Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Vital Brazil

Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist, and immunologist (1865–1950)

Vital-Justin Grandin

Catholic bishop

Vitalis of Assisi

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Vitaly Zholobov

b. 1937

Soviet cosmonaut (born 1937)

Vito Favero

Italian cyclist (1932–2014)

Vito Volterra

b. 1860

Italian mathematician and physicist (1860–1940)

Vitomil Zupan

Slovene writer and Gonars concentration camp survivor

Vittorio Brambilla

Italian racing driver (1937–2001)

Vittorio Gassman

Italian actor and director (1922–2000)

Vittorio Jano

b. 1891

Italian engineer and car designer (1891–1965)

Vittorio Storaro

b. 1940

Italian cinematographer (born 1940)

Vivian Woodward

b. 1879

English footballer (1879-1954)

Viviana Durante

b. 1967

Italian ballet dancer

Viviane Baladi

b. 1963

Swiss mathematician (born 1963)

Viviane Forrester

French author (1925–2013)

Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot

b. 1888

American poet and first wife of T. S. Eliot (1888–1947)

Vjekoslav Luburić

Croatian Ustaše official (1914–1969)

Vladimir Arnold

b. 1937

Russian mathematician (1937–2010)

Vladimir Boltyansky

b. 1925

Soviet and Russian mathematician, educator, and author (1925–2019)

Vladimir Colin

b. 1921

Romanian writer

Vladimir Gaidamașciuc

b. 1971

Moldovan footballer (born 1971)

Vladimir Hütt

b. 1936

Estonian philosopher (1936–1997)

Vladimir II Monomakh

Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125

Vladimir Katriuk

Ukrainian-Canadian Nazi collaborator (1921–2015)