Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Antti-Jussi Niemi

b. 1977

Finnish ice hockey player (born 1977)

Antun Branko Šimić

Bosnian and Croatian poet

Antun Vrančić

b. 1504

Croatian-Hungarian prelate (1504–1573)

Antwaan Randle El

b. 1979

American football player and coach (born 1979)

Anu Tali

b. 1972

Estonian conductor

Anugrah Narayan Sinha

Indian politician (1887–1957)

Anushka Sharma

b. 1988

Indian actress (born 1988)

Anuška Ferligoj

b. 1947

Slovenian mathematician

Anwar al-Awlaki

American-Yemeni Islamic cleric and lecturer (1971–2011)

Anwar El Ghazi

b. 1995

Dutch footballer (born 1995)

Anwar Ibrahim

b. 1947

Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022

Anwar Sadat

President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981

Anwar Shamim

b. 1931

Air Chief Marshal (1931-2013)

Anya Krugovoy Silver

American writer

Anya Monzikova

b. 1984

Russian-American model, actress (b. 1984)

Anya Phillips

American music manager (1955–1981)

Anya Taylor-Joy

b. 1996

Actress (born 1996)

Anže Kopitar

b. 1987

Slovenian ice hockey player (born 1987)

Anže Logar

b. 1976

Slovenian politician (born 1976)

Aoi Morikawa

b. 1995

Japanese actress

Aoi Nakabeppu

b. 1990

Japanese fashion model and actress (born 1990)

Aoiyama Kōsuke

b. 1986

Japanese sumo wrestler

Aonio Paleario

Italian Christian reformer

Aparicio Saravia

b. 1856

Uruguayan politician and military leader