystic and self-proclaimed Messiah (1626–1676)

Sabina Jeschke

b. 1968

German computer scientist

Sabina of Bavaria, Duchess of Württemberg

b. 1492

Duchess consort of Württemberg

Sabine Braun

b. 1965

German athlete (born 1965)

Sabine Klaschka

b. 1980

German tennis player

Sabine Schmitz

b. 1969

German racing driver and television personality (1969–2021)

Sabino Barinaga

b. 1922

Spanish footballer and manager

Sabino Brunello

b. 1989

Italian chess grandmaster (born 1989)

Sabri Sarıoğlu

b. 1984

Turkish footballer (born 1984)

Sabrina Carpenter

b. 1999

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1999)

Saburō Sakai

b. 1916

Imperial Japanese Navy WWII fighter pilot (1916–2000)

Sacco and Vanzetti

b. 1891

Italian American anarchist duo executed by Massachusetts

Sacha Distel

French musician and singer (1933–2004)

Sacha Guitry

French actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (1885–1957)

Sachia Vickery

b. 1995

American tennis player

Sachidananda Routray

Indian (Odia-language) Writer (1916-2004)

Sachin Tendulkar

b. 1973

Indian cricketer (born 1973)

Sad Sam Jones

American baseball player (1892–1966)

Sada Yacco

b. 1871

Japanese actress

Sadaharu Oh

b. 1940

Chinese-Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1940)

Sadanoyama Shinmatsu

Japanese sumo wrestler (1938–2017)

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

b. 1950

Indian actor (1950–2014)

Saddam Hussein

b. 1937

President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003

Sadhan Chandra Majumder

b. 1950

Bangladeshi politician