Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Deborah Berger

American female artist (1956–2005)

Deborah Compagnoni

b. 1970

Italian alpine skier (born 1970)

Deborah Moggach

b. 1948

English playwright, novelist and screenwriter (born 1948)

Debra Wilson

b. 1962

American actress

Debra Winger

b. 1955

American actress (born 1955)

Debs Garms

b. 1907

American baseball player (1907–1984)

Dechko Uzunov

Bulgarian painter

Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus

b. 85 BC

Roman general, politician, and assassin of Julius Caesar (81–43 BC)

Dédé Fortin

Canadian musician

Dedrick Dodge

b. 1967

American football player and coach (born 1967)

Dee Dee Bridgewater

b. 1950

American jazz singer (born 1950)

Dee Dee Ramone

American musician (1951–2002)

Dee Molenaar

b. 1918

American mountain climber

Dee Strange-Gordon

b. 1988

American baseball player (born 1988)

Deepika Kumari

b. 1994

Indian archer and Olympian

DeForest Kelley

American actor (1920–1999)

Deividas Stagniūnas

b. 1985

Lithuanian ice dancer (born 1985)

Dejan Kulusevski

b. 2000

Swedish footballer (born 2000)

Dejan Ognjanović

b. 1978

Montenegrin footballer

Dejan Savić

b. 1975

Serbian water polo player (born 1975)

Deke Slayton

American astronaut (1924–1993)

Del Harris

b. 1937

American basketball coach (born 1937)

Delia Derbyshire

b. 1937

English musician and composer of electronic music (1937–2001)

Delia Smith

b. 1941

English cook and television presenter