Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Allen Ludden

American radio and television personality (1917–1981)

Allen Sothoron

b. 1893

American baseball player and manager (1893–1939)

Allen Weinstein

American historian (1937–2015)

Alley Mills

b. 1951

American actress

Allie DiMeco

b. 1992

American actress, reality television personality, and multi-instrumentalist

Allison Amend

b. 1974

American novelist and short story writer

Alluri Sitarama Raju

Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary

Allvar Gullstrand

b. 1862

Swedish ophthalmologist and optician

Ally Sheedy

b. 1962

American actress (born 1962)

Allyssa DeHaan

b. 1988

American basketball player

Alma Cogan

b. 1932

British pop singer (1932–1966)

Alma Ricard

Canadian businesswoman (1906–2003)

Alma Ziegler

Baseball player

Almon Brown Strowger

American inventor of the telephone exchange (1839–1902)

Almudena Grandes

b. 1960

Spanish writer (1960–2021)

Alo Mattiisen

b. 1961

Estonian musician and composer

Alois Alzheimer

b. 1864

German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (1864–1915)

Alois Hába

b. 1893

Czech music educator and composer

Alois Hitler

b. 1837

Father of Adolf Hitler (1837–1903)

Alois Hudal

Catholic bishop and Nazi supporter

Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein

b. 1968

Regent of Liechtenstein since 2004

Alonzo Church

b. 1903

American mathematician and computer scientist (1903–1995)

Aloysius Gonzaga

Italian Jesuit seminarian and saint (1568–1591)

Aloysius Jin Luxian

Chinese Catholic prelate (1916–2013)