Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Quvenzhané Wallis

b. 2003

American actress (born 2003)

R. A. Dickey

b. 1974

American baseball pitcher (born 1974)

R. A. Lafferty

b. 1914

American writer (1914–2002)

R. A. Montgomery

American writer (1936–2014)

R. B. Bennett

Prime Minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935

R. Carlos Nakai

b. 1946

American flutist (born 1946)

R. Carlyle Buley

b. 1893

American historian

R. D. Burman

b. 1939

Indian musician (1939–1994)

R. D. Laing

Unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927–1989)

R. E. B. Baylor

b. 1793

American politician and judge (1793–1874)

R. E. Foster

b. 1878

English cricketer

R. Fraser Armstrong

b. 1889

R. G. Armstrong

American actor (1917–2012)

R. G. Bhandarkar

b. 1837

Indian scholar and social reformer (1837–1925)

R. G. D. Allen

b. 1906

British economist (1906–1983)

R. Geraint Gruffydd

b. 1928

Welsh scholar (1928–2015)

R. H. W. Dillard

b. 1937

American journalist (1937–2023)

R. J. Hunter

b. 1993

American basketball player (born 1993)

R. J. Mitchell

b. 1895

British aircraft designer (1895–1937)

R. James Harvey

b. 1922

American judge and politician (1922–2019)

R. K. Laxman

b. 1921

Indian Cartoonist

R. K. Narayan

b. 1906

Indian writer (1906–2001)

R. Kuhaneswaran

b. 1960

Sri Lankan Tamil politician

R. L. Burnside

American blues musician (1926–2005)