Names beginning with I

• I. A. RehmanHistorical figure
• I. I. ChundrigarPakistani politician and diplomat (1897–1960)

  September 15, 1897 – September 26, 1960
• I. M. PeiChinese-American architect (1917–2019)

  April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019
• IUSouth Korean singer, songwriter and actress

  being archived
• Iajuddin AhmedFormer president of Bangladesh (1931-2012)

  February 1, 1931 – December 10, 2012
• IamblichusSyrian Neoplatonist philosopher (c. 245 – c. 325)

  240 CE – 320 CE
• Ian McKellenBritish actor (born 1939)

  b. May 25, 1939
• Ibn BattutaMoroccan explorer who traveled 120,000 km across the medieval world

  February 24, 1304 – 1368
• Ibn HazmAndalusian Muslim polymath, historian, jurist, philosopher and theologian (994–1064)

  November 7, 994 CE – August 15, 1064
• Ibn KhaldunHistoriographer and historian

  May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406
• Ibn SaudKing of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953

  January 15, 1876 – November 9, 1953
• Ibn Sina (Avicenna)Persian polymath whose Canon of Medicine taught Europe for 600 years

  980 CE – June 18, 1037
• Ibn TufailArab Muslim polymath (c. 1105–1185)

  1110 – 1185
• Ibn al-HaythamArab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)

  965 CE – 1038
• Ibn-e-InshaPakistani writer (1927–1978)

  June 15, 1927 – January 11, 1978
• Ibn-e-SafiPakistani writer (1928–1980)

  July 26, 1928 – July 26, 1980
• Ibrahim Boubacar KeïtaMalian politician

  January 29, 1945 – January 16, 2022
• Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor17th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia & Sultan of Johor

  b. November 22, 1958
• Ibrahim MahlabEgyptian politician; prime minister (2014-2015)

  b. April 12, 1949
• Ibrahim Mohamed SolihFormer President of the Maldives

  b. May 4, 1964
• Ibrahim TraoréMilitary leader of Burkina Faso since 2022

  being archived
• Ibrahim ZauqHistorical figure
• Ibrahim al-JaafariPrime Minister of Iraq from 2005 to 2006

  b. March 25, 1947
• Ibrahima Kassory FofanaPrime Minister of Guinea (2018–2021)

  b. April 15, 1954
• Ichiro SuzukiJapanese baseball player (born 1973)

  being archived
• Ida B. WellsAmerican journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)

  July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931
• Idris ElbaBritish actor

  being archived
• Idriss DébyChadian former president (1952–2021)

  June 18, 1952 – April 20, 2021
• Iftikhar Hussain Khan MamdotPakistani politician

  August 31, 1906 – October 16, 1969
• Iga ŚwiątekPolish tennis player (born 2001)

  being archived
• Ignacio Milam TangEquatoguinean politician

  b. June 20, 1940
• Ignatius of LoyolaSpanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)

  October 23, 1491 – July 31, 1556
• Ignaz SemmelweisHungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)

  July 1, 1818 – August 13, 1865
• Ignazio Cassis99th President of the Swiss Confederation

  being archived
• Igor Dodon5th President of Moldova from 2016 until 2020

  b. February 18, 1975
• Igor LukšićPolitician from Montenegro

  b. June 14, 1976
• Igor MatovičSlovak entrepreneur and politician

  being archived
• Igor StravinskyRussian, French, and American composer (1882–1971)

  June 18, 1882 – April 6, 1971
• Igor SvyatoslavichPrince of Chernigov

  April 2, 1151 – 1201
• Ikililou DhoinineComoros president

  b. August 14, 1962
• IlaiyaraajaIndian film composer & singer

  b. June 2, 1943
• Ilham AliyevPresident of Azerbaijan since 2003

  b. December 24, 1961
• Ilia ChavchavadzeGeorgian public figure and writer; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church (1837-1907)

  October 27, 1837 – August 30, 1907
• Iliana IotovaPresident of Bulgaria since 2026, vice-president of Bulgaria from 2017 to 2026, politician and journalist

  b. October 24, 1964
• Ilie BolojanRomanian politician (born in 1969)

  b. March 17, 1969
• Ilir MetaPresident of Albania from 2017 to 2022

  b. March 24, 1969
• Illia PolosukhinCo-Founder - NEAR Protocol
• Ilunga Ilunkamba SylvestreCongolese politician

  b. March 28, 1947
• Ilya LichtensteinHistorical figure
• Ilya RepinRussian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth (1844-1930)

  July 24, 1844 – September 29, 1930
• Ilya SutskeverCanadian-Israeli AI researcher

  being archived
• Imam Bakhsh PehlwanHistorical figure
• ImhotepFrench DJ, composer and record producer

  b. May 19, 1960
• Immanuel KantGerman philosopher of the categorical imperative and human reason

  April 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• Imran KhanPrime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022

  b. November 25, 1952
• Imru al-QaisHistorical figure
• Imtiaz AhmedPakistani cricketer (1928-2016)

  January 5, 1928 – December 31, 2016
• Inayat Hussain BhattiPakistani actor and singer

  January 12, 1923 – May 31, 1999
• Inder Kumar GujralPrime Minister of India (1997-1998)

  December 4, 1919 – November 30, 2012
• Indira GandhiPrime Minister of India (1966-1977; 1980-1984)

  November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984
• Indra NooyiIndian-American business executive and former CEO of PepsiCo (born 1955)

  being archived
• Indulal YagnikIndian independence activist who led Mahaguarat Movement (1892-1972)

  February 22, 1892 – July 17, 1972
• Inga RuginienėLithuanian politician (LSDP) and Prime Minister

  b. May 24, 1981
• Ingmar BergmanSwedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)

  July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007
• Ingolfr ArnarsonViking settler of Iceland

  848 CE – 910 CE
• Ingrid BergmanSwedish actress (1915–1982)

  August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982
• Ingrid DaubechiesBelgian physicist and mathematician

  being archived
• Ingrida ŠimonytėPrime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania

  b. November 15, 1974
• Ingvar CarlssonPrime Minister of Sweden from 1986 to 1991 and 1994 to 1996

  being archived
• Ingvar KampradSwedish business magnate (1926-2018)

  March 30, 1926 – January 27, 2018
• Intizar HussainPakistani fiction writer (1923-2016)

  December 7, 1923 – February 2, 2016
• Inzamam-ul-HaqFormer Pakistani cricketer

  being archived
• Ioannis SarmasGreek judge, former caretaker prime Minister of Greece

  b. March 21, 1957
• Ion IliescuPresident of Romania (1990–1996; 2000–2004)

  being archived
• Iqbal BahuPakistani singer (1944–2012)

  September 4, 1944 – March 24, 2012
• Iqbal BanoPakistani singer (1928-2009)

  August 27, 1928 – April 21, 2009
• Irakli GaribashviliPrime Minister of Georgia (2013–2015, 2021–2024)

  b. June 28, 1982
• Irakli KobakhidzePrime Minister of Georgia since 2024

  b. September 25, 1978
• Irena SendlerPolish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)

  October 20, 1910 – May 12, 2008
• Irene Joliot-CurieFrench chemist and physicist (1897–1956)

  September 12, 1897 – March 17, 1956
• Irene of AthensEmpress of Byzantine Empire (752-803)

  752 CE – August 9, 803 CE
• Irfaan AliPresident of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

  b. April 25, 1980
• IrneriusItalian jurist

  1050 – 1140
• Irrfan KhanIndian actor (1967–2020)

  January 7, 1967 – April 29, 2020
• Isa GambarAzerbaijani politician (born 1957)

  b. February 24, 1957
• Isa II of BahrainEmir of Bahrain (1961-1999)

  June 3, 1933 – March 6, 1999
• Isa MustafaKosovo Albanian politician (born 1951)

  b. May 15, 1951
• IsaacPatriarch and prophet, son of Abraham
• Isaac AsimovAmerican writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

  January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992
• Isaac HerzogPresident of Israel since 2021

  b. September 22, 1960
• Isaac NewtonPhysicist and mathematician who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation

  December 25, 1642 – March 31, 1727
• Isabeau of BavariaQueen Consort of France

  1370 – September 24, 1435
• Isabel AllendeChilean writer (born 1942)

  b. August 2, 1942
• Isabella BirdBritish traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904)

  October 15, 1831 – October 8, 1904
• Isabella I of CastileQueen of the Crown of Castile, from 1474 to 1504; first queen of a dynastically-united Spain, from 1479 to 1504 (1451–1504)

  April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504
• Isabella II of SpainQueen of Spain from 1833 to 1868

  being archived
• Isabella MacDuffScottish noblewoman, figure in the Wars of Scottish Independence

  c. 1201 – 1313
• Isabella d'EsteItalian noble (1474-1539)

  May 18, 1474 – February 13, 1539
• Isabella of FranceQueen consort of England

  1295 – August 22, 1358
• IsaiahRusso-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)

  June 6, 1909 – November 5, 1997
• Isaias AfwerkiPresident of Eritrea since 1993

  b. February 2, 1946
• Isambard Kingdom BrunelBritish mechanical and civil engineer (1806-1859)

  April 9, 1806 – September 15, 1859
• Isao TakahataJapanese filmmaker (1935–2018)

  being archived
• Ishar SinghPunjabi poet

  1892 – 1966
• Ishfaq AhmadResearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1124-7485)
• Ishmael KalsakauVanuatuan politician

  being archived
• Ishwar Chandra VidyasagarPhilosopher, academic, writer, translator, entrepreneur, social reformer and philanthropist (1820-1891)

  September 26, 1820 – July 29, 1891
• Isidore MvoubaPrime Minister of the Republic of the Congo

  being archived
• Isidore of SevilleHispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)

  560 CE – April 4, 636 CE
• Isidore the LaborerHistorical figure
• Iskander MirzaTatar revolutionary (1867-1916)

  December 8, 1867 – September 18, 1916
• Islahuddin SiddiquePakistani field hockey player

  b. January 10, 1948
• Islam Karimov1st President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1938–2016)

  being archived
• Islam MakhachevRussian mixed martial arts fighter

  being archived
• Ismail KadareHistorical figure
• Ismail Omar GuellehPresident of Djibouti since 1999

  b. November 27, 1947
• Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya15th Prime Minister of Mauritania

  b. March 17, 1961
• Ismail Sabri YaakobPrime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022

  b. January 18, 1960
• Ismail SamaniAmir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907

  849 CE – November 24, 907 CE
• Ismail TaraPakistani actor

  November 16, 1949 – 2022
• Ismat ChughtaiIndian writer (1911-1991)

  August 21, 1911 – October 24, 1991
• Israel AdesanyaNew Zealander mixed martial artist

  being archived
• Issey MiyakeJapanese fashion designer (1938−2022)

  being archived
• Italo CalvinoItalian journalist and writer (1923-1985)

  October 15, 1923 – September 19, 1985
• Italo RighiCaptain Regent, head of government for San Marino

  b. June 14, 1959
• Ito Hirobumi1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan (1841–1909)

  October 16, 1841 – October 26, 1909
• Itzhak PerlmanIsraeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)

  b. August 31, 1945
• Ivan Asen IIBulgarian ruler

  1190 – June 24, 1241
• Ivan FrankoHistorical figure
• Ivan GašparovičSlovak politician and lawyer

  being archived
• Ivan III of RussiaGrand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 to 1505

  January 22, 1440 – October 27, 1505
• Ivan PavlovRussian physiologist (1849–1936)

  September 14, 1849 – February 27, 1936
• Ivan TurgenevRussian writer (1818–1883)

  October 28, 1818 – September 3, 1883
• Ivan the TerribleTsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584

  August 25, 1530 – March 18, 1584
• Ivar the BonelessKing of Jorvik

  b. c. 900 CE
• Ivica DačićSerbian politician (born 1966)

  being archived
• Ivica Račan7th Prime Minister of Croatia (1944–2007)

  February 24, 1944 – April 29, 2007
• Ivo AndricHistorical figure
• Ivo JosipovićCroatian politician, third President of Croatia

  b. August 28, 1957
• Ivo SanaderCroatian politician, former Prime Minister

  b. June 8, 1953
• Ivy Matsepe-CasaburriSouth African politician (1937-2009)

  being archived
• Iván Duque33rd President of Colombia 2018–2022

  b. August 1, 1976
• Iyothee ThassIndian activist

  May 20, 1845 – 1914