Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Robert Mohr (rugby union)

b. 1978

Germany international rugby union player

Robert Mondavi

American winemaker

Robert Montgomery (actor)

b. 1904

American actor (1904–1981)

Robert Moog

b. 1934

American electronic music pioneer (1934–2005)

Robert Morin

b. 1949

Canadian film director, actor and cinematographer

Robert Morley

b. 1908

English actor (1908–1992)

Robert Morse

b. 1931

American actor (1931–2022)

Robert Moses

American urban planner (1888–1981)

Robert Motherwell

American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker (1915–1991)

Robert Mueller

b. 1944

American civil servant and attorney (1944–2026)

Robert Muldoon

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984

Robert Mulligan

b. 1925

American director, producer (1925–2008)

Robert N. Bellah

American sociologist (1927–2013)

Robert N. Butler

American academic (1927–2010)

Robert N. Thompson

b. 1914

Canadian politician (1914–1997)

Robert Neumann (writer)

b. 1897

Austrian writer (1897–1975)

Robert Newton

b. 1905

English actor (1905–1956)

Robert Normann

Norwegian jazz guitarist

Robert Novak

American journalist and columnist (1931–2009)

Robert Noyce

American physicist and entrepreneur (1927–1990)

Robert O. Ragland

Musical artist

Robert of Molesme

11th century French saint

Robert Osborne

b. 1932

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

Robert Osterloh

American actor (1918–2001)