Leading Figures in History

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

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Cori Bush

b. 1976

American politician, nurse, and activist (born 1976)

Corin Nemec

b. 1971

American actor

Corin Redgrave

b. 1939

English actor (1939–2010)

Corín Tellado

b. 1927

Spanish writer (1927-2009)

Corin Tucker

b. 1972

American musician (born 1972)

Corinna Harfouch

b. 1954

German actress

Corinne Calvet

b. 1925

French actress (1925–2001)

Corinne Drewery

b. 1959

British singer

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

b. 1861

American poet (1861–1933)

Coriún Aharonián

b. 1940

Uruguayan composer and musicologist

Cormac Battle

b. 1972

Irish musician and radio presenter/producer

Cormac McCarthy

American writer (1933–2023)

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

b. 1932

English Catholic prelate (1932–2017)

Corneille Guillaume Beverloo

b. 1922

Dutch artist

Corneille Heymans

Belgian physiologist and Nobel laureate (1892–1968)

Cornel Frăsineanu

b. 1976

Romanian footballer (born 1976)

Cornel West

b. 1953

American philosopher, political activist, and theologian (born 1953)

Cornel Wilde

b. 1912

Hungarian-American actor and film director (1912–1989)

Cornelia Frances

English-Australian actress (1941–2018)

Cornelia Meigs

American children's writer

Cornelia Otis Skinner

b. 1901

American actress and author

Cornelia Sorabji

Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer (1866–1954)

Cornelia Ullrich

b. 1963

Cornelio Saavedra

b. 1759

Argentine military officer and statesman (1759–1829)