Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Cy Morgan

American baseball player (1878–1962)

Cy Twombly

b. 1928

American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011)

Cy Walter

b. 1915

American café society pianist (1915–1968)

Cy Young

American baseball player (1867–1955)

Cybele Andrianou

Greek actress (1888–1978)

Cyclone Taylor

Canadian ice hockey player and civil servant (1884–1979)

Cyd Charisse

American dancer and actress (1922–2008)

Cymburgis of Masovia

Duchess of Austria

Cyndi Lauper

b. 1953

American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1953)

Cyneweard of Glastonbury

10th-century Bishop of Wells

Cynthia Breazeal

b. 1967

American computer scientist

Cynthia Enloe

b. 1938

American feminist writer, theorist, and professor (born 1938)

Cynthia Freeman

American romance novelist (1915–1988)

Cynthia McFadden

b. 1956

American television journalist (born 1956)

Cynthia Ozick

b. 1928

American writer (born 1928)

Cynthia Rowley

b. 1958

American fashion designer (born 1958)

Cynthia Stevenson

b. 1962

American actress (born 1962)

Cynthia Watros

b. 1968

American actress

Cynthia Weil

b. 1940

American songwriter (1940–2023)

Cyprian

Bishop of Carthage and Christian writer (c. 210–258)

Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev

Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus' (1375–1406)

Cyprien Tanguay

French Canadian priest and historian (1819-1902)

Cyrano de Bergerac

French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)

Cyriel Verschaeve

b. 1874

Flemish nationalist priest and writer who collaborated with the Nazis