Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

b. 1780

French painter (1780–1867)

Jean-Baptiste Accolay

b. 1833

Violinist, conductor and composer

Jean-Baptiste Bagaza

President of Burundi from 1976 to 1987

Jean-Baptiste Barrière

b. 1707

French cellist and composer (1707–1747)

Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès

French geographer, author and translator

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

French Marshal (1768–1813)

Jean-Baptiste Biot

b. 1774

French physicist (1774–1862)

Jean-Baptiste Capronnier

Belgian stained glass painter (1814–1891)

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

French sculptor and painter (1827–1875)

Jean-Baptiste Charcot

b. 1867

French polar explorer, scientist, Olympic sailer and medical doctor (1867–1936)

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

b. 1619

French statesman (1619–1683)

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens

b. 1704

French philosopher and writer (1704–1771)

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

b. 1651

French priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

French Royal Army officer (1725–1807)

Jean-Baptiste du Casse

French Navy officer, privateer, slave trader and colonial administrator

Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont

French geologist (1798–1874)

Jean-Baptiste Grange

b. 1984

French alpine skier (born 1984)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

b. 1725

French painter (1725–1805)

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

b. 1762

French Marshal (1762–1833)

Jean-Baptiste Kléber

French army officer and architect (1753–1800)

Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle

French geologist (1736–1790)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

b. 1744

French naturalist (1744–1829)

Jean-Baptiste Lamy

b. 1814

French Catholic bishop in the United States

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray

b. 1760

French writer and diplomat (1760–1797)