Leading Figures in History

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

18354 persons found

Abou Diaby

b. 1986

French footballer (born 1986)

Abraham ben Abraham

Purported Polish nobleman

Abraham de Moivre

b. 1667

French mathematician (1667–1754)

Abraham Geiger

b. 1810

German rabbi and scholar (1810–1874)

Abraham Gotthelf Kästner

German mathematician (1719–1800)

Abraham Joseph Ash

Rabbi (c. 1813–1888)

Abraham Maslow

American psychologist (1908–1970)

Abraham Pais

b. 1918

Dutch-American physicist and science historian

Abraham Pineo Gesner

b. 1797

Inventor of kerosene (1797–1864)

Abraham Sarmiento Jr.

b. 1950

Filipino student journalist

Abraham Trembley

Genevan naturalist (1710–1784)

Abraham Viruthakulangara

b. 1943

Indian archbishop (1943–2018)

Abraham Zapruder

b. 1905

Witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination (1905–1970)

Abram Hoffer

Canadian biochemist

Abram Wilson

American jazz musician (1973–2012)

Abraomas Kulvietis

Lithuanian nobleman and writer (c. 1509 – 1545)

Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi

Iraqi ISIL leader (1971–2014)

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman

Marinid sultan (c.1297–1351)

Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani

b. 940

Persian mathematician and astronomer (940–998)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)

Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan

b. 1305

Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate from 1316 to 1335

Abu Sayyaf

b. 1958

Jihadist militant group in the Philippines

Ace Frehley

b. 1951

American guitarist (1951–2025)

Achille Compagnoni

Italian mountaineer and skier (1914–2009)