Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Margaret of Anjou

Queen of England (1445–1461, 1470–1471)

Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia

Queen of Germany (1225–1235) and Bohemia (1253–1260)

Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine

b. 1456

Electress Palatine

Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary

b. 1335

Queen consort of Hungary

Margaret of Brabant

b. 1276

Queen of Germany from 1308 to 1311

Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily

Queen of Sicily

Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland

b. 1456

Queen of Scots from 1469 to 1486

Margaret of Durazzo

b. 1347

Queen of Naples from 1382 to 1386

Margaret of England

b. 1240

Queen of Scotland from 1251 to 1275

Margaret of Lorraine

Duchess of Alençon

Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

b. 1469

Margaret of Valois

b. 1553

Queen of France (1589–1599) and Navarre (1572–1599)

Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry

b. 1523

Duchess of Savoy from 1559 to 1574

Margaret of York

b. 1446

Duchess of Burgundy from 1468 to 1477

Margaret Okayo

b. 1976

Kenyan marathon runner

Margaret Olley

b. 1923

Australian artist (1923–2011)

Margaret Osborne duPont

American tennis player

Margaret Paleologa

b. 1510

Marchioness of Montferrat

Margaret Pellegrini

American actress, vaudeville performer and dancer (1923–2013)

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

English peeress and beatified martyr of the Catholic Church (1473–1541)

Margaret Qualley

b. 1994

American actress (born 1994)

Margaret Rule

b. 1928

British archaeologist who led the ''Mary Rose'' project

Margaret Rutherford

English actress (1892–1972)

Margaret Sanger

American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)