Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Meb Keflezighi

b. 1975

Eritrean-born American long-distance runner (born 1975)

Medardo Rosso

b. 1858

Italian sculptor

Médéric Martin

Canadian politician (1869–1946)

Medgar Evers

American civil rights activist (1925–1963)

Medin Zhega

Albanian footballer and manager

Meek Mill

b. 1987

American rapper (born 1987)

Meg Gardiner

b. 1957

American novelist

Megan Boone

b. 1983

American actress

Megan Fox

b. 1986

American actress (born 1986)

Megumi Nakajima

b. 1989

Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1989)

Mehbooba Mufti

b. 1959

Former Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir

Mehdi Hassan

Pakistani ghazal singer (1927–2012)

Mehmed I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421

Mehmed II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1444–1446, 1451–1481)

Mehmed III

b. 1566

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603

Mehmed Sabahaddin

Ottoman sociologist and intellectual (1879–1948)

Mehmed VI

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1918 to 1922

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul

b. 1869

Turkish politician

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

Turkish scientist, politician and historian (1890–1966)

Mehmet Okur

b. 1979

Turkish basketball player (born 1979)

Mehmet Oz

b. 1960

American TV host and government official (born 1960)

Mei Zhi

b. 1914

Chinese writer

Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg

b. 1641

German-born military officer and peer

Meir Brandsdorfer

Israeli rabbi (1934–2009)