Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

Gale Sayers

b. 1943

American football player (1943–2020)

Gale Storm

American actress and singer (1922–2009)

Galen Rupp

b. 1986

American long-distance runner (born 1986)

Gamal Hamdan

Egyptian scholar and geographer (1928–1993)

Gamini Lokuge

b. 1943

Sri Lankan politician (1943–2025)

Gani Fawehinmi

b. 1938

Nigerian lawyer (1938–2009)

Gao Qifeng

b. 1889

Chinese painter (1889–1933)

Garba Lawal

b. 1974

Nigerian footballer (born in 1974)

García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete

Royal Governor of Chile (1535–1609)

Gard Nilssen

b. 1983

Norwegian jazz drummer and composer

Garde Gardom

Canadian politician (1924–2013)

Gardner Dozois

American science fiction author and editor (1947–2018)

Gardner Fox

b. 1911

American comics writer (1911–1986)

Garlieb Merkel

Baltic German writer and publicist

Garnet Bailey

b. 1948

Canadian ice hockey player (1948–2001)

Garo Yepremian

Armenian-Cypriot American football player (1944–2015)

Garret FitzGerald

Taoiseach (1981–1982, 1982–1987)

Garret Hobart

b. 1844

Vice President of the United States from 1897 to 1899

Garrett Hardin

b. 1915

American ecologist (1915–2003)

Garrett Jones

b. 1981

American baseball player (born 1981)

Garrett Richards

b. 1988

American baseball player (born 1988)

Garrison Starr

b. 1975

American musician (born 1975)

Garry Gary Beers

b. 1957

Australian musician

Garry Hynes

b. 1953

Irish theatre director (born 1953)