Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Charles Pasqua

French politician (1927–2015)

Charles Perrault

French author (1628–1703)

Charles Plumier

b. 1646

French botanist (1646–1704)

Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

English lawyer, judge, and politician (1714–1794)

Charles R. Drew

b. 1904

American surgeon and medical researcher (1904–1950)

Charles Rangel

b. 1930

American politician (1930–2025)

Charles Reed Bishop

American businessman, politician, and philanthropist (1822–1915)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

b. 1868

Scottish designer and artist (1868–1928)

Charles Richter

b. 1900

Seismologist and physicist (born 1900)

Charles Robert Cockerell

b. 1788

English architect, archaeologist, and writer

Charles Robert Malden

British naval officer, surveyor and educator

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck

Dutch politician (1873–1936)

Charles Saatchi

b. 1943

British businessman (born 1943)

Charles Sanders Peirce

American scientist (1839–1914)

Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden

b. 1933

British Conservative Party politician and life peer

Charles Saumarez Smith

b. 1954

British art historian (born 1954)

Charles Sheffield

b. 1935

British mathematician, physicist and writer (1935–2002)

Charles Simic

b. 1938

Serbian-born American poet (1938–2023)

Charles Simon Favart

French playwright and theatre director (1710–1792)

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

b. 1964

British peer (born 1964)

Charles Spurgeon

b. 1834

British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834–1892)

Charles Starkweather

American spree killer (1938–1959)

Charles Stewart Mott

b. 1875

American businessman and politician (1875–1973)

Charles Stewart Parnell

b. 1846

Irish politician (1846–1891)