Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Benny Wearing

b. 1901

Australian rugby league footballer (1901–1968)

Beno Gutenberg

b. 1889

German-American seismologist

Beno Udrih

b. 1982

Slovenian basketball player (born 1982)

Benoît Bouchard

b. 1940

Canadian politician

Benoît Brunet

b. 1968

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1968)

Benoît Mariage

b. 1961

Belgian film director (born 1961)

Benoît Sauvageau

Canadian politician

Benoît Sinzogan

b. 1930

Beninese military officer and politician (1930–2021)

Benson Boone

b. 2002

American singer-songwriter (born 2002)

Benzion Netanyahu

Israeli encyclopedist and historian (1910–2012)

Berengar Fredol the Elder

French canon lawyer and Cardinal-Bishop

Berengar II of Italy

King of Italy from 950 to 961

Berenguer Ramon I

Count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona (1005-1035) (r.1018-1035)

Berenice Abbott

b. 1898

American photographer (1898–1991)

Bérénice Bejo

b. 1976

Argentine-born French actress

Berhanu Dinka

b. 1935

Ethiopian diplomat

Berit Aunli

b. 1956

Norwegian cross-country skier

Berkeley Breathed

b. 1957

American cartoonist and author (born 1957)

Bernadette Chirac

b. 1933

French politician (born 1933)

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey

b. 1947

Irish socialist and republican political activist (born 1947)

Bernadette Soubirous

French Roman Catholic saint (1844–1879)

Bernard Agré

Ivorian Catholic prelate

Bernard Arcand

b. 1945

Canadian anthropologist and writer (1945–2009)

Bernard Ashmole

b. 1894

British archaeologist and art historian (1894–1988)