Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Shirish Kunder

b. 1973

Indian filmmaker (born 1973)

Shirley Anne Field

b. 1936

English actress (1936–2023)

Shirley Cawley

b. 1932

British athlete (born 1932)

Shirley Cheriton

b. 1955

British actress (born 1955)

Shirley Firth

Canadian cross-country skier (1953–2013)

Shirley Fry

b. 1927

American tennis and badminton player (1927–2021)

Shirley Horn

b. 1934

American jazz singer and pianist (1934–2005)

Shirley Knight

American actress (1936–2020)

Shirley MacLaine

b. 1934

American actress and author (born 1934)

Shirley Owens

b. 1941

American singer (born 1941)

Shirley Temple

b. 1928

American actress and diplomat (1928–2014)

Shirley Verrett

b. 1931

American opera singer (1931–2010)

Shirō Ishii

b. 1892

Japanese biological weapons specialist (1892–1959)

Shirrel Rhoades

b. 1943

American writer (born 1942)

Shivaji I of Kolhapur

b. 1696

Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1700 to 1708

Shivaji Satam

b. 1950

Indian actor (born 1950)

Shkëlzen Shala

b. 1983

Kosovo Albanian entrepreneur and activist

Shlomo Riskin

b. 1940

American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi

Shmuly Yanklowitz

b. 1981

American rabbi, activist, and author

Shōhei Imamura

Japanese film director (1926–2006)

Shōhei Takada

b. 1962

Japanese shogi player (born 1962)

Shoji Meguro

b. 1971

Japanese musician and game designer (born 1971)

Shoko Nakagawa

b. 1985

Musical artist

Sholem Aleichem

Russian Jewish author and playwright (1859–1916)