Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Adin Brown

b. 1978

American former soccer player

Adin Hill

b. 1996

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)

Aditya Srivastava

b. 1968

Indian actor

Adjutor

12th-century French Catholic saint

Adlai Stevenson I

Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897

Adlai Stevenson II

American politician and diplomat (1900–1965)

Adnan Khashoggi

b. 1935

Saudi Arabian businessman and arms dealer (1935–2017)

Adnan Pachachi

b. 1923

Iraqi politician and statesman (1923–2019)

Adnan Sami

b. 1971

Indian musician (born 1971)

Adolf Anderssen

b. 1818

German chess player (1818–1879)

Adolf Bötticher

German art historian and conservator

Adolf Busch

German–Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer

Adolf Chybiński

b. 1880

Polish musicologist and academic (1880–1952)

Adolf Eichmann

German SS officer and war criminal (1906–1962)

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Finland-Swedish baron, geologist and explorer (1832–1901)

Adolf Frederick of Sweden

b. 1710

King of Sweden from 1751 to 1771

Adolf Friedrich von Schack

b. 1815

German poet, historian of literature and art collector

Adolf Hitler

b. 1889

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen

German count (1362–1420)

Adolf IV of Holstein

Count of Holstein

Adolf Loos

Austrian and Czechoslovak architect and theorist of modern architecture

Adolf of Osnabrück

German Cistercian monk, Bishop of Osnabrück and saint

Adolf Ogi

b. 1942

82nd President of the Swiss Confederation

Adolf Schärf

b. 1890

President of Austria from 1957 to 1965