This is a list of historical figues seen in the series who existed in the real world.

• Gilgamesh : 28th century BC - HTLJ: "Faith"
• Nefertiti : 1370-1330 BC - HTLJ: "City of the Dead"
• Ramses (Ramesses II) : 1303-1213 BC - HTLJ: "City of the Dead"
• David : 1037-970 BC - XWP: "The Giant Killer"
• Zarathustra (Zoroaster) : 11th century BC
  • - HTLJ: "Redemption"
  • - HTLJ: "Let There Be Light"
• Homer : 9th century BC - XWP: "Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards"
• Draco : 7th century BC - XWP recurring
• Sophocles : 496-406 BC - XWP: "The Play's the Thing"
• Euripides : 480-406 BC - XWP: "Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards"
• Socrates : 469-399 BC - HTLJ: "The Apple"
• Hippocrates : 460-370 BC - XWP: "Is There a Doctor in the House?"
• Plato : 428-348 BC - HTLJ: "The Apple"
• Aristotle : 384-322 BC - HTLJ: "Reunions"
• Crassus (Marcus Licinius Crassus) : 115-53 BC - XWP: "When in Rome"
• Pompey : 106-48 BC - XWP recurring
• Julius Caesar : 100-44 BC
  • - XWP: recurring
  • - HTLJ: "Render Unto Caesar"
• Brutus (Marcus Junius Brutus) : 85-42 BC - XWP: recurring
• Marc Antony (Mark Antony) : 83-30 BC - XWP: "Antony and Cleopatra"
• Vercinix (Vercingetorix) : 82-46 BC - XWP: "When in Rome"
• Virgil : 70-19 BC - XWP recurring
• Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII) : 69-30 BC
  • - XWP: "The King of Assassins"
  • - XWP: "Antony and Cleopatra"
• Octavius (Augustus) : 63 BC-AD 14 - XWP recurring
• Eve (Livia) : 58 BC-AD 29 - XWP recurring
• Caligula : AD 12-41
  • - XWP: "The God You Know"
  • - XWP: "You Are There"
• Josephus : AD 37-100 - HTLJ: "What's in a Name?"
• Boadicea (Boudica) : died AD 61 - XWP: "The Deliverer"
• Galen : AD 129-217 - XWP: "Is There a Doctor in the House?"
• Arthur : AD 6th century - HTLJ: "Once Upon a Future King"
• Paul Robert Coyle : born AD 1953
  • - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
  • - HTLJ: "For Those of You Just Joining Us"
• Robert Tapert : born AD 1955
  • - XWP: "The Xena Scrolls"
  • - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
  • - HTLJ: "For Those of You Just Joining Us"
• Beth Hymson (Beth Hymson-Ayer) : born AD 1957 - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
• Eric Gruendemann : born AD 1963 - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
• David Scott Pollison : born AD 1966 - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
• Lucy Lawless : born AD 1968 - XWP: "Deja Vu All Over Again"
• Liz Friedman : born AD 1970
  • - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
  • - HTLJ: "For Those of You Just Joining Us"
• Melissa Blake : born AD 1973
  • - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
  • - HTLJ: "For Those of You Just Joining Us"
• Roberto Orci : born AD 1973 - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
• Alex Kurtzman : born AD 1973 - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
• Jerry Patrick Brown : born AD 20th century
  • - HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules"
  • - HTLJ: "For Those of You Just Joining Us"