Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Ruggero Oddi

b. 1864

Italian physiologist and anatomist

Ruggiero Ricci

b. 1918

American violinist (1918–2012)

Ruhila Adatia-Sood

b. 1982

Kenyan radio presenter (1982–2013)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989

Rui Fonte

b. 1990

Portuguese footballer

Rui Sampaio

b. 1987

Portuguese footballer

Rumer Willis

b. 1988

American actress (born 1988)

Runako Morton

b. 1978

Nevisian cricketer

Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer)

b. 1896

British World War I flying ace

Rupert Brooke

English poet (1887–1915)

Rupert Deese

b. 1924

American ceramic artist

Rupert Everett

b. 1959

English actor (born 1959)

Rupert Farley

b. 1957

British actor and voice over artist

Rupert Graves

b. 1963

English actor

Rupert Grint

b. 1988

English actor (born 1988)

Rupert Hamer

b. 1916

Australian politician (1916–2004)

Rupert II, Elector Palatine

b. 1325

Elector Palatine from 1390 to 1394

Rupert Neudeck

German journalist

Rupert Wildt

b. 1905

American astronomer

Rupert, King of the Romans

b. 1352

King of Germany from 1400 to 1410

Rushdy Abaza

Egyptian actor (1926–1980)

Rusi Surti

b. 1936

Indian cricketer

Ruskin Bond

b. 1934

Indian novelist and short story writer (born 1934)

Russ Alben

American advertising executive and composer (1929–2012)