Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Cyril Connolly

b. 1903

English writer (1903–1974)

Cyril Cusack

Irish actor (1910–1993)

Cyril Fletcher

b. 1913

English comedian (1913–2005)

Cyril Grant

b. 1920

English footballer

Cyril Knowles

b. 1944

England international footballer (1944–1991)

Cyril Lucaris

b. 1572

Six-time Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1612 to 1638

Cyril M. Kornbluth

b. 1923

American science fiction author (1923–1958)

Cyril N. Hinshelwood

b. 1897

British Nobel laureate and chemist (1897–1967)

Cyril Neville

b. 1948

American percussionist and singer (born 1948)

Cyril Scott

b. 1879

English composer and writer (1879–1970)

Cyril Smith

b. 1928

British politician (1928–2010)

Cyril Walters

b. 1905

English cricketer

Cyril Washbrook

English cricketer

Cyril Wecht

American forensic pathologist (1931–2024)

Cyrus Griffin

b. 1748

American lawyer and politician (1748–1810)

Cyrus McCormick

American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)

Cyrus Mistry

Irish businessman (1968–2022)

Cyrus S. Eaton

Canadian-American banker, businessman and philanthropist (1883–1979)

Czesław Kiszczak

b. 1925

Polish general and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Poland

Czesław Marchaj

Polish yacht racer

Czesław Miłosz

b. 1911

Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004)

Czesław Olech

Polish mathematician (1931–2015)

D. A. Pennebaker

b. 1925

American documentary filmmaker (1925–2019)

D. B. Sweeney

b. 1961

American actor (born 1961)