Leading Figures in History

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

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Wizkid

b. 1990

Nigerian singer (born 1990)

Władysław Bartoszewski

Polish politician and activist (1922–2015)

Władysław Horodecki

b. 1863

Polish architect (1863–1930)

Władysław I Herman

Duke of Poland

Władysław II Jagiełło

Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434); King of Poland (1386–1434)

Władysław II the Exile

High Duke of Poland from 1138 to 1146

Władysław IV Vasa

Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1632 to 1648

Władysław Komar

Polish athletics competitor (1940–1998)

Władysław Reymont

b. 1867

Polish novelist (1867–1925)

Władysław Sikorski

Polish military and political leader (1881–1943)

Władysław Szpilman

Polish pianist, composer and Holocaust survivor (1911–2000)

Władysław Witwicki

b. 1878

Polish polymath

Władysław Żmuda

b. 1954

Topics referred to by the same term

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989

Wojciech Kilar

b. 1932

Polish composer (1932–2013)

Wojciech Leśnikowski

American architect

Wojciech Szczęsny

b. 1990

Polish footballer (born 1990)

Wole Soyinka

b. 1934

Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist

Wolf Huber

Austro-German painter, printmaker and architect

Wolf V. Vishniac

b. 1922

American microbiologist (1922–1973)

Wolfe Tone

b. 1763

Irish revolutionary figure (1763–1798)

Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven

b. 1579

Founder of the New Netherlands colony

Wolfgang Borchert

b. 1921

German playwright and writer

Wolfgang Dremmler

b. 1954

German footballer (born 1954)