Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro

Spanish monk and scholar (1676–1764)

Benito Juárez

President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872

Benito Mussolini

Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943

Benito Pérez Galdós

b. 1843

Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)

Benjamin Aaron

American lawyer

Benjamin Adekunle

b. 1936

Nigerian Army officer

Benjamin Baillaud

French astronomer (1848–1934)

Benjamin Baker (engineer)

British engineer (1840–1907)

Benjamin Banneker

American scientist, surveyor and farmer (1731–1806)

Benjamin Barber

b. 1939

American political theorist (1939–2017)

Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy officer)

b. 1936

Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1936–2025)

Benjamin Becker

b. 1981

German tennis player

Benjamin Bloom

American psychologist

Benjamin Boretz

b. 1934

American composer and music theorist (born 1934)

Benjamin Bourne

b. 1755

American judge (1755–1808)

Benjamín Brea

Venezuelan musician (1946–2014)

Benjamin Büchel

b. 1989

Liechtensteiner footballer

Benjamin C. Truman

American journalist and author (1835–1916)

Benjamin Carr

b. 1768

American singer (1768–1831)

Benjamin Cheever

b. 1948

American writer and editor (born 1948)

Benjamin Clapp

b. 1977

American musician from Boise, Idaho

Benjamin Constant

b. 1767

Swiss-French politician and writer (1767–1830)

Benjamin Curtis (musician)

b. 1978

American guitarist

Benjamin D'Urban

British general and colonial administrator (1777–1849)