Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Otis Thorpe

b. 1962

American basketball player (born 1962)

Otl Aicher

b. 1922

German graphic designer and typographer

Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer

b. 1896

German biologist, National Socialist, and geneticist (1896–1969)

Ōtomo no Otomaro

Ott Arder

Estonian writer

Ottaviano Petrucci

Italian printer

Ottavio Bottecchia

Italian cyclist

Ottavio Missoni

Founder of Missoni

Ottavio Piccolomini

Italian nobleman, army general of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire (1599–1656)

Ottavio Quattrocchi

Italian businessman (1938–2013)

Ottmar Walter

German footballer (1924–2013)

Otto Addo

b. 1975

Ghanaian football manager, scout and former player (born 1975)

Otto Bauer

Austrian socialist politician (1881–1938)

Otto Binder

b. 1911

American writer (1911–1974)

Ottó Bláthy

b. 1860

Hungarian electrical engineer (1860-1939)

Otto Blumenthal

b. 1876

German-Jewish mathematician (1876–1944)

Otto Bradfisch

b. 1903

German economist, jurist, and SS officier (1903–1994)

Otto Buchsbaum

Austrian-born Brazilian activist

Otto Carius

b. 1922

German tank commander

Otto Eisenschiml

b. 1880

American historian

Otto Erich Hartleben

b. 1864

German poet and dramatist

Otto Ernst Remer

b. 1912

German Wehrmacht Army officer and Neo-Nazi Leader (1912–1997)

Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun

b. 1677

Austrian Generalfeldmarschall

Otto Frank

b. 1889

Father of Anne Frank (1889–1980)