Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Jean-Luc Ponty

b. 1942

French jazz violinist and composer

Jean-Marc Barr

b. 1960

French-American actor and director

Jean-Marc Fournier

b. 1959

Canadian politician (born 1959)

Jean-Marie Auberson

Swiss conductor and violinist (1920–2004)

Jean-Marie Dedecker

b. 1952

Belgian politician, judo coach

Jean-Marie Doré

b. 1938

20th and 21st-century Guinean Prime Minister

Jean-Marie Guyau

b. 1854

French philosopher and poet

Jean-Marie Le Pen

b. 1928

French politician (1928–2025)

Jean-Marie Leblanc

b. 1944

French cyclist (born 1944)

Jean-Marie Leclair

b. 1697

French violinist

Jean-Marie Lehn

b. 1939

French chemist, Nobel laureate (born 1939)

Jean-Marie Lustiger

French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Jean-Marie Poiré

b. 1945

French film director

Jean-Marie Seroney

b. 1927

Kenyan legislator (1927–1982)

Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve

b. 1883

Canadian Cardinal

Jean-Martin Charcot

French neurologist (1825–1893)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

American artist (1960–1988)

Jean-Michel Jarre

b. 1948

French musician (born 1948)

Jean-Noël Tremblay

b. 1926

Canadian politician (1926–2020)

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor (1933–2021)

Jean-Paul Bignon

b. 1662

French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer, preacher and librarian to Louis XIV of France

Jean-Paul Desbiens

Canadian journalist and writer

Jean-Paul L'Allier

b. 1938

Canadian politician (1938–2016)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

French film director