Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Art Farmer

b. 1928

American jazz trumpeter (1928–1999)

Art Fleming

American actor and television host (1924–1995)

Art Heyman

American basketball player (1941–2012)

Art Hindle

b. 1948

Canadian actor and director

Art Houtteman

American baseball player (1927–2003)

Art Linkletter

Canadian-born American TV personality (1912–2010)

Art Mahaffey

b. 1938

American baseball player (born 1938)

Art McNally

b. 1925

American football official (1925–2023)

Art Modell

b. 1925

American businessman (1925–2012)

Art Pollard

American racing driver (1927–1973)

Art Rooney

American football player, executive, and owner (1901–1988)

Art Ross

Canadian ice hockey player (1885–1964)

Art Sansom

American cartoonist

Art Shires

b. 1906

American baseball player (1906–1967)

Artabanus IV of Parthia

Ruler of Parthian Empire from c. 213 to 224

Artem Anisimov

b. 1988

Russian ice hockey player (born 1988)

Artemisia Gentileschi

b. 1593

Italian painter (born 1593)

Artemy Troitsky

b. 1955

Russian journalist, music critic and academic (born 1955)

Arthur Achleitner

b. 1858

German writer

Arthur Aikin

b. 1773

English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer

Arthur Alexander

b. 1940

American country-soul songwriter and singer (1940–1993)

Arthur Anderson (actor)

b. 1922

American actor (1922–2016)

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

b. 1614

Anglo-Irish royalist statesman (1614–1686)

Arthur Arz von Straußenburg

Austro-Hungarian general