Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Adele Griffin

b. 1970

American young adult fiction author

Adele Kurzweil

Austrian Jewish girl and Holocaust victim

Adele Mara

American actress (1923–2010)

Adele Stimmel Chase

b. 1917

American artist (1917–2000)

Adelina Patti

Italian opera singer (1843–1919)

Adelina Sotnikova

b. 1996

Russian figure skater (born 1996)

Adeliza of Louvain

Queen of England from 1121 to 1135

Adelog of Hildesheim

Bishop of Hildesheim (died 1190)

Adelsteen Normann

b. 1848

Norwegian painter (1848–1918)

Adem Demaçi

Kosovar politician and human rights defender (1936–2018)

Ademola Lookman

b. 1997

Nigerian-English footballer (born 1997)

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

b. 1967

British actor (born 1967)

Adewale Ogunleye

b. 1977

American football player (born 1977)

Adhar Kumar Chatterji

Indian naval officer

Adhemar of Le Puy

11th-century French bishop and crusader

Adhiban Baskaran

b. 1992

Indian chess grandmaster (born 1992)

Adi Shamir

b. 1952

Israeli cryptographer (born 1952)

Adibah Noor

Malaysian singer, actress and master of ceremonies (1970–2022)

Adil Omar

b. 1991

Pakistani musician

Adin Brown

b. 1978

American former soccer player

Adin Hill

b. 1996

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)

Aditya Srivastava

b. 1968

Indian actor

Adjutor

12th-century French Catholic saint

Adlai Stevenson I

Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897