Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Sher Shah Suri

Sultan of Hindustan from 1540 to 1545

Sherri Shepherd

b. 1967

American actress (born 1967)

Sherrie Levine

b. 1947

American photographer and conceptual artist (born 1947)

Sherry Turkle

b. 1948

American social scientist and psychologist (born 1948)

Shi Jingsi

Shi Kefa

Early 17th-century Ming Dynasty Minister and General

Shi Pu

Chinese warlord of Tang Dynasty

Shia LaBeouf

b. 1986

American actor (born 1986)

Shibata Katsuie

Japanese samurai and military commander (1522–1583)

Shiboprosad Mukherjee

b. 1974

Indian film director, writer, actor (b. 1974)

Shifty Shellshock

American singer (1974–2024)

Shigematsu Sakaibara

Japanese officer, war criminal 1898–1947

Shigemitsu Dandō

Japanese legal scholar (1913–2012)

Shigeo Nagashima

Japanese baseball player and manager (1936–2025)

Shimizu Muneharu

Japanese military commander for the Mōri Clan (1537 – 1582)

Shin Ha-kyun

b. 1974

South Korean actor (born 1974)

Shin Saimdang

Korean calligraphist and poet (1504–1551)

Shinichirō Watanabe

b. 1965

Japanese anime director (born 1965)

Shinji Okazaki

b. 1986

Japanese footballer (born 1986)

Shinobu Asagoe

b. 1976

Japanese tennis player (born 1976)

Shinobu Hashimoto

b. 1918

Japanese screenwriter (1918–2018)

Shintaro Katsu

Japanese actor (1931–1997)

Shira Haas

b. 1995

Israeli actress (born 1995)

Shirin Ebadi

b. 1947

Iranian-British lawyer, activist (born 1947)