Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Doris Miller

b. 1919

Navy Cross recipient (1919–1943)

Doris Neal

American baseball player (1928–2012)

Doris Roberts

American actress (1925–2016)

Doris Sams

Baseball player

Doris Singleton

American actress (1919–2012)

Doris Stokes

Self-proclaimed British psychic

Doriva

b. 1972

Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1972)

Dorival Caymmi

b. 1914

Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter

Dorjee Khandu

5th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

Doron Lamb

b. 1991

American basketball player (born 1991)

Dorothea Ackermann

German actress (1752–1821)

Dorothea Bate

b. 1878

Welsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (1878–1951)

Dorothea Beale

English suffragist and college principal (1831–1906)

Dorothea Binz

Nazi German officer and supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp (1920–1947)

Dorothea Bleek

German–South African anthropologist (1873–1948)

Dorothea Erxleben

German physician (1715–1762)

Dorothea Fairbridge

South African author

Dorothea Klumpke

b. 1861

American astronomer (1861–1942)

Dorothea Krook-Gilead

Israeli literary scholar (1920–1989)

Dorothea Lambert Chambers

b. 1878

British tennis and badminton player (1878–1960)

Dorothea Lange

b. 1895

American photojournalist (1895–1965)

Dorothea Mackellar

b. 1885

Australian poet (1885–1968)

Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine

b. 1520

Electress Palatine from 1544 to 1556

Dorothea of Montau

Anchoress and visionary of 14th century Prussia