Leading Figures in History

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

24411 persons found

George Canseco

b. 1934

Filipino composer (1934–2004)

George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes

b. 1555

English politician (1555–1629)

George Carlin

b. 1937

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

George Carpenter (Salvation Army)

b. 1872

George Challenor

b. 1888

West Indian cricketer

George Chapman

16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator

George Charles Haité

b. 1855

English painter

George Chesworth

b. 1930

Royal Air Force officer (1930–2017)

George Clayton Johnson

b. 1929

American writer (1929–2015)

George Clooney

b. 1961

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

George Coe

b. 1929

American actor (1929–2015)

George Coșbuc

Romanian poet, translator, teacher and journalist (1866–1918)

George Costakis

b. 1913

George Cukor

b. 1899

American film director and producer (1899–1983)

George D. Zamka

b. 1962

American astronaut

George Dantzig

American mathematician (1914–2005)

George Davis (art director)

b. 1914

American art director (1914–1998)

George Davis Snell

American geneticist

George de Hevesy

Hungarian radiochemist (1885–1966)

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

English politician (1612–1677)

George E. Smith

b. 1930

American applied physicist (1930–2025)

George E. Wiley

b. 1881

American cyclist

George Edward Hughes

b. 1918

New Zealand philosopher and logician (1918–1994)

George Edwin Cooke

American soccer player