Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Michael Diamond (sport shooter)

b. 1972

Australian sport shooter

Michael Doleac

b. 1977

American basketball player-coach (born 1977)

Michael E. Brown

b. 1965

American astronomer (born 1965)

Michael Fabricant

b. 1950

British politician (born 1950)

Michael Fallon

b. 1952

British politician (born 1952)

Michael Fekete

Israeli-Hungarian mathematician (1886–1957)

Michael Field (politician)

b. 1948

Australian politician (born 1948)

Michael Fish

b. 1944

British weather forecaster (born 1944)

Michael Freedman

b. 1951

American mathematician (born 1951)

Michael Fu Tieshan

Chinese Roman Catholic bishop

Michael Fuß

b. 1977

German footballer (born 1977)

Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)

Provisional IRA hunger striker (1949–1974)

Michael Glawogger

Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1959–2014)

Michael Gomez

b. 1977

British boxer (born 1977)

Michael Gordon (film director)

American theater and film director

Michael Grandage

b. 1962

British theatre director (born 1962)

Michael Green (physicist)

b. 1946

British physicist

Michael Greyeyes

b. 1967

Canadian actor (born 1967)

Michael Gross (actor)

b. 1947

American actor (born 1947)

Michael Gross (swimmer)

b. 1964

German swimmer (born 1964)

Michael H. Jordan

American businessman (1936–2010)

Michael Hastings (journalist)

American journalist and author (1980–2013)

Michael Heidelberger

b. 1888

American immunologist (1888–1991)

Michael Hopkins (architect)

b. 1935

English architect (1935–2023)