Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Bartolomé Masó

Cuban revolutionary and President of the Republic in Arms

Bartolomé Mitre

b. 1821

President of Argentina

Bartolomeo Ammannati

b. 1511

Italian architect and sculptor

Bartolomeo Cristofori

b. 1655

Italian maker of musical instruments (1655 – 1731)

Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese maritime explorer (c. 1450–1500)

Bartolus de Saxoferrato

Italian law professor

Barton Lynch

b. 1963

Australian former professional surfer (born 1963)

Bartosz Bereszyński

b. 1992

Polish footballer (born 1992)

Bartosz Brożek

b. 1977

Polish philosopher and jurist (born 1977)

Baruch Samuel Blumberg

b. 1925

American doctor (1925–2011)

Barun Sengupta

Indian writer (1934–2008)

Bas Haring

b. 1968

Dutch philosopher

Başak Eraydın

b. 1994

Turkish tennis player (born 1994)

Basdeo Panday

b. 1933

Trinidadian politician (1933–2024)

Baselios Marthoma Didymos I

20th Malankara Metropolitan and 7th Catholicos of the Malankara Church

Baselios Thomas I

b. 1929

Indian Syriac Orthodox prelate (1929–2024)

Basem Fathi

b. 1982

Jordanian footballer

Bashnouna

Egyptian saint and martyr

Basil A. Paterson

b. 1926

American politician and lawyer (1926–2014)

Basil H. Losten

b. 1930

Ukrainian bishop (1930–2024)

Basil Hume

English Catholic cardinal (1923–1999)

Basil I

Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886

Basil Poledouris

b. 1945

American composer (1945–2006)

Basil Rathbone

b. 1892

English actor (1892–1967)