Leading Figures in History

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

21513 persons found

Evan Mobley

b. 2001

American basketball player (born 2001)

Evan Roberts (minister)

b. 1878

Welsh evangelist (1878–1951)

Evan Spiegel

b. 1990

American businessman (born 1990)

Evangelia Psarra

b. 1974

Greek archer (born 1974)

Evangelos Averoff

b. 1910

Greek politician and author

Evangelos Zappas

Greek philanthropist and businessman (1800–1865)

Évariste Galois

French mathematician (1811–1832)

Eve Arden

b. 1908

American actress (1908–1990)

Eve Arnold

b. 1912

American photojournalist (1912–2012)

Eve Ensler

b. 1953

American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist

Eve Muirhead

b. 1990

Scottish curler (born 1990)

Eve Plumb

b. 1958

American actress, singer and painter (b. 1958)

Eveline Adelheid von Maydell

b. 1890

German artist

Evelyn Boyd Granville

b. 1924

American academic (1924–2023)

Evelyn Irons

b. 1900

Scottish journalist and war correspondent

Evelyn Underhill

English writer, theologian, retreat leader and pacifist (1875–1941)

Evelyn Ward

b. 1923

American actress (1923–2012)

Éver Banega

b. 1988

Argentine footballer (born 1988)

Everett Shinn

American painter (1876–1953)

Evert Horn

b. 1585

Swedish military personnel (1585–1615)

Evgeni Borounov

b. 1979

Russian-Australian ice dancer

Evgeny Kuznetsov

b. 1992

Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)

Evgeny Lebedev

b. 1980

Russian-British businessman (born 1980)

Evgraf Fedorov

Russian mathematician and crystallographer (1853–1919)