Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Sunmi

b. 1992

South Korean singer

Sunny (singer)

b. 1989

South Korean and American singer (born 1989)

Sunny Balwani

b. 1965

Former president and COO of Theranos

Sunthorn Phu

b. 1786

Thai poet (1786–1855)

Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana

b. 1998

Thai actor, producer and host (born 1998)

Surendranath (cricketer)

Susan Ahn Cuddy

United States Navy officer

Susan B. Horwitz

American computer scientist, academic, educator

Susan Backlinie

American actress and stuntwoman (1946–2024)

Susan Cowsill

b. 1959

American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1959)

Susan Faludi

b. 1959

American feminist author and journalist

Susan Hayward

b. 1917

American actress (1917–1975)

Susan La Flesche Picotte

b. 1865

Omaha Indigenous physician and reformer (1865–1915)

Susan Lynch

b. 1971

Actress from Northern Ireland

Susan Roces

Filipino actress (1941–2022)

Susan Strasberg

b. 1938

American actress and author (1938–1999)

Susan Tyrrell

American actress (1945–2012)

Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford

b. 1967

British politician and life peer (born 1967)

Susanna Bokoyni

b. 1879

Hungarian circus performer (1879–1984)

Susanna Haapoja

Finnish politician (1966–2009)

Susannah Constantine

b. 1962

English fashion writer (born 1962)

Susannah Harker

b. 1965

English actress (born 1965)

Susannah McCorkle

American jazz singer (1946–2001)

Susanne Albers

b. 1965

German theoretical computer scientist