Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Agostino Steffani

b. 1654

Italian composer and diplomat (1654–1728)

Agostino Vallini

b. 1940

Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1940)

Agoston Haraszthy

b. 1812

Hungarian-American winemaker (1812–1869)

Ágoston Trefort

Hungarian politician (1817–1888)

Ágota Kristóf

b. 1935

Hungarian writer (1935–2011)

Agrippa d'Aubigné

French poet (1552–1630)

Agrippa Postumus

b. 12 BC

Grandson of Augustus (12 BC – AD 14)

Aguri Suzuki

b. 1960

Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive (born 1960)

Agustín Calleri

b. 1976

Argentine tennis player

Agustín de Iturbide

Emperor of Mexico from 1822 to 1823

Agustín Gamarra

b. 1785

President of Peru variously in the 1800s (1785–1841)

Agustín García Calvo

b. 1926

Spanish writer (1926–2012)

Agustín Julio

b. 1975

Colombian footballer (born 1974)

Agustín Lara

b. 1897

Mexican composer (1897–1970)

Agustín Moreto y Cavana

17th-century Spanish playwright

Agustín Pichot

b. 1974

Argentina international rugby union player & administrator

Agustina Bessa-Luís

b. 1922

Portuguese writer (1922–2019)

Agustina Lepore

b. 1988

Argentine tennis player

Agustina Roth

b. 2001

Argentine BMX rider (born 2001)

Ah Young

b. 1991

South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)

Ahad Ha'am

b. 1856

Hebrew-language essayist, poet, and critic of early Zionism (1856-1927)

Ahad Hosseini

b. 1944

Iranian Azerbaijani sculptor and painter (born 1944)

Aharon Lichtenstein

b. 1933

Rabbi and rosh yeshiva

Ahilyabai Holkar

b. 1725

Queen of the Malwa kingdom (1725–1795)