Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet

b. 1926

British diplomat (1926–2019)

Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet

b. 1593

English politician (1593–1647)

Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet

English merchant, MP and philanthropist

Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet

b. 1629

Irish nobleman

Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet

b. 1758

British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons

Sir Mix-a-Lot

b. 1963

American rapper (born 1963)

Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet

17th-century English diplomat, politician, poet, and translator

Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell

b. 1711

Lord Mayor of London

Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet

Irish baronet, landowner and Conservative politician (1782–1863)

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

English antiquarian (1570/71–1631)

Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet

British politician (1786–1855)

Sir Robert Mackenzie, 10th Baronet

b. 1811

Australian politician

Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet

b. 1684

Scottish military officer and politician

Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet

British Army officer

Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet

b. 1685

British Army officer and politician (1685–1768)

Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet

English banker, goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London

Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet

Royal Navy officer (1769–1839)

Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet

b. 1617

English lawyer and politician

Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet

b. 1816

English surgeon, histologist and anatomist (1816–1892)

Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet

b. 1604

English religious Independent, author, MP and landowner (1604–1661)

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet

b. 1772

British politician (1772–1828)

Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet

British Army officer and colonial administrator

Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet

British politician

Sirajuddin of Perlis

b. 1943

King of Malaysia from 2001 to 2006