Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Richard Street

b. 1942

American singer (1942–2013)

Richard Sukuta-Pasu

b. 1990

German footballer (born 1990)

Richard Swedberg

b. 1948

Swedish sociologist

Richard Sykes (microbiologist)

b. 1942

British microbiologist (born 1942)

Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell

Viceroy of Ireland for James II of England

Richard Taverner

English Bible translator

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

British Army officer and politician (1675–1749)

Richard Thomas (actor)

b. 1951

American actor (born 1951)

Richard Thorpe

American actor and film director (1896–1991)

Richard Timberlake

b. 1922

Professor of economics (1922–2020)

Richard Titmuss

b. 1907

British sociologist (1907–1973)

Richard Todd

b. 1919

Irish actor (1919–2009)

Richard Topcliffe

b. 1531

English politician, priest-hunter and torturer (1531–1604)

Richard Towneley

b. 1629

Influential English astronomer, mathematician and natural scientist

Richard Trevithick

British inventor and mining engineer (1771–1833)

Richard Tucker

b. 1913

American opera singer (1913–1975)

Richard Upjohn

English-American architect (1802–1878)

Richard von Frankenberg

German journalist and racing driver

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

b. 1840

Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and nobleman (1840–1902)

Richard von Mises

b. 1883

Austrian physicist and mathematician (1883–1953)

Richard Wagner

b. 1813

German composer (1813–1883)

Richard Walther Darré

Nazi politician (1895–1953)

Richard Warren Sears

American businessman, founder of Sears

Richárd Weisz

b. 1879

Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler (1879–1945)