Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Edward Woodward

b. 1930

English actor (1930–2009)

Edward Wooster

Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller)

English writer and traveller (1713-1776)

Edward Young

b. 1683

English poet (1683–1765)

Edwards Barham

b. 1937

American politician (1937–2014)

Edwin Arnold

b. 1832

English poet and journalist (1832–1904)

Edwin G. Krebs

b. 1918

American biochemist (1918–2009)

Edwin H. Land

b. 1909

American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur (1909–1991)

Edwin Keppel Bennett

British writer (1887–1958)

Edwin Morgan (poet)

b. 1920

Scottish poet and essayist

Edwin S. Porter

b. 1870

American film pioneer (1870–1941)

Edwin Stephen Goodrich

b. 1868

English zoologist (1868–1946)

Edwin Way Teale

b. 1899

American naturalist, photographer & writer (1899-1980)

Eero Heinäluoma

b. 1955

Finnish politician (born 1955)

Eero Loone

b. 1935

Estonian philosopher

Efraín Huerta

b. 1914

Mexican poet (1914–1982)

Efraín Ríos Montt

b. 1926

38th President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983

Efrem Zimbalist

b. 1889

Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (1889–1985)

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

American actor (1918–2014)

Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer

Egbert Brieskorn

b. 1936

German mathematician (1936–2013)

Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen

Germanic noble (c. 1060–1090)

Egemen Bağış

b. 1970

Turkish politician (born 1970)

Egils Levits

b. 1955

President of Latvia from 2019 to 2023