Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Joan I, Countess of Auvergne

b. 1326

Queen of France (1350–1360), Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne (r. 1332–1360)

Joan Kirner

Premier of Victoria from 1990 to 1992

Joan Laporta

b. 1962

Spanish politician and president of FC Barcelona

Joan Lorring

b. 1926

American actress

Joan Lowery Nixon

American journalist and author (1927–2003)

Joan Malleson

British doctor and abortion advocate

Joan Micklin Silver

b. 1935

American film and theater director (1935–2020)

Joan Miró

b. 1893

Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983)

Joan Murrell Owens

b. 1933

American marine biologist

Joan of Acre

English princess and noblewoman (1272–1307)

Joan of Arc

French folk heroine and saint (1412–1431)

Joan of England (died 1348)

14th-century English princess

Joan of France, Duchess of Berry

b. 1464

Queen of France in 1498

Joan of Navarre, Queen of England

Queen of England from 1403 to 1413

Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon

French countess (before 1336–1376)

Joan of Savoy

Duchess of Brittany from 1329 to 1341

Joan of the Tower

b. 1321

Queen of Scotland from 1329 to 1362

Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre

b. 1343

Queen of Navarre from 1352 to 1373

Joan Osborne

b. 1962

American musician (born 1962)

Joan Pau Pujol

Catalan and Spanish composer and organist

Joan Rivers

b. 1933

American entertainer (1933–2014)

Joan Sims

b. 1930

English actress (1930–2001)

Joan Snyder

b. 1940

American painter (born 1940)

Joan Terès i Borrull

Spanish bishop