Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Francesco Nuti

Italian actor (1955–2023)

Francesco Pasquale Ricci

b. 1732

Italian composer and violinist

Francesco Primaticcio

b. 1504

Italian painter (1504–1570)

Francesco Rasi

b. 1574

Italian opera singer

Francesco Scipione Maffei

b. 1675

Italian writer and art critic (1675 – 1755)

Francesco Sforza Pallavicino

Italian Catholic cardinal and philosopher (1607–1667)

Francesco Zerafa

Maltese architect (1679–1758)

Franchinus Gaffurius

Italian music theorist and composer (1451–1522)

Francine Raymond

b. 1956

Francis Bacon (artist)

Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)

Francis Balfour (colonial administrator)

British military officer and colonial administrator

Francis Beaufort

b. 1774

Irish hydrographer and naval officer (1774–1857)

Francis Bellamy

b. 1855

American Christian socialist minister (1855–1931)

Francis Biddle

b. 1886

Lawyer, judge, and 58th US Attorney General

Francis Boott (composer)

b. 1813

American composer

Francis Browne

Irish Jesuit priest and photographer

Francis Caracciolo

Italian Catholic saint

Francis Coquelin

b. 1991

French footballer (born 1991)

Francis Cotes

b. 1726

English painter (1726–1770)

Francis Crick

b. 1916

English physicist and biologist (1916–2004)

Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe

b. 1884

British politician (1884–1964)

Francis de Miomandre

b. 1880

French novelist (1880-1959)

Francis Graham-Smith

b. 1923

British astronomer (1923–2025)

Francis Hopkinson

American Founding Father and jurist (1737–1791)