Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

A. N. Sherwin-White

b. 1911

British historian and academic (1911–1993)

A. N. Wilson

b. 1950

English writer and newspaper columnist (born 1950)

A. P. Hamann

b. 1909

City manager of San Jose, 1950 to 1969

A. P. Herbert

b. 1890

English politician and novelist (1890–1971)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

President of India from 2002 to 2007

A. P. Lucas

English first-class cricketer (1857–1923)

A. P. Venkateswaran

Indian diplomat

A. Philip Randolph

American civil rights activist (1889–1979)

A. Powell Davies

Unitarian clergyman

A. R. Penck

b. 1939

German painter

A. S. Byatt

b. 1936

British writer (1936–2023)

A. S. Neill

b. 1883

Scottish progressive school founder (1883–1973)

A. Sabapathy

Ceylon Tamil politician

A. Thangathurai

20th-century Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer

A. Thiagarajah

b. 1916

Sri Lankan politician (1916–1981)

A. Thurairajah

Sri Lankan academic (1934–1994)

A. V. Kulasingham

b. 1890

Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician, journalist and editor

A. W. Davis

American basketball player and coach (1943–2014)

A. W. Sandberg

b. 1887

Danish film director and screenwriter

A. Y. Jackson

b. 1882

Canadian painter (1882–1974)

A.K. Golam Jilani

b. 1904

Bengali revolutionary

A'ja Wilson

b. 1996

American basketball player (born 1996)

Aad van den Hoek

b. 1951

Dutch cyclist (born 1951)

Aadesh Shrivastava

b. 1964

Indian musician (1964-2015)