Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Manuel I of Portugal

b. 1469

King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521

Manuel II Palaiologos

b. 1350

Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425

Manuel Komnenos (kouropalates)

11th-century Byzantine aristocrat and military leader

Manuel Noriega

Military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989

Manuel Pérez y Curis

b. 1884

Uruguayan poet

Manuel Robles Pezuela

b. 1817

President of Mexico from 1858 to 1859

Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza

Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader

Manuel Rosenthal

French composer and conductor (1904–2003)

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla

b. 1833

Spanish politician (1833–1895)

Manuel Sadosky

Argentine mathematician, civil servant and author

Manuel Santana

b. 1938

Spanish tennis player (1938–2021)

Manuel Teixeira Gomes

b. 1860

Portuguese president and politician

Manuel Tolsá

b. 1757

Spanish architect and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City

Manuela Schwesig

b. 1974

German politician (born 1974)

Manute Bol

Sudanese-American basketball player (died 2010)

Manwel Dimech

Maltese social revolutionary

Mao Kobayashi (actress)

Japanese newscaster and actress

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa

b. 1989

French footballer (born 1989)

Maqbular Rahman Sarkar

Már Guðmundsson

b. 1954

Icelandic economist and policy maker (born 1954)

Mar Roxas

b. 1957

Filipino politician (born 1957)

Marc Bazin

Haitian politician (1932–2010)

Marc Bloch

French historian (1886–1944)

Marc Bureau (ice hockey)

b. 1966

Canadian retired ice hockey centre