Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Benjamin Barber

b. 1939

American political theorist (1939–2017)

Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy officer)

b. 1936

Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1936–2025)

Benjamin Becker

b. 1981

German tennis player

Benjamín Brea

Venezuelan musician (1946–2014)

Benjamin Büchel

b. 1989

Liechtensteiner footballer

Benjamin C. Truman

American journalist and author (1835–1916)

Benjamin D'Urban

British general and colonial administrator (1777–1849)

Benjamin Disraeli

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874–1880)

Benjamin Faunce

American druggist and businessman

Benjamin Franklin

American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)

Benjamin Graham

b. 1894

American financial analyst, investor, and professor (1894–1976)

Benjamin Harrison

b. 1833

President of the United States from 1889 to 1893

Benjamin Henry Latrobe

b. 1764

English architect (1764-1820)

Benjamin Huntsman

b. 1704

English inventor and manufacturer (1704–1776)

Benjamin Ingham

b. 1712

English cleric

Benjamin Kaplan

American copyright and procedure scholar and jurist (1911–2010)

Benjamin Kayser

b. 1984

France international rugby union player

Benjamin Lee Whorf

b. 1897

American linguist (1897–1941)

Benjamin Limo

b. 1974

Kenyan track and field athlete

Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft

b. 1957

British politician and businessman (born 1957)

Benjamin Miessner

b. 1890

American radio engineer and inventor

Benjamin Mophatlane

South African businessman

Benjamin N. Cardozo

b. 1870

US Supreme Court justice from 1932 to 1938

Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

World War II pilot & first African-American US Air Force general officer (1912–2002)