Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Yevgeny Miller

b. 1867

Russian general (1867–1939)

Yevgeny Minayev

b. 1933

Russian weightlifter (1933–1993)

Yevgeny Mravinsky

b. 1903

Soviet conductor (1903–1988)

Yevgeny Ostashev

Russian engineer

Yevgeny Prigozhin

b. 1961

Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (1961–2023)

Yevgeny Primakov

Russian politician and diplomat (1929–2015)

Yevgeny Svetlanov

Soviet and Russian conductor (1928–2002)

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

b. 1933

Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)

Yevhen Khacheridi

b. 1987

Ukrainian footballer (born 1987)

Yevstigney Fomin

b. 1761

Russian opera composer

Ygnacio del Valle

b. 1808

Prominent landowner in early California (1808–1880)

Yhency Brazobán

b. 1980

Dominican baseball player (born 1980)

Yi Jianlian

b. 1984

Chinese basketball player (born 1987)

Yi Munyeol

b. 1948

South Korean writer (born 1948)

Yi So-yeon

b. 1978

South Korean astronaut (born 1978)

Yi Sun-sin

b. 1545

16th-century Korean naval commander

Yi Un

Last crown prince of Korea (1897–1970)

Yiannis Boutaris

b. 1942

Greek businessman and politician (1942–2024)

Yiannis Latsis

Greek shipping multi-billionaire business magnate (1910–2003)

Yiannis Moralis

b. 1916

Greek visual artist (1916–2009)

Yiannis Papaioannou

Greek composer and teacher

Yiannis Ritsos

b. 1909

Greek poet and communist (1909–1990)

Yiannos Papantoniou

b. 1959

Greek politician

Yigael Yadin

Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician (1917-1984)