Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald

b. 1898

Irish officer and flag painter

Theodoor Rombouts

b. 1597

Flemish painter (1597–1637)

Theodor Burchardi

German admiral (1892–1983)

Theodor Curtius

b. 1857

German chemist (1857–1928)

Theodor Eicke

b. 1892

German SS officer (1892–1943)

Theodor Fontane

German journalist, novelist and poet

Theodor Herzl

b. 1860

Father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)

Theodor Innitzer

Austrian cardinal and politician

Theodor Kittelsen

b. 1857

Norwegian artist (1857–1914)

Theodor Körner (author)

German poet (1791–1813)

Theodor Kullak

b. 1818

German musician (1818–1882)

Theodor Luts

b. 1896

Estonian film director and cinematographer (1896–1980)

Theodor Philipsen

b. 1840

Danish artist (1840–1920)

Theodor Pištěk (artist)

b. 1932

Czech painter and designer (1932–2025)

Theodor Svedberg

b. 1884

Swedish chemist (1884–1971)

Theodor W. Adorno

German philosopher, sociologist, and theorist (1903–1969)

Theodor W. Hänsch

b. 1941

German physicist (born 1941)

Theodor Zwinger

b. 1533

Swiss physician and scholar

Theodora (wife of Justinian I)

Roman empress from 527 to 548

Theodora Agnes Peck

b. 1882

Female American author and poet from Vermont

Theodora of Thessaloniki

9th century Byzantine nun and saint

Theodora Porphyrogenita

Byzantine empress from 1042 to 1056

Théodore Barrière

French playwright

Theodore Beza

b. 1519

French Calvinist theologian, reformer and scholar (1519–1605)