Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Lonnie Shelton

b. 1955

American basketball player (1955–2018)

Lonny Frey

b. 1910

American baseball player (1910–2009)

Lonzo Ball

b. 1997

American basketball player (born 1997)

Loona (singer)

b. 1974

Dutch pop singer

Lope de Aguirre

Basque Spanish conquistador (1510–1561)

Lope de Barrientos

Castilian statesman

Lope de Vega

Spanish playwright and poet (1562–1635)

Lope K. Santos

Filipino writer and politician (1879–1963)

Lopo do Nascimento

b. 1942

Angolan politician

Loránd Eötvös

b. 1848

Hungarian physicist (1848–1919)

Lord Alfred Douglas

b. 1870

English poet and journalist (1870–1945)

Lord Alfred Hayes

British professional wrestler (1928–2005)

Lord Berners

b. 1883

British composer and eccentric (1883-1950)

Lord Byron

English poet (1788–1824)

Lord Charles Beresford

Royal Navy admiral (1846–1919)

Lord Dunsany

b. 1878

Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist (1878–1957)

Lord Frederick Cavendish

British politician (1836–1882)

Lord George Gordon

British nobleman and politician (1751–1793)

Lord John Sackville

b. 1713

English cricketer (1713–1765)

Lord Kelvin

b. 1824

British physicist, engineer and mathematician (1824–1907)

Lord Mountbatten

b. 1900

British statesman and admiral (1900–1979)

Lord Richard Cecil

British soldier & journalist (1948–1978)

Lord William Bentinck

British military commander and politician (1774–1839)

Lorde

b. 1996

New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1996)