Leading Figures in History

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

61491 persons found

Robert Ritter

b. 1901

German psychologist

Robert Ritter von Greim

German field marshal (1892–1945)

Robert Robinson (broadcaster)

English radio and television presenter (1927–2011)

Robert Robinson (chemist)

b. 1886

English chemist and Nobel laureate (1886–1975)

Robert Robinson Taylor

b. 1868

American architect (1868–1942)

Robert Rodriguez

b. 1968

American filmmaker (born 1968)

Robert Rogers (British Army officer)

British Army officer and frontiersman (1731–1795)

Robert Rooba

b. 1993

Estonian ice hockey player (born 1993)

Robert Roosa

b. 1918

American economist

Robert Ross (British Army officer, born 1766)

Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army (1766-1814)

Robert Royal

b. 1979

American football player (born 1979)

Robert Rozhdestvensky

b. 1932

Russian poet (1932–1994)

Robert Ruark

American novelist

Robert Rubin

b. 1938

American banking executive, lawyer, and government official (born 1938)

Robert Runcie

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991

Robert Russell Bennett

b. 1894

American composer (1894–1981)

Robert Ryan

b. 1909

American actor (1909–1973)

Robert Ryman

b. 1930

American painter (1930–2019)

Robert S. Langer

b. 1948

American scientist and academic

Robert S. Mulliken

b. 1896

American physicist and chemist (1896–1986)

Robert S. Strauss

b. 1918

American diplomat (1918–2014)

Robert S. Wistrich

Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1945–2015)

Robert Sabatier

French poet and writer

Robert Sarah

b. 1945

Guinean Catholic cardinal (born 1945)