Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Olympia Dukakis

American actress (1931–2021)

Olympia Fulvia Morata

Italian classical scholar

Om Prakash Mehra

Indian Air Force officer

Om Prakash Munjal

Indian businessman, philanthropist (1928–2015)

Omali Yeshitela

b. 1941

American political activist (born 1941)

Omar Abdel-Rahman

b. 1938

Egyptian Islamist militant (1938–2017)

Omar Abu Risha

Syrian poet and diplomat

Omar al-Mukhtar

Libyan resistance leader (1858–1931)

Omar Arellano (footballer, born 1987)

b. 1987

Mexican footballer

Omar Azziman

b. 1947

Moroccan advisor (born 1947)

Omar Benson Miller

b. 1978

American actor (born 1978)

Omar Bongo

President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009

Omar Bundy

b. 1861

United States Army officer (1861–1940)

Omar Epps

b. 1973

American actor and musician (born 1973)

Omar Gonzalez

b. 1988

American soccer player (born 1988)

Omar Gooding

b. 1976

American actor (born 1976)

Omar Karami

b. 1934

Former Prime Minister of Lebanon

Omar Khayyam

b. 1048

Persian polymath and poet (1048–1131)

Omar Linares

b. 1967

Cuban baseball player

Omar McLeod

b. 1994

Jamaican athletics competitor

Omar Minaya

b. 1958

Dominican baseball executive (born 1958)

Omar Sachedina

b. 1982

Canadian television reporter

Omar Sharif

Egyptian actor (1932–2015)

Omar Sívori

b. 1935

Argentine-Italian footballer (1935–2005)