Leading Figures in History

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

24419 persons found

Hein Eersel

b. 1922

Surinamese linguist (1922–2022)

Heiner Dopp

b. 1956

Field hockey player

Heini Lohrer

b. 1918

Swiss ice hockey player

Heinie Manush

American baseball player (1901–1971)

Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming

b. 1632

Saxon-Brandenburger army leader, field marshal and Governor of Berlin

Heinrich Albert (composer)

b. 1604

German composer and poet

Heinrich Bär

German Luftwaffe flying ace

Heinrich Berté

b. 1858

Austria-Hungarian composer of operas and operettas

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein

Prussian statesman (1757-1831)

Heinrich Georg Bronn

German geologist and paleontologist

Heinrich Göbel

b. 1818

German-born American inventor

Heinrich Gustav Magnus

b. 1802

German chemist and physicist (1802–1870)

Heinrich Gutkin

b. 1879

Estonian businessman and politician

Heinrich Harrer

b. 1912

Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)

Heinrich Himmler

German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945)

Heinrich Hoffmann (author)

b. 1809

German psychiatrist and children's writer

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Czech-Austrian composer and violinist (1644–1704)

Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz

Prince Reuss

Heinrich Müller (Gestapo)

b. 1900

German police official and head of the Gestapo (1900–c.1945)

Heinrich Otto Wieland

b. 1877

German Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1877–1957)

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933–2013)

Heinrich Rosenthal

b. 1846

Estonian writer (1846–1916)

Heinrich Roth

Germany missionary (1620–1668)

Heinrich von Herzogenberg

b. 1843

Austrian composer (1843–1900)