Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Robert Abercromby (Jesuit)

Scottish Jesuit missionary

Robert Abraham (American football)

b. 1960

American football player (born 1960)

Robert Adair (actor)

British actor (1900–1954)

Robert Adam

b. 1728

British neoclassical architect (1728–1792)

Robert Adamson (actor)

b. 1985

American actor (born 1985)

Robert Aickman

b. 1914

British writer and conservationist (1914–1981)

Robert Alda

American actor (1914–1986)

Robert Anderson Van Wyck

b. 1849

1st Mayor of consolidated New York City (1898–1901)

Robert Arnauld d'Andilly

b. 1589

French conseiller d'État and writer (1589–1674)

Robert Asprin

American science fiction and fantasy author (1946–2008)

Robert Atkins (physician)

American physician (1930–2003)

Robert Aumann

b. 1930

Israeli-American mathematician (born 1930)

Robert Axelrod (actor)

b. 1949

American actor (1949–2019)

Robert Ayling

b. 1946

British businessman

Robert B. Meyner

American politician (1908–1990)

Robert B. Weide

b. 1959

Screenwriter, producer, director, documentarian

Robert Bacon

American diplomat (1860–1919)

Robert Baldock

14th-century Bishop of Norwich-elect and Chancellor of England

Robert Baldwin

b. 1804

Co-Premier of Province of Canada (1842–1843; 1848–1851)

Robert Ballard

b. 1942

Retired US Navy officer and professor of oceanography (born 1942)

Robert Bárány

b. 1876

Austria-born otologist (1876–1936)

Robert Barbieri

b. 1984

Italy international rugby union player

Robert Barnes (martyr)

Martyr in the English Reformation (c. 1495 – 1540)

Robert Beadell

b. 1925

American composer (1925–1994)