Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Laura Kenny

b. 1992

English cyclist (born 1992)

Laura Kightlinger

b. 1969

American actress and writer (born 1968/1969)

Laura Knight

English artist (1877–1970)

Laura La Plante

b. 1904

American actress (1904–1996)

Laura Leighton

b. 1968

American actress (born 1968)

Laura Nyro

b. 1947

American singer and songwriter (1947–1997)

Laura Omloop

b. 1999

Belgian pop singer (born 1999)

Laura Pausini

b. 1974

Italian singer and songwriter (born 1974)

Laura Pigossi

b. 1994

Brazilian tennis player (born 1994)

Laura Ràfols

b. 1990

Spanish footballer (born 1990)

Laura San Giacomo

b. 1962

American actress (born 1961/1962)

Laura Secord

Canadian heroine of the War of 1812

Laura Slade Wiggins

b. 1988

American actress, singer and musician

Laura Taylor (swimmer)

b. 1999

Australian swimmer (born 1999)

Laura Tobin

b. 1981

English weather presenter

Laura Trevelyan

b. 1968

British-American journalist (born 1968)

Laura Tyson

b. 1947

American business academic

Laura Ucrós

b. 1995

Colombian tennis player

Laura Veirs

b. 1973

American singer-songwriter

Laurance Rockefeller

American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist (1910-2004)

Laure Manaudou

b. 1986

French swimmer (born 1986)

Laure Pequegnot

b. 1975

French alpine skier (born 1975)

Laureano Márquez

b. 1963

Spanish-born Venezuelan humorist and political scientist

Laurel Aitken

b. 1927

Cuban-Jamaican musician (1927–2005)