Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Sonu Nigam

b. 1973

Indian playback singer (born 1973)

Sonya Curry

b. 1966

Mother of American basketball players

Sonya Walger

b. 1974

British and American actress

Sophia Brahe

b. 1556

Danish horticulturalist

Sophia Bush

b. 1982

American actress (born 1982)

Sophia Campbell

Early Australian settler (1777–1833)

Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

Queen in Prussia from 1713 to 1740

Sophia Hutchins

American socialite (1996–2025)

Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

b. 1464

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sophia of Hanover

Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698

Sophia of Hungary, Duchess of Saxony

Duchess consort of Saxony

Sophia of Prussia

b. 1870

Queen of Greece (1913–1917; 1920–1922)

Sophia Wilson

b. 2000

American soccer player (born 2000)

Sophie Aberle

b. 1896

American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist

Sophie Adlersparre

b. 1823

Publisher, editor, writer and women's rights activist

Sophie Auster

b. 1987

American singer/songwriter and actress

Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe

b. 1578

Danish noblewoman (1578–1646)

Sophie Cunningham

b. 1996

American basketball player (born 1996)

Sophie Germain

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher

Sophie Jamal

b. 1966

Canadian endocrinologist

Sophie Kurys

b. 1925

Baseball player

Sophie Lee

b. 1968

Australian actress (born 1968)

Sophie Masloff

American mayor (1917–2014)

Sophie Menter

b. 1846

German pianist and composer (1846–1918)