Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

Gustaaf Deloor

b. 1913

Belgian cyclist

Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck

b. 1948

Belgian cyclist

Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667)

Swedish statesman (1620–1667)

Gustaf de Laval

b. 1845

Swedish engineer and inventor (1845–1913)

Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997)

b. 1997

Swedish footballer (born 1997)

Gustaf V

b. 1858

King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950

Gustav Bergmann

Austrian-born American philosopher (1906-1987)

Gustav Forsling

b. 1996

Swedish ice hockey player (born 1996)

Gustav Heinrich Tammann

b. 1861

Baltic-German metallurgist (1861–1938)

Gustav Holst

English composer (1874–1934)

Gustav Lorentzen

Musical artist

Gustav Mahler

Austro-Bohemian composer and conductor (1860–1911)

Gustav Naan

b. 1919

Estonian philosopher and physicist

Gustav Nossal

b. 1931

Australian research biologist (born 1931)

Gustav Ritter von Kahr

German politician (1862–1934)

Gustav Stresemann

b. 1878

Chancellor of Germany in 1923

Gustav Suits

Estonian poet

Gustav Vasa

b. 1496

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560

Gustave Charpentier

b. 1860

French composer (1860–1956)

Gustave Courbet

b. 1819

French realist painter (1819–1877)

Gustave Flaubert

French novelist (1821–1880)

Gustave Lanctot

b. 1883

Canadian historian and archivist

Gustave Moreau

French Symbolist painter (1826–1898)

Gustave Sandras

French gymnast