Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Noah Wyle

b. 1971

American actor (born 1971)

Nobby Stiles

b. 1942

English footballer (1942–2020)

Nobuharu Asahara

b. 1972

Japanese athlete (born 1972)

Nobuhiro Watsuki

b. 1970

Japanese manga artist (born 1970)

Nobuteru Taniguchi

b. 1971

Japanese racing driver and drifter

Nobuyoshi Araki

b. 1940

Japanese photographer and artist (born 1940)

Noddy Holder

b. 1946

English musician (born 1946)

Noel Brotherston

Northern Irish footballer

Noel Fielding

b. 1973

British actor and comedian (born 1973)

Noel Gallagher

b. 1967

English musician (born 1967)

Noel Mugavin

b. 1956

Australian rules footballer

Noel Redding

English musician (1945–2003)

Noel Wien

b. 1899

American pioneer aviator (1899–1977)

Noemí Gerstein

Argentine artist, sculptor (1910–1996)

Nokie Edwards

b. 1935

American musician (1935–2018)

Nolan Arenado

b. 1991

American baseball player (born 1991)

Nona Gaprindashvili

b. 1941

Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1941)

Nora Aunor

Filipino actress and singer (1953–2025)

Nora Dunn

b. 1952

American actress and comedian (born 1952)

Nora Ephron

b. 1941

American writer, journalist and filmmaker (1941–2012)

Nora Kovach

b. 1931

Hungarian ballerina (1931–2009)

Nóra Köves

b. 1971

Hungarian tennis player

Norbert Brunner (bishop)

b. 1942

Swiss Catholic prelate

Norbert Elias

b. 1897

German British sociologist