Leading Figures in History

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

62245 persons found

Cliff Benson

b. 1961

American football player (born 1961)

Cliff Branch

b. 1948

American football player (1948–2019)

Cliff Burton

American bassist (1962–1986)

Cliff Drysdale

b. 1941

South African tennis player

Cliff Fletcher

b. 1935

Canadian ice hockey manager (1935–2026)

Cliff Friend

b. 1893

American songwriter (1893–1974)

Cliff Gallup

b. 1930

American guitarist (1930–1988)

Cliff Goupille

Canadian ice hockey player

Cliff Lee

b. 1978

American baseball player (born 1978)

Cliff Lumsdon

Canadian swimmer

Cliff Lyons

b. 1961

Australian international rugby league footballer

Cliff Nobles

b. 1941

American soul singer (1941–2008)

Cliff Richard

b. 1940

British singer and actor (born 1940)

Cliff Robertson

b. 1923

American actor (1923–2011)

Cliff Ronning

b. 1965

Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)

Cliff Watson

b. 1940

English international rugby league footballer

Clifford Bricker

b. 1904

Canadian long-distance runner

Clifford Brown

American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer (1930–1956)

Clifford D. Simak

American science fiction writer (1904–1988)

Clifford Dupont

British-born Rhodesian politician

Clifford Geertz

b. 1926

American anthropologist (1926–2006)

Clifford Hansen

b. 1912

American politician (1912–2009)

Clifford Husbands

Barbadian judge

Clifford Jordan

b. 1931

American jazz saxophonist (1931–1993)