Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

N. V. M. Gonzalez

b. 1915

Philippine National Artist for Literature

N'Bushe Wright

b. 1970

American actress

Na Hyesŏk

b. 1896

Korean feminist (1896–1948)

Na In-woo

b. 1994

South Korean actor (born 1994)

Na'od

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1494 to 1507

Nabarun Bhattacharya

Indian writer and poet (1948–2014)

Nabi Tajima

Japanese supercentenarian

Nabil Abou-Harb

b. 1984

American film director

Nacer Chadli

b. 1989

Belgian footballer (born 1989)

Nachman of Breslov

Hasidic rabbi (1772–1810)

Nachman of Horodenka

Hasidic rabbi (approximately 1680-1765)

Nachum Gutman

b. 1898

Moldovan-born Israeli artist (1898–1980)

Nada Inada

b. 1929

Nadarajah Raviraj

Sri Lankan politician

Nadeem Aslam

b. 1966

British Pakistani novelist (born 1966)

Nader Shah

Shah of Iran from 1736 to 1747

Nadezhda Alliluyeva

b. 1901

Second wife of Joseph Stalin (1901–1932)

Nadezhda Grishaeva

b. 1989

Russian basketball player (born 1989)

Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya

b. 1962

Nadežka Mosusova

b. 1928

Nadhim Zahawi

b. 1967

British politician (born 1967)

Nadia Ali (singer)

b. 1980

American singer-songwriter (born 1980)

Nadia Anjuman

Afghan poet

Nadia Boulanger

b. 1887

French musician and teacher (1887–1979)