Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)

b. 1960

English drummer (born 1960)

Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)

b. 1949

English musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1949)

Roger Tory Peterson

American naturalist, ornithologist and writer (1908–1996)

Roger Troutman

American musician (1951–1999)

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

b. 1993

New Zealand and Samoa international dual-code rugby player

Roger Twose

b. 1968

New Zealand cricketer

Roger Twysden

English historian and politician

Roger Vergé

French chef and restaurateur

Roger Voudouris

American musician (1954–2003)

Roger Wilbraham

English lawyer and Solicitor-General for Ireland

Roger Williams (hepatologist)

b. 1931

British hepatologist (1931–2020)

Roger Williams Straus Jr.

American publisher (1917–2004)

Roger Williamson

British racing driver (1948–1973)

Roger Wolcott Sperry

American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate

Roger Wolfe Kahn

American composer, bandleader, test pilot (1907–1962)

Roger Zelazny

b. 1937

American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)

Rogério Lemgruber

Brazilian criminal

Rogers Hornsby

b. 1896

American baseball player, coach and manager (1896–1963)

Rogier van der Weyden

Early Netherlandish painter (c. 1399 – 1464)

Rögnvald Kali Kolsson

Norwegian earl of Orkney (c. 1100–1158)

Roh Moo-hyun

President of South Korea from 2003 to 2008

Rohinton Fali Nariman

b. 1956

Indian judge (born 1956)

Rohit Sharma

b. 1987

Indian cricketer (born 1987)

Róisín Murphy

b. 1973

Irish singer (born 1973)