Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Margaret Moran

b. 1955

British politician (born 1955)

Margaret Murray Washington

American academic

Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary

b. 1335

Queen consort of Hungary

Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland

b. 1456

Queen of Scots from 1469 to 1486

Margaret of Valois

b. 1553

Queen of France (1589–1599) and Navarre (1572–1599)

Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry

b. 1523

Duchess of Savoy from 1559 to 1574

Margaret of York

b. 1446

Duchess of Burgundy from 1468 to 1477

Margaret Okayo

b. 1976

Kenyan marathon runner

Margaret Olley

b. 1923

Australian artist (1923–2011)

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

English peeress and beatified martyr of the Catholic Church (1473–1541)

Margaret Rutherford

English actress (1892–1972)

Margaret Scott (dancer)

b. 1922

Australian ballerina

Margaret Sullavan

b. 1909

American actress (1909–1960)

Margaret Tyzack

British actress (1931–2011)

Margaret Wise Brown

b. 1910

American writer of children's books (1910–1952)

Margareta Ebner

German Dominican nun and writer

Margarete Böhme

b. 1867

German writer (1867–1939)

Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen

German psychoanalyst

Margarita Ponomaryova

b. 1963

Russian hurdler (1963–2021)

Margarito Bautista

b. 1878

Mexican Mormon leader (1878–1961)

Margery Allingham

b. 1904

English editor and novelist (1904–1966)

Margherita Hack

b. 1922

Italian astrophysicist and science writer (1922–2013)

Margie Hyams

American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, and arranger (1920–2012)

Margit Bara

b. 1928

Hungarian actress (1928–2016)