Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Tage Erlander

b. 1901

Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969

Tahar Djaout

Algerian writer (1954–1993)

Taher Elgamal

b. 1955

American cryptographer

Taher Saifuddin

b. 1888

Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohra from 1915 to 1965

Tahira Asif

b. 1961

Pakistani politician

Tahmasp I

Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576

Taichang Emperor

b. 1582

Emperor of China in 1620

Taichi Yamada

b. 1934

Japanese writer (1934–2023)

Taichō

b. 682

Japanese monk and scholar (682–767)

Taihō Kōki

b. 1940

Japanese sumo wrestler (1940–2013)

Taiji (musician)

b. 1966

Japanese musician (1966–2011)

Taijuan Walker

b. 1992

American baseball player (born 1992)

Taika Waititi

b. 1975

New Zealand filmmaker and actor (born 1975)

Taiki Matsuno

Japanese actor and voice actor (1967–2024)

Taira no Munemori

12th-century Japanese military leader

Taira no Tadatsune

Samurai lord and rebel of the early Heian period

Taissa Farmiga

b. 1994

American actress (born 1994)

Taizō Sugimura

b. 1979

Japanese politician

Taj Mahal (musician)

b. 1942

American blues musician (born 1942)

Taja Mohorčič

b. 1989

Slovenian tennis player

Tajuddin Ahmad

b. 1925

Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1971 to 1972

Taka Hirose

b. 1967

Japanese musician and chef (born 1967)

Takahashi Korekiyo

b. 1854

Prime Minister of Japan from 1921 to 1922

Takahiro Hōjō

b. 1986

Japanese actor