Leading Figures in History

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

21513 persons found

Edme Mariotte

French physicist and priest

Edmond Blanchard

Canadian jurist and politician

Edmond de Goncourt

b. 1822

French writer and critic (1822–1896)

Edmond Decottignies

French weightlifter

Edmond Foley

Irish IRA member (1895–1921)

Edmond Hébert

b. 1812

French geologist

Edmond O'Brien

American actor (1915–1985)

Edmond Pidoux

Swiss author

Edmonde Charles-Roux

b. 1920

French writer (1920–2016)

Edmund A. Chester

b. 1897

American television executive

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

b. 1861

British Field Marshal (1861–1936)

Edmund Bacon (architect)

b. 1910

American urban planner and architect (1910–2005)

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset

English noble (1406–1455)

Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset

15th-century English nobleman and military commander

Edmund C. Tarbell

b. 1862

American painter (1862–1938)

Edmund Cartwright

b. 1743

British inventor (1743–1823)

Edmund Crouchback

English nobleman (1245–1296)

Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel

b. 1285

English nobleman (1285–1326)

Edmund G. Ross

American politician (1826–1907)

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent

English administrator, nobleman and magnate

Edmund Husserl

Austrian-German philosopher (1859–1938)

Edmund I

King of the English from 939 to 946

Edmund Ignatius Rice

b. 1762

Catholic missionary (1762–1844)

Edmund James Flynn

Premier of Quebec from 1896 to 1897