Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Doris Sams

Baseball player

Doris Singleton

American actress (1919–2012)

Doris Stokes

Self-proclaimed British psychic

Doriva

b. 1972

Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1972)

Dorival Caymmi

b. 1914

Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter

Dorjee Khandu

5th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

Dorothea Binz

Nazi German officer and supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp (1920–1947)

Dorothea Bleek

German–South African anthropologist (1873–1948)

Dorothea Erxleben

German physician (1715–1762)

Dorothea Lange

b. 1895

American photojournalist (1895–1965)

Dorothea of Montau

Anchoress and visionary of 14th century Prussia

Dorothea Röschmann

b. 1967

Opera singer

Dorothy Fuldheim

b. 1893

American journalist and anchor (1893–1989)

Dorothy Garrod

b. 1892

English archaeologist (1892–1968)

Dorothy Gibson

b. 1889

American actress (1889–1946)

Dorothy Gilman

b. 1923

American novelist

Dorothy Gish

American actress (1898–1968)

Dorothy Height

American activist (1912–2010)

Dorothy Hewett

b. 1923

Australian feminist poet, playwright and novelist (1923–2002)

Dorothy Hodgkin

b. 1910

English chemist (1910–1994)

Dorothy Hyman

b. 1941

English sprinter (born 1941)

Dorothy L. Sayers

b. 1893

English novelist, translator and Christian writer (1893–1957)

Dorothy Levitt

20th-century British racing driver

Dorothy Manley

b. 1927

British sprint runner (1927–2021)