Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

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)

Talal El Karkouri

b. 1976

Moroccan footballer (born 1976)

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 Sinyavskaya

b. 1943

Russian singer (born 1943)

Tamara Toumanova

Georgian-American ballerina (1919–1996)

Tamás Bakócz

15th/16th-century Hungarian archbishop and statesman

Tamás Darnyi

b. 1967

Hungarian swimmer (born 1967)

Tamás Katona

Hungarian politician (1932–2013)

Tamer Karadağlı

b. 1967

Turkish actor

Tamera Mowry

b. 1978

American actress, singer, TV host (born 1978)

Tamia

b. 1975

Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1975)