Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Theobald III, Count of Champagne

b. 1179

Count of Champagne from 1197 to 1201

Theobald of Bec

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1139 to 1161

Theobald of Provins

French hermit-saint

Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald

b. 1898

Irish officer and flag painter

Theodoor Rombouts

b. 1597

Flemish painter (1597–1637)

Theodor Burchardi

German admiral (1892–1983)

Theodor Curtius

b. 1857

German chemist (1857–1928)

Theodor Herzl

b. 1860

Father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)

Theodor Kittelsen

b. 1857

Norwegian artist (1857–1914)

Theodor Körner (author)

German poet (1791–1813)

Theodor Luts

b. 1896

Estonian film director and cinematographer

Theodor Philipsen

b. 1840

Danish artist (1840–1920)

Theodor W. Adorno

German philosopher, sociologist, and theorist (1903–1969)

Theodor Zwinger

b. 1533

Swiss physician and scholar

Theodora (wife of Justinian I)

Roman empress from 527 to 548

Theodora of Thessaloniki

9th century Byzantine nun and saint

Theodore Beza

b. 1519

French Calvinist theologian, reformer and scholar (1519–1605)

Theodore Bikel

b. 1924

Austrian-American actor and folk musician (1924–2015)

Theodore Dreiser

b. 1871

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

Théodore Dubois

French composer and organist (1837–1924)

Theodore H. White

b. 1915

American historian and author (1915–1986)

Theodore Haak

b. 1605

German scholar

Theodore Hesburgh

b. 1917

American Catholic priest and 15th president of Notre Dame

Theodore Hook

English writer