Famous People A to Z
328 historical figures with fun facts, lifespans and the people who were alive at the same time.
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A
- Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
- Ada Lovelace 1815–1852 · Science & Invention
- Agatha Christie 1890–1976 · Literature
- Ai Weiwei 1957–present · Art
- Akbar the Great 1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership
- Akira Kurosawa 1910–1998 · Film & Entertainment
- Alan Turing 1912–1954 · Science & Invention
- Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · Science & Invention
- Alexander Fleming 1881–1955 · Science & Invention
- Alexander Graham Bell 1847–1922 · Science & Invention
- Alexander Pushkin 1799–1837 · Literature
- Alexander the Great 356 BCE–323 BCE · Politics & Leadership
- Alfred Hitchcock 1899–1980 · Film & Entertainment
- Alfred Nobel 1833–1896 · Science & Invention
- Amelia Earhart 1897–1937 · Exploration
- Amy Winehouse 1983–2011 · Music
- Andrew Carnegie 1835–1919 · Business & Industry
- Andy Warhol 1928–1987 · Art
- Anne Frank 1929–1945 · Activism & Social Change
- Antoni Gaudí 1852–1926 · Art
- Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741 · Music
- Archimedes 287 BCE–212 BCE · Science & Invention
- Aretha Franklin 1942–2018 · Music
- Aristotle 384 BCE–322 BCE · Philosophy & Thought
- Arthur Conan Doyle 1859–1930 · Literature
- Attila the Hun 406–453 · Politics & Leadership
- Audrey Hepburn 1929–1993 · Film & Entertainment
- Augustus 63 BCE–14 · Politics & Leadership
- Aung San Suu Kyi 1945–present · Activism & Social Change
- Avicenna 980–1037 · Science & Invention
B
- B.B. King 1925–2015 · Music
- Babe Ruth 1895–1948 · Sports
- Banksy 1974–present · Art
- Barack Obama 1961–present · Politics & Leadership
- Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790 · Science & Invention
- Beyoncé 1981–present · Music
- Billie Eilish 2001–present · Music
- Billie Holiday 1915–1959 · Music
- Billie Jean King 1943–present · Sports
- Bob Dylan 1941–present · Music
- Bob Hope 1903–2003 · Film & Entertainment
- Bob Marley 1945–1981 · Music
- Boudicca 30–61 · Politics & Leadership
- Bruce Lee 1940–1973 · Film & Entertainment
- Buster Keaton 1895–1966 · Film & Entertainment
C
- Captain James Cook 1728–1779 · Exploration
- Caravaggio 1571–1610 · Art
- Carl Jung 1875–1961 · Philosophy & Thought
- Carl Linnaeus 1707–1778 · Science & Invention
- Carl Sagan 1934–1996 · Science & Invention
- Catherine the Great 1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
- Charlemagne 748–814 · Politics & Leadership
- Charles Babbage 1791–1871 · Science & Invention
- Charles Darwin 1809–1882 · Science & Invention
- Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 · Politics & Leadership
- Charles Dickens 1812–1870 · Literature
- Charlie Chaplin 1889–1977 · Film & Entertainment
- Che Guevara 1928–1967 · Politics & Leadership
- Chinua Achebe 1930–2013 · Literature
- Christopher Columbus 1451–1506 · Exploration
- Christopher Wren 1632–1723 · Art
- Claude Debussy 1862–1918 · Music
- Claude Monet 1840–1926 · Art
- Cleopatra 69 BCE–30 BCE · Politics & Leadership
- Coco Chanel 1883–1971 · Business & Industry
- Confucius 551 BCE–479 BCE · Philosophy & Thought
D
- Dalai Lama 1935–present · Philosophy & Thought
- Dante Alighieri 1265–1321 · Literature
- David Bowie 1947–2016 · Music
- Desmond Tutu 1931–2021 · Activism & Social Change
- Diego Rivera 1886–1957 · Art
- Dmitri Mendeleev 1834–1907 · Science & Invention
- Dorothy Hodgkin 1910–1994 · Science & Invention
- Duke Ellington 1899–1974 · Music
- Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–1969 · Politics & Leadership
E
- Edgar Allan Poe 1809–1849 · Literature
- Edmund Hillary 1919–2008 · Exploration
- Edvard Munch 1863–1944 · Art
- Edward Jenner 1749–1823 · Science & Invention
- Elizabeth I 1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership
- Elizabeth Taylor 1932–2011 · Film & Entertainment
- Ella Fitzgerald 1917–1996 · Music
- Elon Musk 1971–present · Business & Industry
- Elvis Presley 1935–1977 · Music
- Emily Brontë 1818–1848 · Literature
- Emily Dickinson 1830–1886 · Literature
- Emmeline Pankhurst 1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
- Enrico Fermi 1901–1954 · Science & Invention
- Ernest Hemingway 1899–1961 · Literature
- Ernest Shackleton 1874–1922 · Exploration
- Erwin Schrödinger 1887–1961 · Science & Invention
- Euclid 325 BCE–265 BCE · Science & Invention
- Eva Perón 1919–1952 · Politics & Leadership
F
- F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896–1940 · Literature
- Ferdinand Magellan 1480–1521 · Exploration
- Fidel Castro 1926–2016 · Politics & Leadership
- Florence Nightingale 1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
- Francis Ford Coppola 1939–present · Film & Entertainment
- Francisco Goya 1746–1828 · Art
- Frank Sinatra 1915–1998 · Music
- Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–1945 · Politics & Leadership
- Franz Kafka 1883–1924 · Literature
- Freddie Mercury 1946–1991 · Music
- Frédéric Chopin 1810–1849 · Music
- Frederick Douglass 1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
- Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 · Art
- Friedrich Nietzsche 1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
- Fyodor Dostoevsky 1821–1881 · Literature
G
- Gabriel García Márquez 1927–2014 · Literature
- Galileo Galilei 1564–1642 · Science & Invention
- Genghis Khan 1162–1227 · Politics & Leadership
- George Frideric Handel 1685–1759 · Music
- George Harrison 1943–2001 · Music
- George Orwell 1903–1950 · Literature
- George Washington 1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
- Georgia O'Keeffe 1887–1986 · Art
- Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901 · Music
- Golda Meir 1898–1978 · Politics & Leadership
- Grace Kelly 1929–1982 · Film & Entertainment
- Gregor Mendel 1822–1884 · Science & Invention
- Greta Thunberg 2003–present · Activism & Social Change
- Grigori Rasputin 1869–1916 · Politics & Leadership
- Guglielmo Marconi 1874–1937 · Science & Invention
- Gustav Klimt 1862–1918 · Art
H
- H.G. Wells 1866–1946 · Literature
- Haile Selassie 1892–1975 · Politics & Leadership
- Hannah Arendt 1906–1975 · Philosophy & Thought
- Hannibal 247 BCE–183 BCE · Politics & Leadership
- Hans Christian Andersen 1805–1875 · Literature
- Harriet Tubman 1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
- Harry Houdini 1874–1926 · Film & Entertainment
- Haruki Murakami 1949–present · Literature
- Heath Ledger 1979–2008 · Film & Entertainment
- Hedy Lamarr 1914–2000 · Science & Invention
- Henry Ford 1863–1947 · Business & Industry
- Henry VIII 1491–1547 · Politics & Leadership
- Herman Melville 1819–1891 · Literature
- Hippocrates 460 BCE–370 BCE · Science & Invention
- Hirohito 1901–1989 · Politics & Leadership
- Ho Chi Minh 1890–1969 · Politics & Leadership
- Hokusai 1760–1849 · Art
- Homer 750 BCE–650 BCE · Literature
- Humphrey Bogart 1899–1957 · Film & Entertainment
I
- Ibn Battuta 1304–1369 · Exploration
- Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971 · Music
- Immanuel Kant 1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
- Indira Gandhi 1917–1984 · Politics & Leadership
- Ingmar Bergman 1918–2007 · Film & Entertainment
- Isaac Newton 1643–1727 · Science & Invention
J
- J.R.R. Tolkien 1892–1973 · Literature
- Jackie Robinson 1919–1972 · Sports
- Jackson Pollock 1912–1956 · Art
- Jacob Grimm 1785–1863 · Literature
- Jacques Cousteau 1910–1997 · Exploration
- James Baldwin 1924–1987 · Literature
- James Dean 1931–1955 · Film & Entertainment
- James Joyce 1882–1941 · Literature
- James Watson 1928–2025 · Science & Invention
- James Watt 1736–1819 · Science & Invention
- Jane Austen 1775–1817 · Literature
- Jane Goodall 1934–2025 · Science & Invention
- Janis Joplin 1943–1970 · Music
- Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960–1988 · Art
- Jean-Paul Sartre 1905–1980 · Philosophy & Thought
- Jeff Bezos 1964–present · Business & Industry
- Jesse Owens 1913–1980 · Sports
- Jim Morrison 1943–1971 · Music
- Jimi Hendrix 1942–1970 · Music
- Joan of Arc 1412–1431 · Politics & Leadership
- Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750 · Music
- Johannes Gutenberg 1400–1468 · Science & Invention
- Johannes Kepler 1571–1630 · Science & Invention
- Johannes Vermeer 1632–1675 · Art
- John D. Rockefeller 1839–1937 · Business & Industry
- John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 · Politics & Leadership
- John Lennon 1940–1980 · Music
- John Locke 1632–1704 · Philosophy & Thought
- Johnny Cash 1932–2003 · Music
- Jorge Luis Borges 1899–1986 · Literature
- Jules Verne 1828–1905 · Literature
- Julius Caesar 100 BCE–44 BCE · Politics & Leadership
K
- Karl Marx 1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
- Keith Haring 1958–1990 · Art
- Kobe Bryant 1978–2020 · Sports
- Kublai Khan 1215–1294 · Politics & Leadership
- Kurt Cobain 1967–1994 · Music
- Kwame Nkrumah 1909–1972 · Politics & Leadership
L
- Lao Tzu 571 BCE–471 BCE · Philosophy & Thought
- Leo Tolstoy 1828–1910 · Literature
- Leonardo da Vinci 1452–1519 · Art
- Leonidas I 540 BCE–480 BCE · Politics & Leadership
- Lionel Messi 1987–present · Sports
- Lise Meitner 1878–1968 · Science & Invention
- Louis Armstrong 1901–1971 · Music
- Louis Pasteur 1822–1895 · Science & Invention
- Louis XIV 1638–1715 · Politics & Leadership
- Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827 · Music
M
- Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · Politics & Leadership
- Malala Yousafzai 1997–present · Activism & Social Change
- Mansa Musa 1280–1337 · Politics & Leadership
- Mao Zedong 1893–1976 · Politics & Leadership
- Marcel Proust 1871–1922 · Literature
- Marco Polo 1254–1324 · Exploration
- Margaret Thatcher 1925–2013 · Politics & Leadership
- Marie Antoinette 1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
- Marie Curie 1867–1934 · Science & Invention
- Marilyn Monroe 1926–1962 · Film & Entertainment
- Mark Twain 1835–1910 · Literature
- Marlon Brando 1924–2004 · Film & Entertainment
- Martin Luther 1483–1546 · Philosophy & Thought
- Martin Luther King Jr. 1929–1968 · Activism & Social Change
- Mary Wollstonecraft 1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
- Max Planck 1858–1947 · Science & Invention
- Maya Angelou 1928–2014 · Literature
- Michael Faraday 1791–1867 · Science & Invention
- Michael Jackson 1958–2009 · Music
- Michael Jordan 1963–present · Sports
- Michelangelo 1475–1564 · Art
- Miguel de Cervantes 1547–1616 · Literature
- Molière 1622–1673 · Literature
- Mother Teresa 1910–1997 · Activism & Social Change
- Muhammad 570–632 · Philosophy & Thought
- Muhammad Ali 1942–2016 · Sports
- Murasaki Shikibu 978–1014 · Literature
N
- Napoleon Bonaparte 1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
- Nefertiti 1370 BCE–1330 BCE · Politics & Leadership
- Neil Armstrong 1930–2012 · Exploration
- Nelson Mandela 1918–2013 · Politics & Leadership
- Nero 37–68 · Politics & Leadership
- Niccolò Machiavelli 1469–1527 · Philosophy & Thought
- Niccolò Paganini 1782–1840 · Music
- Nicolaus Copernicus 1473–1543 · Science & Invention
- Niels Bohr 1885–1962 · Science & Invention
- Nikola Tesla 1856–1943 · Science & Invention
- Noam Chomsky 1928–present · Philosophy & Thought
O
- Oliver Cromwell 1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
- Oprah Winfrey 1954–present · Film & Entertainment
- Orson Welles 1915–1985 · Film & Entertainment
- Orville Wright 1871–1948 · Science & Invention
- Oscar Wilde 1854–1900 · Literature
- Otto von Bismarck 1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
P
- Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 · Art
- Pancho Villa 1878–1923 · Politics & Leadership
- Patrice Lumumba 1925–1961 · Politics & Leadership
- Pelé 1940–2022 · Sports
- Peter the Great 1672–1725 · Politics & Leadership
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841–1919 · Art
- Plato 428 BCE–348 BCE · Philosophy & Thought
- Pope Francis 1936–2025 · Philosophy & Thought
- Prince 1958–2016 · Music
- Princess Diana 1961–1997 · Activism & Social Change
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1840–1893 · Music
- Pythagoras 570 BCE–495 BCE · Science & Invention
Q
- Queen Victoria 1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
R
- Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941 · Literature
- Rachel Carson 1907–1964 · Activism & Social Change
- Ramesses II 1303 BCE–1213 BCE · Politics & Leadership
- Raphael 1483–1520 · Art
- Ray Charles 1930–2004 · Music
- Rembrandt 1606–1669 · Art
- René Descartes 1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
- Richard Feynman 1918–1988 · Science & Invention
- Richard Wagner 1813–1883 · Music
- Rigoberta Menchú 1959–present · Activism & Social Change
- Roald Amundsen 1872–1928 · Exploration
- Roald Dahl 1916–1990 · Literature
- Robert Oppenheimer 1904–1967 · Science & Invention
- Robin Williams 1951–2014 · Film & Entertainment
- Roger Federer 1981–present · Sports
- Rosa Parks 1913–2005 · Activism & Social Change
- Rosalind Franklin 1920–1958 · Science & Invention
- Rumi 1207–1273 · Literature
S
- Saladin 1137–1193 · Politics & Leadership
- Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · Art
- Sappho 630 BCE–570 BCE · Literature
- Scott Joplin 1868–1917 · Music
- Serena Williams 1981–present · Sports
- Shaka Zulu 1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
- Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
- Simón Bolívar 1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
- Simone de Beauvoir 1908–1986 · Philosophy & Thought
- Sir Francis Drake 1540–1596 · Exploration
- Sitting Bull 1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
- Socrates 470 BCE–399 BCE · Philosophy & Thought
- Stan Lee 1922–2018 · Film & Entertainment
- Stanley Kubrick 1928–1999 · Film & Entertainment
- Stephen Hawking 1942–2018 · Science & Invention
- Steve Jobs 1955–2011 · Business & Industry
- Steven Spielberg 1946–present · Film & Entertainment
- Suleiman the Magnificent 1494–1566 · Politics & Leadership
- Sun Tzu 544 BCE–496 BCE · Politics & Leadership
- Sun Yat-sen 1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
- Susan B. Anthony 1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
- Sylvia Plath 1932–1963 · Literature
T
- Taylor Swift 1989–present · Music
- Theodore Roosevelt 1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
- Thomas Aquinas 1225–1274 · Philosophy & Thought
- Thomas Edison 1847–1931 · Science & Invention
- Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
- Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
- Toni Morrison 1931–2019 · Literature
- Toussaint Louverture 1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
- Tu Youyou 1930–present · Science & Invention
- Tupac Shakur 1971–1996 · Music
U
- Usain Bolt 1986–present · Sports
V
- Vasco da Gama 1469–1524 · Exploration
- Vera Rubin 1928–2016 · Science & Invention
- Victor Hugo 1802–1885 · Literature
- Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 · Art
- Virgil 70 BCE–19 BCE · Literature
- Virginia Woolf 1882–1941 · Literature
- Voltaire 1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
W
- Walt Disney 1901–1966 · Film & Entertainment
- Walt Whitman 1819–1892 · Literature
- Wangari Maathai 1940–2011 · Activism & Social Change
- Wayne Gretzky 1961–present · Sports
- Werner Heisenberg 1901–1976 · Science & Invention
- Whitney Houston 1963–2012 · Music
- William Shakespeare 1564–1616 · Literature
- William the Conqueror 1028–1087 · Politics & Leadership
- Winston Churchill 1874–1965 · Politics & Leadership
- Wole Soyinka 1934–present · Literature
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791 · Music
- Woodrow Wilson 1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
- Woody Allen 1935–present · Film & Entertainment
Y
- Yoko Ono 1933–present · Art
- Yuri Gagarin 1934–1968 · Exploration
Z
- Zheng He 1371–1433 · Exploration