Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Marianne Hoppe

b. 1909

German actress (1909–2002)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

b. 1967

British actress (born 1967)

Marianne Vos

b. 1987

Dutch cyclist (born 1987)

Mariano Gagnon

American missionary and author

Mariano Ignacio Prado

President of Peru variously in the 1800s

Mariano Pavone

b. 1982

Argentine professional footballer (born 1982)

Mariano Torres

b. 1987

Argentine footballer

Marie Casimire d'Arquien

b. 1641

Queen of Poland from 1674 to 1696

Marie Champmeslé

French actress

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné

French aristocrat (1626–1696)

Marie de' Medici

b. 1575

Queen of France from 1600 to 1610

Marié Digby

b. 1983

American musician

Marie Doro

b. 1882

American actress (1882–1956)

Marie Fredriksson

b. 1958

Swedish singer (1958–2019)

Marie Gillain

b. 1975

Belgian actress (born 1975)

Marie Harel

b. 1761

Marie Laurencin

French painter, poet and printmaker (1883–1956)

Marie of Brabant, Queen of France

b. 1254

Queen of France from 1274 to 1285

Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)

French Catholic nun (1599–1672)

Marie Thérèse Geoffrin

b. 1699

French salon holder, leading female figure in the French Enlightenment

Marie Thérèse Killens

b. 1927

Canadian politician

Marie Tussaud

French wax museum founder (1761–1850)

Marie Vassilieff

Russian painter (1884–1957)

Marie Vieux-Chauvet

Haitian writer (1916–1973)