Leading Figures in History

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

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Anne Brontë

English novelist and poet (1820–1849)

Anne Carson

b. 1950

Canadian poet and academic (born 1950)

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg

b. 1575

Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1597 to 1612

Anne Clark (poet)

b. 1960

British poet and musician

Anne de Xainctonge

French religious sister

Anne Desclos

French journalist and novelist (1907–1998)

Anne Dudley

b. 1956

English composer and keyboardist

Anne Frank

b. 1929

German-born diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

Anne Glover (biologist)

b. 1956

Scottish biologist (born 1956)

Anne Haney

American actress (1934–2001)

Anne Heche

b. 1969

American actress (1969–2022)

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier

b. 1627

La Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693)

Anne Marie Rafferty

b. 1958

British nurse (born 1958)

Anne McGuire

b. 1949

Scottish politician

Anne McLaren

b. 1927

British scientist

Anne Meara

American comedian and actress (1929–2015)

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

b. 1906

American aviator and author (1906–2001)

Anne Murray

b. 1945

Canadian country singer (born 1945)

Anne Neville

b. 1456

Queen of England from 1483 to 1485

Anne Nicol Gaylor

American atheist and campaigner for abortion rights

Anne of Bohemia

Queen of England from 1382 to 1394

Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia

High Duchess consort of Poland

Anne of Gloucester

b. 1383

Countess of Stafford (1383–1438)

Anne Parillaud

b. 1960

French actress (born 1960)