Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg

b. 1814

French ethnographer, historian, and priest (1814–1874)

Charles Evans (mountaineer)

b. 1918

English mountaineer (1918-1995)

Charles Evans Hughes

Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941

Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie

b. 1880

British cartoonist and artist (1885–1967)

Charles F. Brannock

b. 1903

American inventor

Charles F. Kettering

b. 1876

American inventor, engineer and businessman (1876–1958)

Charles Fabry

b. 1867

French physicist (1867–1945)

Charles Fambrough

b. 1950

American jazz bassist, composer and producer

Charles Farrar Browne

b. 1834

American writer

Charles Farrell

American actor (1900–1990)

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

Swiss writer (1878–1947)

Charles Fitzpatrick

20th-century Chief Justice of Canada and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

British peer and politician

Charles Fleischer

b. 1950

American actor (born 1950)

Charles Floquet

b. 1828

French lawyer and statesman (1828–1896)

Charles Foley (inventor)

American inventor

Charles Fort

American writer (1874–1932)

Charles Fourier

French utopian socialist and philosopher (1772–1837)

Charles Francis Jenkins

b. 1867

American cinema pioneer

Charles François de Broglie, Marquis of Ruffec

French Royal Army officer and diplomat (1719–1781)

Charles Fraser-Smith

British inventor

Charles Frazier

b. 1950

American novelist

Charles Frédéric Gerhardt

b. 1816

French chemist

Charles Frederick Worth

b. 1825

English fashion designer (1825–1895)