Leading Figures in History

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

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Adolf Möller

b. 1877

German rower (1877–1968)

Adolf of Osnabrück

German Cistercian monk, Bishop of Osnabrück and saint

Adolf Ogi

b. 1942

82nd President of the Swiss Confederation

Adolf Reichwein

b. 1898

German policymaker and resistor to Nazism (1898–1944)

Adolf Schärf

b. 1890

President of Austria from 1957 to 1965

Adolf Schmal

Austrian fencer and cyclist (1872–1919)

Adolf von Baeyer

German chemist (1835–1917)

Adolf von Harnack

Baltic German theologian and church historian (1851–1930)

Adolf von Henselt

b. 1814

German composer and pianist (1814–1889)

Adolf von Thadden

b. 1921

German politician (1921–1996)

Adolf Windaus

German chemist (1876–1959)

Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine

b. 1300

Count Palatine of the Rhine

Adolf, King of the Romans

King of Germany from 1292 to 1298

Adolfo Aguilar Zínser

Mexican scholar, diplomat and politician

Adolfo Bautista

b. 1979

Mexican footballer (born 1979)

Adolfo Bioy Casares

b. 1914

Argentine novelist (1914–1999)

Adolfo Calero

Nicaraguan politician (1931–2012)

Adolfo Camarillo

b. 1864

American businessman (1864–1958)

Adolfo Celi

b. 1922

Italian actor and director (1922–1986)

Adolfo de la Huerta

b. 1881

President of Mexico in 1920

Adolfo López Mateos

b. 1909

President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964

Adolfo Müller-Ury

American painter (1862–1947)

Adolfo Nicolás

b. 1936

Spanish Catholic priest (1936–2020)

Adolfo Pedernera

Argentine footballer (1918–1995)