Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Arthur Darvill

b. 1982

English actor, composer, and musician (born 1982)

Arthur Davis (animator)

b. 1905

American animator and director (1905–2000)

Arthur de Gobineau

b. 1816

French diplomat and writer (1816–1882)

Arthur Decabooter

Belgian cyclist

Arthur Dee

b. 1579

English physician and alchemist (1579–1651)

Arthur Dove

b. 1880

American abstract painter (1880–1946)

Arthur Duffey

b. 1879

American track and field athlete

Arthur Erickson

Canadian architect (1924–2009)

Arthur Evans

b. 1851

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

Arthur Fadden

Prime Minister of Australia in 1941

Arthur Fiedler

American conductor (1894–1979)

Arthur Fielder

b. 1877

English cricketer (1877–1949)

Arthur Foulkes

b. 1928

Bahamian politician (born 1928)

Arthur Fox (fencer)

English-American fencer

Arthur Friedenreich

b. 1892

Brazilian footballer (1892–1969)

Arthur Frommer

b. 1929

American travel writer (1929–2024)

Arthur G. Cohen

Businessperson

Arthur Gardner (producer)

b. 1910

American actor and film producer

Arthur Gelb

American journalist and editor

Arthur Goldberg

b. 1908

American statesman and jurist (1908–1990)

Arthur Goldstein

20th-century German journalist and communist politician

Arthur Gorrie

b. 1922

Australian hobbyist (1922–1992)

Arthur Griffith

Irish politician and writer, founder of Sinn Féin (1871–1922)

Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton

b. 1942

Scottish judge