Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Arthur Rothstein

b. 1915

American photojournalist (1915–1985)

Arthur Rowley

b. 1926

English football player and cricketer

Arthur Scherbius

German electrical engineer (1878–1929)

Arthur Schnitzler

b. 1862

Austrian author and dramatist (1862–1931)

Arthur Shaw (hurdler)

b. 1886

American hurdler

Arthur Shields

Irish actor (1896–1970)

Arthur Shrewsbury

English cricketer (1856-1903)

Arthur Snelling

British civil servant and diplomat (1914–1996)

Arthur Sullivan

b. 1842

British composer (1842–1900)

Arthur Treacher

b. 1894

English actor (1894–1975)

Arthur Villeneuve

Canadian artist (1910-1990)

Arthur Võõbus

b. 1909

Estonian theologian, orientalist and church historian

Arthur Walter James

British politician (1912–2015)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

b. 1769

British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852)

Arthur Wing Pinero

b. 1855

British playwright and actor (1855–1934)

Arthur Wint

b. 1920

Jamaican sprinter (1920–1992)

Arthur Wood (cricketer, born 1898)

b. 1898

English cricketer

Artie Shaw

b. 1910

American clarinetist and bandleader (1910–2004)

Artie Traum

American musician (1943–2008)

Artimus Pyle

b. 1948

American drummer (born 1948)

Arto Bryggare

b. 1958

Finnish former hurdling athlete

Artur Alliksaar

Estonian poet

Artur Bernardes

b. 1875

President of Brazil from 1922 to 1926

Artur Hajzer

b. 1962

Polish mountaineer (1962–2013)