Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Charles Hallé

Prussian and British musician (1819–1895)

Charles Hamilton (rapper)

b. 1987

American rapper (born 1987)

Charles Hamilton Houston

American lawyer (1895–1950)

Charles Hardy

Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1714–1780)

Charles Harold Davis

American landscape painter (1856–1933)

Charles Harrelson

b. 1938

American hitman (1938–2007)

Charles Hart (actor)

17th-century English actor

Charles Haughey

Taoiseach (1979–1981, 1982, 1987–1992)

Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)

English comic actor and theatre director (1914–1988)

Charles Hazlewood

b. 1966

British conductor (born 1959)

Charles Hendry

b. 1959

British Conservative Party politician (born 1959)

Charles Holden

English architect (1875–1960)

Charles Horace Mayo

American physician (1865–1939)

Charles Horman

b. 1942

American journalist and documentary filmmaker (1942–1973)

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

British nobleman, peer and statesman (c. 1669 – 1738)

Charles Howell III

b. 1979

American professional golfer (born 1979)

Charles Hyder

American astrophysicist and dissident

Charles Hylton Stewart

English cathedral organist

Charles I d'Albret

Constable of France under Charles VI of France

Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

b. 1580

Duke of Mantua and Montferrat

Charles I of Austria

b. 1887

Emperor of Austria from 1916 to 1918

Charles I of Hungary

King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308 to 1342

Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

b. 1713

Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

b. 1476

Bohemian aristocrat (1476–1536)