Leading Figures in History

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

18354 persons found

Yevgenia Ginzburg

Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Kolyma Gulag

Yevgeny Khrunov

Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2000)

Yevgeny Kiselyov

b. 1956

Russian television journalist (born 1956)

Yevgeny Minayev

b. 1933

Russian weightlifter (1933–1993)

Yevgeny Mravinsky

b. 1903

Soviet conductor (1903–1988)

Yevgeny Prigozhin

b. 1961

Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (1961–2023)

Yevgeny Svetlanov

Soviet and Russian conductor (1928–2002)

Yhency Brazobán

b. 1980

Dominican baseball player (born 1980)

Yi Munyeol

b. 1948

South Korean writer (born 1948)

Yi So-yeon

b. 1978

South Korean astronaut (born 1978)

Yi Sun-sin

b. 1545

16th-century Korean naval commander

Yi Un

Last Crown Prince of Korea (1897–1970)

Yiannis Boutaris

b. 1942

Greek businessman and politician (1942–2024)

Yiannis Latsis

Greek shipping multi-billionaire business magnate (1910–2003)

Yiannis Moralis

b. 1916

Greek visual artist (1916–2009)

Yiannis Papaioannou

Greek composer and teacher

Yiannis Ritsos

b. 1909

Greek poet and communist (1909–1990)

Yigal Arnon

Israeli lawyer

Yiorgos Theotokas

b. 1906

Greek novelist

Yngve Moe

Musical artist

YNW Melly

b. 1999

American rapper (born 1999)

Yo Gotti

b. 1981

American rapper (born 1981)

Yoan Gouffran

b. 1986

French footballer (born 1986)