Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Wolfgang Jeschke

German author (1936–2015)

Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

b. 1622

Wolfgang Ketterle

b. 1957

German physicist (born 1957)

Wolfgang Kocevar

b. 1969

Austrian politician (born 1969)

Wolfgang Leonhard

b. 1921

German political author and historian

Wolfgang Lüth

German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II

Wolfgang Menzel

b. 1798

German poet (1798–1873)

Wolfgang Musculus

b. 1497

Wolfgang Paul

b. 1913

German physicist (1913–1993)

Wolfgang Pauli

b. 1900

Austrian–Swiss physicist (1900–1958)

Wolfgang Puck

b. 1949

Austrian-American chef and restaurateur (born 1949)

Wolfgang Reitherman

German-American animator (1909–1985)

Wolfgang Sawallisch

b. 1923

German conductor and pianist (1923–2013)

Wolfgang Schüssel

b. 1945

Chancellor of Austria from 2000 to 2007

Wolfgang Schwanitz

b. 1930

German intelligence official (1930–2022)

Wolfgang Sühnholz

b. 1946

German-American footballer and coach (1946–2019)

Wolfgang Suschitzky

b. 1912

Austrian cinematographer (1912–2016)

Wolfgang Tillmans

b. 1968

German photographer (born 1968)

Wolfgang Unzicker

b. 1925

German chess grandmaster (1925–2006)

Wolfgang von Trips

German racing driver (1928–1961)

Wolfgang Wagner

b. 1919

20th and 21st-century German director of the Bayreuth Theatre

Wolfgang Windgassen

German operatic tenor

Wolfgang Wolf

b. 1957

German football player and manager

Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

b. 1526

Count (1526–1569)