Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Red Robbins

b. 1944

American basketball player

Red Rodney

b. 1927

American jazz trumpeter (1927–1994)

Red Rolfe

b. 1908

American baseball player and manager (1908-1969)

Red Ruffing

b. 1905

American baseball player and coach (1905–1986)

Red Skelton

b. 1913

American comedian (1913–1997)

Red Sovine

b. 1917

American country musician (1917–1980)

Red Symons

b. 1949

Australian musician, and television and radio personality (born 1949)

Red Webb

b. 1924

American baseball player (1924-1996)

Red Wilson (baseball)

American baseball and football player (1929–2014)

Redbone (band)

b. 1946

American rock band

Redd Foxx

American comedian and actor (1922–1991)

Redfoo

b. 1975

American singer, rapper and tennis player (born 1975)

Redman (rapper)

b. 1970

American rapper (born 1970)

Reece Brown (footballer, born 1991)

b. 1991

English footballer

Reece Noi

b. 1988

British actor

Reece Shearsmith

b. 1969

British actor, comedian and writer (born 1969)

Reece Walsh

b. 2002

Australia international rugby league footballer

Reece Young

b. 1979

New Zealand cricketer

Reed Crandall

American cartoonist (1917–1982)

Reed Erickson

b. 1917

American engineer, philanthropist, and transgender activist (1917 – 1992)

Reed Hastings

b. 1960

American entrepreneur and education philanthropist (born 1960)

Reed Irvine

b. 1922

American economist and activist (1922–2004)

Reed Oliver

b. 1958

Governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia

Reed Scowen

b. 1931

Canadian politician (1931–2020)