Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Eddie Hart (sprinter)

b. 1949

American sprinter (born 1949)

Eddie House

b. 1978

American basketball player (born 1978)

Eddie Jefferson

American jazz vocalist and lyricist (1918–1979)

Eddie Jobson

b. 1955

English musician (born 1955)

Eddie Joost

b. 1916

American baseball player and manager (1916–2011)

Eddie Kasko

b. 1932

American baseball player (1931–2020)

Eddie Levert

b. 1942

American singer (born 1942)

Eddie Lewis (American soccer)

b. 1974

American soccer player

Eddie Linden

b. 1935

Scottish poet and editor (1935–2023)

Eddie Lopat

b. 1918

American baseball player (1918–1992)

Eddie Low

b. 1943

Musical artist

Eddie Mabo

b. 1936

Land rights activist for Indigenous Australians (1936–1992)

Eddie May

b. 1943

English footballer

Eddie McClintock

b. 1967

American actor

Eddie Nketiah

b. 1999

British footballer (born 1999)

Eddie Rabbitt

American country singer (1941–1998)

Eddie Romero

Filipino film director (1924–2013)

Eddie Sachs

American racing driver (1927–1964)

Eddy Arnold

American country music singer (1918–2008)

Eddy Baldewijns

b. 1945

Belgian politician (born 1945)

Eddy Christiani

b. 1918

Eddy Hamel

American soccer player and Holocaust victim

Eddy Merckx

b. 1945

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

Eddy Paape

Belgian artist (1920–2012)