Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Yigal Arnon

Israeli lawyer

Yingluck Shinawatra

b. 1967

Prime Minister of Thailand from 2011 to 2014

Yiorgos Theotokas

b. 1906

Greek novelist

Yisrael Kristal

Polish-Israeli supercentenarian (1903–2017)

Yitzhak Gruenbaum

Zionist leader among the Polish Jewry (1879–1970)

Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog

First Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)

Yitzhak Pundak

b. 1913

Yitzhak Shamir

Prime Minister of Israel (1983–1984; 1986–1992)

Yılmaz Güney

Kurdish filmmaker (1937–1984)

Yngve Moe

Musical artist

Yngwie Malmsteen

b. 1963

Swedish-American guitarist (born 1963)

YNW Melly

b. 1999

American rapper (born 1999)

Yo Gotti

b. 1981

American rapper (born 1981)

Yo-Yo Davalillo

b. 1931

Venezuelan baseball player and manager

Yo-Yo Ma

b. 1955

American cellist (born 1955)

Yoan Gouffran

b. 1986

French footballer (born 1986)

Yoán Moncada

b. 1995

Cuban baseball player (born 1995)

Yoane Wissa

b. 1996

Association football player (born 1996)

Yoann Gourcuff

b. 1986

French footballer (born 1986)

Yoann Huget

b. 1987

France international rugby union player

Yochanan Vollach

b. 1945

Israeli footballer

Yoel Zussman

b. 1910

Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel

Yoenis Céspedes

b. 1985

Cuban-born baseball player (born 1985)

Yoervis Medina

b. 1988

Venezuelan baseball player (1988–2025)