Leading Figures in History

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

62245 persons found

Philippe Lafontaine

b. 1955

Belgian singer and composer (born 1955)

Philippe Lavil

b. 1947

French singer (born 1947)

Philippe Néricault Destouches

French playwright (1680–1754)

Philippe Noiret

b. 1930

French actor

Philippe Panneton

b. 1895

Canadian physician, academic, diplomat and writer

Philippe Pétain

b. 1856

French general and dictator (1856–1951)

Philippe Petit

b. 1949

French highwire artist (born 1949)

Philippe Pinel

b. 1745

French psychiatrist (1745–1826)

Philippe Quinault

b. 1635

French dramatist and librettist

Philippe Russo

b. 1961

French singer-songwriter (born 1961)

Philippe Sands

b. 1960

British/French lawyer, legal academic and author (born 1960)

Philippe Sarde

b. 1948

French composer

Philippe Thys (cyclist)

b. 1890

Belgian cyclist

Philippe Vallois

b. 1948

Philippe van Lansberge

b. 1561

Flemish Minister, astronomer and Mathematician

Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (1464–1534)

Philippé Wynne

Musical artist (1941–84)

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé

b. 1786

French Canadian writer and seigneur

Phillip Adams (writer)

b. 1939

Australian humanist

Phillip Allen Sharp

b. 1944

American geneticist and molecular biologist

Phillip Cocu

b. 1970

Dutch footballer and manager (born 1970)

Phillip D. Cagan

American economist

Phillip Gillespie

b. 1975

Australian cricket umpire (born 1975)

Phillip Lindsay

b. 1994

American football player (born 1994)