Leading Figures in History

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

62245 persons found

Philip IV of Spain

King of Spain (1621–1665) and Portugal (1621–1640)

Philip Jackson (actor)

b. 1948

English actor (born 1948)

Philip Jackson (sculptor)

b. 1944

Scottish sculptor (born 1944)

Philip Jamison

b. 1925

American artist (1925–2021)

Philip Johnson

b. 1906

American architect (1906–2005)

Philip Kapleau

Zen Buddhist teacher (1912–2004)

Philip Kassel

American gymnast (1876–1959)

Philip Kaufman

b. 1936

American film director and screenwriter

Philip Kotler

b. 1931

American marketing author, consultant, and professor (born 1931)

Philip Larkin

b. 1922

English poet, novelist and librarian (1922–1985)

Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme

b. 1915

British noble (1915–2000)

Philip Livingston

American Founding Father, merchant, and politician (1716–1778)

Philip Livingston (1686–1749)

b. 1686

American merchant and politician

Philip M. Parker

b. 1960

American economist and inventor

Philip Maini

b. 1959

Northern Irish mathematician (born 1959)

Philip Marheineke

German Protestant church leader (1780-1846)

Philip McKeon

b. 1964

American actor (1964–2019)

Philip Melanchthon

German Lutheran reformer and theologian (1497–1560)

Philip Michael Thomas

b. 1949

American actor (born 1949)

Philip Moore (organist)

b. 1943

English composer and organist (born 1943)

Philip Morrison

American astrophysicist (1915–2005)

Philip Murray

b. 1886

Scottish-born American labor leader (1886–1952)

Philip Noel-Baker

British athlete and politician (1889–1982)

Philip Oakey

b. 1955

British singer (born 1955)