Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Robert Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford

13th and 14th-century English nobleman, sheriff, and baron

Robert Colbert

b. 1931

American actor (born 1931)

Robert Coleman Richardson

b. 1937

American experimental physicist (1937–2013)

Robert Comtesse

b. 1847

Swiss politician (1847–1922)

Robert Conquest

b. 1917

British-American historian and poet (1917–2015)

Robert Cornthwaite (actor)

b. 1917

American actor

Robert Cosgrove

Australian politician

Robert Crais

b. 1953

American author of detective fiction

Robert Craufurd

b. 1764

British Army officer (1764–1812)

Robert Cray

b. 1953

American blues guitarist and singer

Robert Creeley

b. 1926

American poet (1926–2005)

Robert Croft

b. 1970

British cricketer

Robert Crowley (printer)

English stationer, poet, writer, and clergyman

Robert Culp

b. 1930

American actor (1930–2010)

Robert Cummings

b. 1910

American actor (1910–1990)

Robert Curl

b. 1933

American chemist (1933–2022)

Robert Cushman Murphy

b. 1887

American ornithologist and museum curator

Robert D. Hales

b. 1932

American businessman and religious leader

Robert D. Keppel

b. 1944

American criminologist (1944–2021)

Robert D. Maurer

b. 1924

American industrial physicist (1924–2025)

Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness

b. 1718

British diplomat and politician

Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester

Norman nobleman (circa 1046–1118)

Robert de Cotret

Canadian politician

Robert De Niro

b. 1943

American actor (born 1943)