| Xanthippe (Greek wife of Socrates, scold) |
5th cent. BC |
| Xavier, Saint Francis (Spanish Jesuit missionary) |
1506-1552 |
| Xenakis, Iannis (Romanian-born French composer, math., eng.) |
1922-2001 |
| Xenocrates (Greek philosopher; pupil of Plato) |
396-314 BC |
| Xenophanes of Colophon (Greek philosopher, poet) |
c.560-c.478 BC |
| Xenophon (Greek historian, essayist, military commander) |
c.431-c.352 BC |
| Xerxes I "the Great" (Persian King 486-465) |
c.519-465 BC |
| Xerxes II (Persian king 424; grandson of Xerxes I) |
d.424 BC |
| Xia Gui (Hsia Kuei) (Chinese artist) |
fl. 1180-1230 |
| Xia Yan (or Hsia Yen) (pseud. of Shen Duanxian)(Chinese writer) |
b.1900 |
| Xie Lingyun (or Hsieh Ling-yun; aka Xie Kangluo) (Chin. writer) |
385-433 |
| Ximenes, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros (Spanish clergyman) |
1436-1517 |
| Xirgu i Subira, Margarita (Catalan actor, producer) |
1888-1969 |
| Xu Beihong (Chinese artist) |
1895-1953 |