Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Joseph Toal

b. 1956

20th and 21st-century Scottish Catholic bishop

Joseph Vaz

b. 1651

Oratorian priest and missionary (1651–1711)

Joseph von Fraunhofer

German physicist (1787–1826)

Joseph W. Martin Jr.

b. 1884

American politician (1884–1968)

Joseph W. Tobin

b. 1952

American Catholic prelate (born 1952)

Joseph Wapner

b. 1919

American reality court show judge (1919–2017)

Joseph Ward

b. 1856

Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906–1912, 1928–1930)

Joseph Warren

b. 1741

American physician and Founding Father (1741–1775)

Joseph Weil

b. 1875

American fraudster (1875–1976)

Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein

b. 1696

Prince of Liechtenstein (r. 1712–1718, 1748–1772)

Joseph Wheeler

b. 1836

American military officer and politician (1836–1906)

Joseph Whitty

Irish Republican hunger striker (d. 1923)

Joseph Williamson (English politician)

b. 1633

English civil servant, diplomat and politician

Joseph Wilton

b. 1722

English sculptor (1722–1803)

Joseph Winston

American farmer and politician (1746–1815)

Joseph Wirth

b. 1879

Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922

Joseph Wiseman

b. 1918

American actor (1918–2009)

Joseph Wolf

German natural history artist (1820–1899)

Joseph Wolpe

b. 1915

American behavior therapist (1915–1997)

Joseph Wulf

German-Polish Jewish historian (1912–1974)

Joseph Yobo

b. 1980

Nigerian footballer (born 1980)

Joseph Zobel

Martiniquai writer (1915–2006)

Joseph Zubin

b. 1900

American physician

Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau

5th Premier of Quebec (1879–1882)