Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Anne Feeney

b. 1951

American singer-songwriter and musician (1951–2021)

Anne Francis

b. 1930

American actress (1930–2011)

Anne Frank

b. 1929

German-born diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

Anne Geddes

b. 1956

Australian photographer (born 1956)

Anne Glover (biologist)

b. 1956

Scottish biologist (born 1956)

Anne Haney

American actress (1934–2001)

Anne Hébert

b. 1916

Canadian author and poet (1916–2000)

Anne Heche

b. 1969

American actress (1969–2022)

Anne Hobbs

b. 1959

British tennis player

Anne Hutchinson

b. 1591

English-born religious figure (1591–1643)

Anne Jackson

b. 1925

American actress (1925–2016)

Anne Jules de Noailles, 2nd Duke of Noailles

17th and 18th-century French nobleman and general

Anne L. Armstrong

American diplomat (1927–2008)

Anne L'Huillier

b. 1958

French-Swedish Nobel laureate physicist (born 1958)

Anne Marie d'Orléans

b. 1669

Queen of Sardinia and Duchess of Savoy

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier

b. 1627

La Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693)

Anne Marie Rafferty

b. 1958

British nurse (born 1958)

Anne Mather

b. 1946

British novelist (born 1936)

Anne McGuire

b. 1949

Scottish politician

Anne McIntosh

b. 1954

British Conservative politician

Anne McKnight

Operatic soprano

Anne McLaren

b. 1927

British scientist

Anne Meara

American comedian and actress (1929–2015)

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

b. 1906

American aviator and author (1906–2001)