Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

b. 1894

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 to 1919

Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc

b. 1686

Feral child (d 1775)

Marie-Anne Desmarest

b. 1904

French writer (1904–1973)

Marie-Antoinette de Geuser

b. 1889

French nun (1889–1918)

Marie-Ève Pelletier

b. 1982

Canadian tennis player

Marie-France Pisier

b. 1944

French actress, screenwriter and director (1944–2011)

Marie-José Pérec

b. 1968

French sprinter (born 1968)

Marie-Josephte Corriveau

Woman from New France who murdered her second husband (1733–1763)

Marie-Louise Meilleur

Canadian supercentenarian (1880–1998)

Marie-Michèle Gagnon

b. 1989

Canadian alpine skier (born 1989)

Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny

b. 1930

Former First Lady of Ivory Coast (born 1930)

Marieke van Doorn

b. 1960

Dutch field hockey player (born 1960)

Marietta Blau

b. 1894

Austrian nuclear physicist (1894–1970)

Mariette Hartley

b. 1940

American actress (born 1940)

Marija Šestak

b. 1979

Slovenian triple jumper

Marika Kotopouli

b. 1887

Greek actress (1887–1954)

Marilyn Beck

American syndicated columnist and author

Marilyn Chambers

b. 1952

American pornographic actress (1952–2009)

Marilyn Erskine

b. 1926

American actress (born 1926)

Marilyn Fisher Lundy

b. 1925

American businesswoman and philanthropist (1925–2014)

Marilyn French

American feminist author (1929–2009)

Marilyn Milian

b. 1961

American judge and television personality

Marilyn Monroe

b. 1926

American actress and model (1926–1962)

Marilyn Nelson

b. 1946

American poet, translator, and children's book author (born 1946)