Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Sidney Garfield

b. 1906

American physician

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin

b. 1645

British statesman (1645–1712)

Sidney Lumet

b. 1924

American filmmaker (1924–2011)

Sidney Nolan

b. 1917

Australian artist (1917–1992)

Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer)

Royal Navy officer and politician (1764–1840)

Sidney Toler

b. 1874

American actor, playwright, and theatre director (1874–1947)

Sidonie of Bavaria

b. 1488

Sidónio Pais

b. 1872

President of Portugal in 1918

Siedah Garrett

b. 1960

American singer and songwriter (born 1960)

Siegfried Bettmann

b. 1863

German industrialist bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer

Siegfried Graetschus

b. 1916

German SS functionary (1916–1943)

Siegfried Ludwig

Austrian politician (1926–2013)

Siegmund Glücksmann

b. 1884

German-Jewish socialist politician

Siegmund Lubin

b. 1851

American motion picture pioneer

Sigismondo d'India

Italian composer (c1582 – before 1629)

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

b. 1417

Italian nobleman and condottiero (1417–1468)

Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria

Archduke of Further Austria (1630–1665)

Sigismund III Vasa

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1587–1632), King of Sweden (1592–1599)

Sigizmund Levanevsky

b. 1902

Soviet aviator (1902–1937)

Sigmar Polke

German painter (1941–2010)

Sigmund Freud

b. 1856

Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

Sigmund Rascher

German Schutzstaffel (SS) doctor (1909–1945)

Sigmund Sternberg

b. 1921

Hungarian-British philanthropist, business man and Labour Party donor

Signe Hasso

Swedish actress (1915–2002)