Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Taj Mahal (musician)

b. 1942

American blues musician (born 1942)

Taja Mohorčič

b. 1989

Slovenian tennis player

Takahiro Hōjō

b. 1986

Japanese actor

Takahiro Moriuchi

b. 1988

Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1988)

Takako Minekawa

b. 1969

Japanese musician and writer

Takako Tokiwa

b. 1972

Japanese actress (born 1972)

Takashi Toritani

b. 1981

Japanese baseball player (born 1981)

Takashi Yamazaki

b. 1964

Japanese filmmaker (born 1964)

Takeda Shingen

Japanese samurai and daimyo (1521–1573)

Takefusa Kubo

b. 2001

Japanese footballer (born 2001)

Takeoff (rapper)

b. 1994

American rapper (1994–2022)

Takeshi Matsuda

b. 1984

Japanese swimmer (born 1984)

Takijirō Ōnishi

b. 1891

Imperial Japanese Navy admiral (1891–1945)

Taksin

b. 1734

King of Siam from 1767 to 1782

Takutai Tarsh Kemp

New Zealand politician (1975–2025)

Tal Farlow

b. 1921

American jazz guitarist (1921–1998)

Talat Mahmood

Indian film playback singer

Talia Shire

b. 1946

American actress (born 1946)

Tallyn Da Silva

b. 2005

Australian rugby league player

Tamara Brooks

American conductor (1941–2012)

Tamara de Lempicka

b. 1898

Polish painter (1894–1980)

Tamara Toumanova

Georgian-American ballerina (1919–1996)

Tamás Bakócz

15th/16th-century Hungarian archbishop and statesman

Tamás Darnyi

b. 1967

Hungarian swimmer (born 1967)