Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Nur Muhammad Taraki

b. 1917

Afghan politician (1917–1979)

Nurcan Taylan

b. 1983

Turkish weightlifter (born 1983)

Nurettin Ersin

18th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces (1983)

Nurhaci

Founding khan of the Later Jin dynasty

Nuri Ja'far

Iraqi psychologist (1914–1991)

Nuria Llagostera Vives

b. 1980

Spanish tennis player (born 1980)

Nuria Párrizas Díaz

b. 1991

Spanish tennis player (born 1991)

Nurlan Balgimbayev

Kazakh politician (1947–2015)

Nursultan Nazarbayev

b. 1940

President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019

Nurten Yılmaz

b. 1957

Austrian politician (born 1957)

Nurul Haque Miah

b. 1944

Professor at Dhaka College (1944–2021)

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistani singer-songwriter (1948–1997)

Nusret Fişek

Turkish physician

Nuwan Kulasekara

b. 1982

Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1982)

Nüzhet Gökdoğan

Turkish astronomer and mathematician (1910–2003)

Nwankwo Kanu

b. 1976

Nigerian footballer (born 1976)

Nyaungyan Min

King of Toungoo

Nyjer Morgan

b. 1980

American baseball player (born 1980)

Nyree Kindred

b. 1980

Welsh Paralympic swimmer

Nyron Nosworthy

b. 1980

Footballer (born 1980)

O. C. Smith

b. 1932

American singer (1932–2001)

O. G. S. Crawford

b. 1886

British archaeologist (1886–1957)

O. Henry

American writer (1862–1910)

O. J. Hogans

b. 1982

American sprinter (born 1982)