Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Masahiro Sakurai

b. 1970

Japanese video game designer (born 1970)

Masahiro Tanaka

b. 1988

Japanese baseball player (born 1988)

Masaichi Kaneda

b. 1933

Japanese baseball player (1933–2019)

Masajuro Shiokawa

Japanese politician

Masako Nozawa

b. 1936

Japanese actress (born 1936)

Masami Kuwashima

b. 1950

Japanese racing driver (born 1950)

Masami Nagasawa

b. 1987

Japanese actress (born 1987)

Masami Tsuda

b. 1970

Japanese manga artist

Masaniello

Italian fisherman and leader of the Neapolitan Revolt of 1647

Masanobu Fukuoka

Japanese farmer and philosopher (1913–2008)

Masanobu Takashima

b. 1966

Japanese film and television actor (born 1966)

Masanobu Tsuji

b. 1901

Japanese officer in WWII, war criminal

Masanori Murakami

b. 1944

Japanese baseball player (born 1944)

Masaoka Shiki

Japanese poet, author, and literary critic

Masaru Emoto

b. 1943

Japanese pseudoscientist (1943–2014)

Masashi Hamauzu

b. 1971

Japanese composer and pianist (born 1971)

Masashi Kishimoto

b. 1974

Japanese manga artist (born 1974)

Masashi Tashiro

b. 1956

Japanese former television performer and singer

Masataka Yoshida

b. 1993

Japanese baseball player (born 1993)

Masato Kawabata

b. 1977

Japanese professional drifting driver (born 1977)

Masato Nakamura

b. 1958

Japanese musician (born 1958)

Masato Shibata

b. 1978

Japanese professional wrestler

Masatoshi Koshiba

b. 1926

Japanese physicist (1926–2020)

Masatoshi Shima

b. 1943

Japanese electronics engineer