Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Shonica Wharton

b. 1996

Barbadian netball player

Shooter Jennings

b. 1979

American musician and record producer (born 1979)

Shorty Long

b. 1940

American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (1940–1969)

Shrinivas Khale

b. 1926

Indian musician (1926–2011)

Shripad Amrit Dange

Indian communist politician(10 October 1899 – 22 May 1991)

Shu Uchida

b. 1996

Japanese voice actress

Shuji Nakamura

b. 1954

Japanese–American electronics engineer (born 1954)

Shukri Ghanem

Libyan Prime Minister (1942–2012)

Shunryū Suzuki

b. 1904

Japanese Buddhist monk who popularized Zen in the US

Shunsuke Nakamura

b. 1978

Japanese footballer (born 1978)

Si Tianfeng

b. 1984

Chinese racewalker (born 1984)

Siamak Pourzand

Iranian journalist and film critic (1931–2011)

Siân Phillips

b. 1933

Welsh actress (born 1933)

Sibel Kekilli

b. 1980

German actress

Sibte Hassan

Sid Barnes

b. 1916

Australian cricketer (1916–1973)

Sid Going

New Zealand rugby union footballer (1943–2024)

Sid James

South African-British actor (1913–1976)

Sid Vicious

b. 1957

English bassist (1957–1979)

Sidhu Moose Wala

Indian rapper and singer (1993–2022)

Sidney Altman

b. 1939

Canadian-American molecular biologist (1939–2022)

Sidney Bechet

b. 1897

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer (1897–1959)

Sidney Breese

American judge (1800–1878)

Sidney Franklin (bullfighter)

American bullfighter