Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

C. J. Cherryh

b. 1942

American speculative fiction author (born 1942)

C. J. Dennis

Australian poet (1876–1938)

C. J. Eliezer

b. 1918

Ceylon Tamil mathematician, physicist, and academic

C. J. Henderson (writer)

American writer (1951–2014)

C. J. Mosley (linebacker)

b. 1992

American football player (born 1992)

C. J. Ramone

b. 1965

American musician (born 1965)

C. J. Sansom

British author of crime fiction (1952–2024)

C. J. Stroud

b. 2001

American football player (born 2001)

C. Joseph Vijay

b. 1974

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu since May 2026

C. K. Scott Moncrieff

b. 1889

Scottish writer and translator (1889–1930)

C. K. Williams

b. 1936

American poet, critic and translator (1936–2015)

C. L. R. James

Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989)

C. Loganathan

Ceylon Tamil banker and general manager of the Bank of Ceylon

C. N. Annadurai

b. 1909

Indian politician (1909–1969)

C. Northcote Parkinson

b. 1909

British naval historian (1909–1993)

C. P. Krishnan Nair

Indian businessman (1922–2014)

C. P. Ramanujam

Indian mathematician (1938–1974)

C. P. Snow

b. 1905

English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)

C. R. M. F. Cruttwell

b. 1887

British historian (1887–1941)

C. R. Swart

South African politician (1894–1982)

C. Rajadurai

b. 1927

Sri Lankan Tamil politician (1927–2025)

C. S. Forester

b. 1899

British novelist (1899–1966)

C. Scott Littleton

b. 1933

American anthropologist (1933–2010)

C. Sittampalam

b. 1898

Ceylon Tamil civil servant, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister