Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Zay Flowers

b. 2000

American football player (born 2000)

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

b. 1918

President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004

Zaza Enden

b. 1976

Turkish basketball player and wrestler (born 1976)

Zaza Nadiradze

b. 1993

Georgian sprint canoeist (born 1993)

Zazie Beetz

b. 1991

American actress (born 1991)

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)

Zbigniew Herbert

Polish poet (1924–1998)

Zbigniew Kruszyński

b. 1960

Polish-German footballer

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

Polish boxer (1934–2014)

Zbigniew Preisner

b. 1955

Polish film score composer

Zbigniew Seifert

b. 1946

Polish jazz violinist

Zdeněk Fibich

Czech composer (1850–1900)

Zdeněk Rotrekl

Czech Catholic poet, literary historian and writer

Zdeňka Šilhavá

b. 1954

Czech discus thrower and shot putter

Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková

b. 1868

Czech teacher and suffragist

Zdenka Ziková

Czech opera singer (1902–1990)

Zdenko Runjić

b. 1942

Musical artist

Zdeno Cíger

b. 1969

Slovak ice hockey player (born 1969)

Zdravko Čolić

b. 1951

Bosnian singer (born 1951)

Zdravko Kuzmanović

b. 1987

Serbian footballer (born 1987)

Zdravko Milev

b. 1929

Bulgarian chess player

Zdzisław Żygulski (art historian)

b. 1921

Polish art historian

Zdzisław Żygulski (literary historian)

Polish literary historian and Germanist

Zdzisława Donat

b. 1936

Polish soprano