Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Olivier Tielemans

b. 1984

Dutch racing driver (born 1984)

Olivier V de Clisson

Breton general (1336–1407)

Ollie Matson

b. 1930

American football player and sprinter (1930–2011)

Olly Murs

b. 1984

British singer (born 1984)

Olof Sandborg

b. 1884

Swedish actor

Olympe de Gouges

b. 1748

French playwright and activist (1746–1793)

Olympia Dukakis

American actress (1931–2021)

Omar Abdel-Rahman

b. 1938

Egyptian Islamist militant (1938–2017)

Omar Arellano (footballer, born 1987)

b. 1987

Mexican footballer

Omar Bongo

President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009

Omar Bundy

b. 1861

United States Army officer (1861–1940)

Omar Khayyam

b. 1048

Persian polymath and poet (1048–1131)

Omar McLeod

b. 1994

Jamaican athletics competitor

Omar Strong

b. 1990

American basketball player

Omar Vizquel

b. 1967

Venezuelan baseball player and coach (born 1967)

Omer Côté

Canadian politician (1906–1999)

Ömer Kavur

Turkish film director

Omri Casspi

b. 1988

Israeli basketball player (born 1988)

On Kawara

Japanese artist (1932–2014)

Ondina Valla

b. 1916

Italian athletics competitor

Ōnishiki Daigorō

Japanese sumo wrestler

Ōnishiki Uichirō

Japanese sumo wrestler

Onogawa Kisaburō

Japanese sumo wrestler

Ōnosato Daiki

b. 2000

Japanese sumo wrestler (born 2000)