Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Jacques Lipchitz

b. 1891

Lithuanian-born French cubist sculptor

Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac

b. 1853

French politician (1853–1905)

Jacques Marquette

17th-century French Jesuit missionary and explorer in North America

Jacques Martin (ice hockey)

b. 1952

Canadian ice hockey coach

Jacques Martin (TV host)

French television host (1933–2007)

Jacques Massu

French general (1908–2002)

Jacques Mauduit

French composer

Jacques Miquelon

Canadian politician (1911–2004)

Jacques Monod

French biochemist (1910–1976)

Jacques Necker

b. 1732

French statesman (1732–1804)

Jacques Nompar de Caumont, 1st Duke of La Force

b. 1558

Duke of La Force (1637-1652), Marshall of France

Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont

b. 1450

Savoyard nobleman and military commander

Jacques Offenbach

b. 1819

German-born French composer (1819–1880)

Jacques Parizeau

Premier of Quebec from 1994 to 1996

Jacques Paul Migne

b. 1800

French priest and scholar (1800–1875)

Jacques Pellegrin

b. 1873

French zoologist (1873–1944)

Jacques Perrin

b. 1941

French actor and film producer (1941–2022)

Jacques Philippe Marie Binet

French mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1786-1856)

Jacques Pic

French chef (1932–1992)

Jacques Piccard

b. 1922

Swiss oceanographer and engineer (1922–2008)

Jacques Poulin

b. 1937

Canadian novelist (1937–2025)

Jacques Presser

Dutch historian, writer and poet (1899–1970)

Jacques Richard

b. 1952

Canadian ice hockey player (1952–2002)

Jacques Rogge

b. 1942

President of the IOC from 2001 to 2013