Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Letitia Christian Tyler

First Lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

b. 1802

British poet and novelist (1802–1838)

Letitia James

b. 1958

American lawyer and politician (born 1958)

Letitia Wright

b. 1993

British actress (born 1993)

Letsie III

b. 1963

King of Lesotho (1990–1995; since 1996)

Lettice Curtis

English female aviator; Air Transport Auxiliary pilot

Lettice Knollys

b. 1543

English noblewoman and aristocrat (1543–1634)

Leudwinus

Archbishop of Treves and Archbishop of Laon

Leung Chun-ying

b. 1954

Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017

Lev Kopelev

Soviet author and dissident

Lev Oborin

b. 1907

Soviet pianist (1907–1974)

Lev Pontryagin

Soviet mathematician (1908–1988)

Lev Schnirelmann

Soviet mathematician (1905–1938)

Lev Shankovsky

Ukrainian rebel soldier and military historian

Lev Vladimirsky

Soviet naval officer

Lev Vygotsky

Soviet psychologist (1896–1934)

Lev Yashin

b. 1929

Soviet footballer (1929–1990)

Lev Zadov

Ukrainian counter-intelligence agent (1893–1938)

Lev Zelyony

b. 1948

Russian physicist (born 1948)

Levente Lengyel

Hungarian chess grandmaster (1933–2014)

Leverett Saltonstall

b. 1892

U.S. Senator and Governor of Massachusetts

Levern Spencer

b. 1984

Saint Lucian high jumper and Olympic athlete

Levi Celerio

b. 1910

Filipino composer and lyricist

Levi Eshkol

b. 1895

Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 to 1969