Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Fernando Brant

Fernando Buesa

b. 1946

Spanish politician in the Basque Christian Democracy (1946–2000)

Fernando de Araújo (East Timorese politician)

President of East Timor (1963–2015)

Fernando de la Rúa

President of Argentina from 1999 to 2001

Fernando de Szyszlo

b. 1925

Peruvian painter (1925–2017)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

b. 1931

President of Brazil from 1995 to 2003

Fernando León de Aranoa

b. 1968

Spanish film director and screenwriter

Fernando Lopes (filmmaker)

Portuguese film director (1935–2012)

Fernando Lugo

b. 1951

48th President of Paraguay (2008–2012)

Fernando Meira

b. 1978

Portuguese former footballer (born 1978)

Fernando Mönckeberg Barros

b. 1926

Chilean surgeon and doctor

Fernando Muslera

b. 1986

Uruguayan footballer (born 1986)

Fernando Pereira

Portuguese-Dutch photographer (1950–1985)

Fernando Pessoa

b. 1888

Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935)

Fernando Riera

b. 1920

Chilean footballer (1920-2010)

Fernando Savater

b. 1947

Spanish philosophy professor and author

Fernando Viña

b. 1969

American baseball player (born 1969)

Feroz Khan (actor)

Indian actor and filmmaker (1939–2009)

Ferran Olivella

b. 1936

Spanish footballer (1936–2023)

Ferruccio Lamborghini

b. 1916

Italian industrialist, founder of Automobili Lamborghini (1916–1993)

Ferruccio Mazzola

Italian footballer (1945–2013)

Feryal Özel

b. 1975

Turkish-American astronomer

Fethi Okyar

2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1924 to 1925

Fethullah Gülen

b. 1941

Turkish scholar, theologian and dissident (1941–2024)