Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Orlando Cole

b. 1908

Musical artist

Orlando di Lasso

Franco-Flemish composer (1532–1594)

Orlando Engelaar

b. 1979

Dutch retired footballer (born 1979)

Orlando Gibbons

English composer and keyboard player (1583–1625)

Orlando Sirola

b. 1928

Italian tennis player

Orlando Woolridge

American basketball player (1959–2012)

Orleans (band)

American rock band

Orna Porat

German-born Israeli theater actress

Ornette Coleman

American jazz musician and composer (1930–2015)

Oronce Fine

French mathematician and cartographer

Orrin Hatch

American politician (1934–2022)

Orso Mario Corbino

b. 1876

Italian physicist and politician (1876–1937)

Orson Bean

b. 1928

American actor (1928–2020)

Orson Scott Card

b. 1951

American science fiction novelist (born 1951)

Orson Welles

b. 1915

American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)

Orval Tessier

b. 1933

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1933–2022)

Orville Moody

American professional golfer (1933–2008)

Orville Redenbacher

b. 1907

American businessman (1907–1995)

Orville Turnquest

b. 1929

Bahamian politician (born 1929)

Osama bin Laden

Founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

Osamu Dazai

Japanese author (1909–1948)

Osbert Sitwell

English writer (1892–1969)

Óscar Acosta

Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez

b. 1913

Argentine racing driver (1913–1989)