Leading Figures in History

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

24411 persons found

Geoffrey Shakerley (1619–1696)

b. 1619

English politician

Geoffrey Shovelton

b. 1936

English singer, actor and illustrator (1936–2016)

Geoffrey, Count of Nantes

b. 1134

French nobleman (1134–1158)

Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann

b. 1797

German mineralogist and geologist

Georg Bednorz

b. 1950

German physicist (born 1950)

Georg Benda

b. 1722

Czech composer (1722–1795)

Georg Böhm

German composer and organist

Georg Brandt

Swedish scientist (1694–1768)

Georg Carl von Döbeln

b. 1758

Swedish Military Commander (1758–1820)

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

b. 1742

German scientist and satirist (1742–1799)

Georg Ernst Stahl

German physician (1659–1734)

Georg Fabricius

b. 1516

German Renaissance poet, historian and archaeologist

Georg Gaßmann

b. 1910

German politician

Georg Henrik von Wright

Finnish philosopher (1916–2003)

Georg Hermann Nicolai

Georg Joseph Vogler

b. 1749

German composer, organist, teacher and theorist

Georg Karl Maria Seidlitz

b. 1840

Georg Lurich

b. 1876

Estonian wrestler and strongman

Georg Major

b. 1502

German Lutheran theologian (1502–1574)

Georg Michael Telemann

b. 1748

German composer and theologian

Georg Muffat

b. 1653

German composer and organist

Georg Ohm

German mathematician and physicist (1789–1854)

Georg Philipp Telemann

German Baroque composer (1681–1767)

Georg Siimenson

Estonian footballer (1912–1984)