Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Ernst Robert Curtius

German philologist and literary scholar

Ernst Röhm

German Nazi military officer (1887–1934)

Ernst Rüdin

b. 1874

Swiss-born German geneticist (1874–1952)

Ernst Ruska

German physicist (1906–1988)

Ernst Schröder (mathematician)

German mathematician (1841–1902)

Ernst Tandefelt

Ernst Thälmann

b. 1886

German communist politician (1886–1944)

Ernst Toller

German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary (1893–1939)

Ernst Udet

b. 1896

Luftwaffe general

Ernst von Lasaulx

German classical philologist, philosopher of history, and politician (1805–1861)

Ernst Ziller

b. 1837

19th-century European architect

Ernst-Robert Grawitz

German Nazi physician and SS-Obergruppenführer (1899–1945)

Erol Güngör

Turkish social psychologist (1938–1983)

Errol Flynn

b. 1909

Australian and American actor (1909–1959)

Erroll Garner

b. 1921

American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)

Ersan İlyasova

b. 1987

Turkish basketball player (born 1987)

Erté

Russian-born French artist and designer (1892–1990)

Erwin Bumke

German Nazi politician

Erwin Chargaff

American biochemist (1905–2002)

Erwin Olaf

b. 1959

Dutch photographer (1959–2023)

Erwin Schulhoff

b. 1894

Czech composer and pianist

Erwin Wilhelm Müller

b. 1911

German American physicist and inventor

Erzsi Kovács

b. 1928

Musical artist

Esa Pakarinen

Finnish actor and musician (1911–1989)