Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Rasual Butler

b. 1979

American basketball player (1979–2018)

Rat Scabies

b. 1955

English musician

Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera

b. 1828

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar

Rattana Pestonji

Thai film director

Raudin Anwar

b. 1960

Indonesian diplomat (born 1960)

Rauf Orbay

Turkish naval officer and diplomat (1881–1964)

Raúl Casanova

b. 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1972)

Raúl Castro

b. 1931

President of Cuba from 2008 to 2018

Raúl García (footballer, born 1986)

b. 1986

Spanish footballer

Raúl Héctor Castro

b. 1916

American judge and politician (1916–2015)

Raul Hilberg

Austrian-born American Holocaust researcher (1926–2007)

Raúl Ibañez

b. 1972

American baseball player (born 1972)

Raúl Jiménez

b. 1991

Mexican footballer (born 1991)

Raul Malo

b. 1965

American singer-songwriter (1965–2025)

Raúl Márquez

b. 1971

American boxer

Raúl Ramírez

b. 1953

Mexican tennis player

Raul Renter

b. 1920

Estonian economist and chess player

Raul Roco

Filipino politician (1941–2005)

Raúl Ruiz (director)

Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher (1941-2011)

Raul Rusescu

b. 1988

Romanian footballer (born 1988)

Raul Seixas

b. 1945

Brazilian singer-songwriter and music producer (1945-1989)

Raúl Spank

b. 1988

German high jumper

Ravi Batra

b. 1943

Indian-American economist, author, and professor

Ravi Bopara

b. 1985

English cricketer (born 1985)