Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Diego Milito

b. 1979

Argentine footballer

Diego Pérez (footballer)

b. 1980

Uruguayan footballer (born 1980)

Diego Placente

b. 1977

Argentine footballer (born 1977)

Diego Quintana

b. 1978

Argentine footballer

Diego Ramírez de Arellano

Spanish cosmographer and sailor

Diego Simeone

b. 1970

Argentine football manager (born 1970)

Diego Velázquez

b. 1599

Spanish painter (1599–1660)

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar

Spanish conquistador; 1st colonial governor of Cuba (1511–24)

Dieric Bouts

15th-century Dutch painter

Diesel (musician)

b. 1966

Australian singer and guitarist (born 1966)

Dieter Althaus

b. 1958

German politician

Dieter Brummer

b. 1976

Australian actor (1976–2021)

Dieter Fromm

b. 1948

Dieter Grau

b. 1913

American aerospace engineer

Dieter Quester

b. 1939

Austrian racing driver (born 1939)

Dieter Roth

b. 1930

Swiss artist (1930–1998)

Dieterich Buxtehude

Danish-German organist and composer (1637–1707)

Dietmar Keck

b. 1957

Austrian politician (born 1957)

Dietmar Schönherr

b. 1926

Austrian actor (1926–2014)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor (1925–2012)

Dietrich Mateschitz

b. 1944

Austrian entrepreneur (1944–2022)

Digby Anderson

b. 1944

English journalist

Dik Browne

American cartoonist (1917–1989)

Dikembe Mutombo

b. 1966

Congolese-American basketball player (1966–2024)