Leading Figures in History

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

21513 persons found

Lilliana Ketchman

b. 2008

American dancer, model and YouTuber

Lily Allen

b. 1985

English singer-songwriter and actress (born 1985)

Lily Rabe

b. 1982

American actress (born 1982)

Lily-Rose Depp

b. 1999

French and American actress and singer (born 1999)

Lim Bo Seng

b. 1909

Chinese resistance fighter (1909–1944)

Lim Jeong-hee

b. 1981

South Korean singer (born 1981)

Lim Seul-ong

b. 1987

South Korean singer and actor (born 1987)

Lim Yoona

b. 1990

South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)

Lima Barreto

b. 1881

Brazilian writer (1881–1922)

Lin Huiyin

b. 1904

Chinese architect and writer (1904–1955)

Lin Yang-kang

b. 1927

Taiwanese politician (1927–2013)

Lin Zhao

Chinese dissident executed during the Cultural Revolution

Lina Andrijauskaitė

b. 1987

Lithuanian long jumper (born 1987)

Lina Haag

Lina Krasnoroutskaya

b. 1984

Russian tennis player

Lincoln Ellsworth

b. 1880

Early 20th-century American explorer of Antarctica

Lincoln Kirstein

b. 1907

American writer and art connoisseur (1907–1996)

Linda Bond

b. 1946

General of The Salvation Army

Linda Cardellini

b. 1975

American actress (born 1975)

Linda Chavez

b. 1947

American politician (born 1947)

Linda Eenpalu

Estonian politician

Linda Evangelista

b. 1965

Canadian model (born 1965)

Linda Fruhvirtová

b. 2005

Czech tennis player (born 2005)

Linda Laubenstein

b. 1947

American medical researcher (1947–1992)