Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Bon Scott

b. 1946

Australian singer (1946–1980)

Bona Arsenault

Canadian politician

Bona of Savoy

b. 1449

15th-century Duchess of Milan

Bonar Law

b. 1858

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923

Bonaventura Peeters the Elder

b. 1614

Flemish painter

Bonaventure

Italian theologian (1221–1274)

Bond (string quartet)

b. 1975

Australian/British string quartet

Bones Ely

b. 1863

American baseball player (1863–1952)

Boney James

b. 1961

American saxophonist and songwriter

Bonfilius

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Bongbong Marcos

b. 1957

President of the Philippines since 2022

Boniface of Savoy (bishop)

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1241 to 1270

Boniface of Valperga

Bonita Granville

American actress and producer (1923–1988)

Bonne of Luxembourg

b. 1315

French noblewoman (1315–1349)

Bonner Pink

British politician (1912–1984)

Bonnie and Clyde

Bank robbers in the 1930s

Bonnie Anderson (singer)

b. 1994

Australian singer, songwriter and actress (born 1994)

Bonnie Bernstein

b. 1970

American sports journalist and executive

Bonnie Hunt

b. 1961

American actress, comedian, writer and director (born 1961)

Bonnie Jo Campbell

b. 1962

American novelist

Bonnie Langford

b. 1964

English actress, singer and dancer (born 1964)

Bonnie Leman

American magazine publisher (1926–2010)

Bonnie Lou

b. 1924

American singer (1924–2015)