Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Rodney Alcala

American serial killer (1943–2021)

Rodney Crowell

b. 1950

American country music singer and songwriter (born 1950)

Rodney Ferguson

b. 1986

American football player (born 1986)

Rodney Frelinghuysen

b. 1946

American politician (born 1946)

Rodney H. Pardey

American poker player (1945–2020)

Rodney King

Black American victim of police brutality (1965–2012)

Rodney McCray (basketball)

b. 1961

American former basketball player (born 1961)

Rodney Mullen

b. 1966

American professional skateboarder

Rodney Rogers

b. 1971

American basketball player (1971–2025)

Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill

Argentine author and businessman (1941-2010)

Rodolfo Pio da Carpi

16th-century Catholic cardinal

Rodolfo Quezada Toruño

Guatemalan Catholic cardinal (1932–2012)

Rodolphe Töpffer

Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (1799–1846)

Rodri (footballer, born 1996)

b. 1996

Spanish footballer

Rodric Braithwaite

b. 1932

British diplomat and author

Rodrigo (musician)

b. 1973

Argentine singer (1973–2000)

Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes

Portuguese nobleman and diplomat

Rodrigo de Bastidas

Spanish conquistador

Rodrigo De Paul

b. 1994

Argentine footballer (born 1994)

Rodrigo Defendi

b. 1986

Brazilian footballer (born 1986)

Rodrigo Santoro

b. 1975

Brazilian actor (born 1975)

Rodrigues Alves

b. 1848

President of Brazil from 1902 to 1906

Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges)

French Catholic archbishop

Roelof Klein

b. 1877

Dutch rower (1877–1960)