Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad

b. 1930

Head of the Syriac Catholic Church from 2001 to 2008

Ignatius Zakka I

b. 1933

122nd Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (1980–2014)

Ignaz Fränzl

b. 1736

Ignaz Moscheles

b. 1794

Bohemian pianist and composer (1794–1870)

Ignaz Pleyel

b. 1757

Austrian composer and piano builder (1757–1831)

Ignaz Semmelweis

b. 1818

Early pioneer of antiseptic procedures

Ignazio Silone

b. 1900

Italian politician and writer (1900–1978)

Igor Bišćan

b. 1978

Croatian footballer and manager

Igor Gräzin

b. 1953

Estonian politician (born 1952)

Igor Judge, Baron Judge

b. 1941

English judge (1941–2023)

Igor Kurnosov

b. 1985

Russian chess grandmaster (1985–2013)

Igor Lewczuk

b. 1985

Polish footballer (born 1985)

Igor Morozov (footballer)

b. 1989

Estonian footballer

Igor Oistrakh

b. 1931

Soviet and Russian violinist (1931–2021)

Igor Olshansky

b. 1982

Ukrainian gridiron football player (born 1982)

Igor Shafarevich

b. 1923

Soviet and Russian mathematician and political dissident

Igor Sikorsky

b. 1889

Russian-American aviation pioneer (1889–1972)

Igor Stravinsky

b. 1882

Russian composer (1882–1971)

Igor Subbotin

b. 1990

Estonian footballer

Igor Tamm

b. 1895

Soviet physicist (1895–1971)

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan

b. 1938

Soviet and Russian long jumper and coach

Ihar Yasinski

b. 1990

Belarusian professional footballer (born 1990)

Ii Naomori

Samurai (d. 1560)

Ike Moriz

b. 1972

German-South African musician and actor