Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Ülo Jõgi

Estonian freedom fighter and historian

Ülo Õun

b. 1940

Estonian sculptor

Ulric Cross

b. 1917

Trinidadian lawyer and diplomat (1917–2013)

Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola

Ulrich Beck

b. 1944

German sociologist (1944–2015)

Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg

Count of Württemberg from 1325 to 1344

Ulrich Inderbinen

Swiss mountain climber and mountain guide (1900–2004)

Ulrich Maly

b. 1960

German politician (born 1960)

Ulrich of Augsburg

Bishop of Augsburg from 923 to 973

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

Ulrich von Hutten

b. 1488

German scholar, poet and reformer (1488–1523)

Ulrich von Jungingen

26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1407–1410)

Ulrich Wegener

b. 1929

German police officer

Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark

Queen of Sweden from 1680 to 1693

Ulrika Jonsson

b. 1967

Swedish-British television presenter and model (born 1967)

Ulrike Meinhof

German left-wing militant (1934–1976)

Ulrike Tauber

b. 1958

East German swimmer

Ultimate Warrior

b. 1959

American professional wrestler and bodybuilder (1959–2014)

Ulubatlı Hasan

Turkish martyr (1428 – 1453)

Ulyana Barkova

Russian farm worker (1906–1991)

Ulysses S. Grant

b. 1822

Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877

Ulysses S. Grant III

b. 1881

American army officer and grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant (1881–1968)

Uma Bharti

b. 1959

15th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

Uma Thurman

b. 1970

American actress (born 1970)