Leading Figures in History

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

24411 persons found

Frans de Cort

b. 1834

Belgian writer

Frans Eemil Sillanpää

Finnish writer (1888–1964)

Frans Koppelaar

b. 1943

Dutch classical painter

Frans Luycx

Flemish painter (c. 1604–1668)

Frans Post

b. 1612

Dutch painter

Frans Timmermans

b. 1961

Dutch politician (born 1961)

Frans van Mieris the Elder

b. 1635

Dutch painter (1635–1681)

Frans van Schooten

Dutch mathematician (1615–1660)

František Chvostek

b. 1835

Czech-Austrian military physician

František Erben

Czech gymnast (1874–1942)

František Palacký

b. 1798

Czech historian and politician (1798–1876)

Franz Alexander

b. 1891

Hungarian-American psychoanalyst

Franz Antel

b. 1913

Austrian filmmaker (1913–2007)

Franz Anton Hoffmeister

b. 1754

Austrian composer

Franz Boas

b. 1858

German-born American anthropologist (1858–1942)

Franz Danzi

b. 1763

German conductor and composer (1763–1826)

Franz Ernst Neumann

German physicist and mineralogist (1798–1895)

Franz Kafka

Austrian and Czech writer (1883–1924)

Franz Kline

American painter (1910–1962)

Franz Künstler

German centenarian

Franz Lehár

b. 1870

Austro-Hungarian composer (1870–1948)

Franz Mesmer

b. 1734

German physician (1734–1815)

Franz Neumann (political scientist)

b. 1900

German Marxist activist, political scientist, and lawyer (1900–1954)

Franz Roth

b. 1946

German footballer