Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Mercurino di Gattinara

Italian politician (1465–1530)

Meredith Baxter

b. 1947

American actress and producer (born 1947)

Meredith Brooks

b. 1958

American musician (born 1958)

Meredith L. Patterson

b. 1977

American technologist, science fiction author, and journalist (born 1977)

Meredith MacRae

b. 1944

American actress and singer (1944–2000)

Meredith Willson

b. 1902

American composer, conductor, musical arranger, and bandleader (1902–1984)

Merle Miller

American novelist

Merle Tuve

b. 1901

American geophysicist (1901–1982)

Merlene Ottey

b. 1960

Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete (born 1960)

Merriam Modell

b. 1908

American novelist (1908–1994)

Merril Bainbridge

b. 1968

Australian musician

Merrill Osmond

b. 1953

American musician (born 1953)

Merton Miller

b. 1923

American economist and Nobel Laureate (1923–2000)

Mervyn Dillon

b. 1974

Trinidadian cricketer

Mervyn S. Bennion

b. 1887

US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1887–1941)

Meryl Streep

b. 1949

American actress (born 1949)

Meselech Melkamu

b. 1985

Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1985)

Meshach Taylor

American actor (1947–2014)

Meshech Weare

b. 1713

American judge

Methodios I of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 843 to 847

Meyer Jacobstein

American politician

MGK

b. 1990

American musician (born 1990)

Micah Kogo

b. 1986

Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1986)

Micah Parsons

b. 1999

American football player (born 1999)