Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Artemi Panarin

b. 1991

Russian ice hockey player (born 1991)

Artemisia Gentileschi

b. 1593

Italian painter (born 1593)

Artemy Troitsky

b. 1955

Russian journalist, music critic and academic (born 1955)

Arthur Achleitner

b. 1858

German writer

Arthur Aikin

b. 1773

English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer

Arthur Alexander

b. 1940

American country-soul songwriter and singer (1940–1993)

Arthur Anderson (actor)

b. 1922

American actor (1922–2016)

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

b. 1614

Anglo-Irish royalist statesman (1614–1686)

Arthur Arz von Straußenburg

Austro-Hungarian general

Arthur Ashe

b. 1943

American tennis player (1943–1993)

Arthur Ashkin

b. 1922

American physicist (1922–2020)

Arthur B. C. Walker Jr.

American physicist and EUV/XUV optics pioneer (1936–2001)

Arthur B. McDonald

b. 1943

Canadian astrophysicist

Arthur Balfour

b. 1848

UK Prime Minister (1848–1930)

Arthur Barclay

President of Liberia from 1904 to 1912

Arthur Benjamin

b. 1893

Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher (1893–1960)

Arthur Berger (composer)

b. 1912

American composer and music critic (1912-2003)

Arthur Biram

German–Israeli philosopher, philologist, and educator (1878–1967)

Arthur Blessitt

b. 1940

American Christian preacher (1940–2025)

Arthur Bliss

b. 1891

English composer and conductor (1891–1975)

Arthur Borton

b. 1883

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Arthur Böttcher

b. 1831

Baltic German scientist

Arthur Bowie Chrisman

b. 1889

American writer

Arthur Bremer

b. 1950

Attempted assassin of George Wallace (born 1950)