Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Kimi Räikkönen

b. 1979

Finnish racing driver (born 1979)

Kimiko Date

b. 1970

Japanese tennis player (born 1970)

Kimmo Hakola

b. 1958

Finnish composer

Kimora Lee Simmons

b. 1975

American model and fashion designer (born 1975)

King Bach

b. 1988

Canadian-American internet personality and actor (born 1988)

King Baggot

b. 1879

American actor and director (1879–1948)

King C. Gillette

American entrepreneur (1855–1932)

King Curtis Iaukea

b. 1937

American professional wrestler (1937–2010)

King Kong Bundy

b. 1957

American professional wrestler (1957–2019)

King Sunny Adé

b. 1946

Nigerian musician (born 1946)

King Vidor

American writer and director (1894–1982)

King Von

b. 1994

American rapper (1994–2020)

Kings Elliot

b. 1994

Musical artist

Kingsley Amis

b. 1922

English author, critic and teacher (1922–1995)

Kingsley Fairbridge

b. 1885

Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu

Indian politician (1957–2012)

Kinky Friedman

American singer-songwriter, writer and politician (1944–2024)

Kintpuash

19th-century chief of the Modoc tribe of California and Oregon

Kip Pardue

b. 1976

American actor (born 1975)

Kip Thorne

b. 1940

American physicist, writer, and Nobel Laureate (born 1940)

Kip Winger

b. 1961

American rock musician

Kira Dixon

b. 1991

American beauty pageant contestant (born 1991)

Kira Kosarin

b. 1997

American actress and singer (born 1997)

Kira Zvorykina

Soviet chess player (1919–2014)