Leading Figures in History

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

21513 persons found

Evil Superstars

b. 1971

Belgian indie rock band

Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg

Prussian politician (1725–1795)

Ewen McKenzie

b. 1965

Australia international rugby union player

Example (musician)

b. 1982

British musician (born 1982)

Execution of Tangaraju Suppiah

Singaporean hanged for drug trafficking in 2023

Eydís Ásbjörnsdóttir

b. 1973

Icelandic politician (born 1973)

Eyvind Earle

b. 1916

American artist and author (1916–2000)

Ezekiel Ansah

b. 1989

Ghanaian-born American football player (born 1989)

Ezekiel Hart

b. 1770

Canadian Jewish entrepreneur and politician

Ezekiel Kemboi

b. 1982

Kenyan steeplechase runner (born 1982)

Ezequiel Lavezzi

b. 1985

Argentine footballer (born 1985)

Ezequiel Schelotto

b. 1989

Argentine-Italian footballer (born 1989)

Ezer Weizman

President of Israel from 1993 to 2000

Ezio Pinza

Italian opera singer (1892–1957)

Ezra Abbot

b. 1819

American biblical scholar (1819–1884)

Ezra Fitch

American lawyer

Ezra Jack Keats

American children's writer and illustrator

Ezra Laderman

b. 1924

American composer (1924–2015)

Ezra Otis Kendall

b. 1818

American professor, astronomer and mathematician

Ezra Taft Benson

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1899–1994)

Ezzard Charles

American boxer (1921–1975)

Ezzatolah Entezami

b. 1924

Iranian actor (1924–2018)

Ezzedine Salim

71st prime minister of Iraq

F. D. Reeve

American poet