Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset

English noble (1406–1455)

Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset

15th-century English nobleman and military commander

Edmund Burke

Anglo-Irish politician and philosopher (1729–1797)

Edmund C. Tarbell

b. 1862

American painter (1862–1938)

Edmund Cartwright

b. 1743

British inventor (1743–1823)

Edmund Crouchback

English nobleman (1245–1296)

Edmund Dudley

English administrator (died 1510)

Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel

b. 1285

English nobleman (1285–1326)

Edmund G. Ross

American politician (1826–1907)

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent

English administrator, nobleman and magnate

Edmund Grindal

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1576 to 1583

Edmund Hillary

b. 1919

New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)

Edmund Husserl

Austrian-German philosopher (1859–1938)

Edmund I

King of the English from 939 to 946

Edmund Ignatius Rice

b. 1762

Catholic missionary (1762–1844)

Edmund James Flynn

Premier of Quebec from 1896 to 1897

Edmund Kirby Smith

b. 1824

Confederate States Army general (1824–1893)

Edmund Malura

b. 1955

German footballer

Edmund Morgan (historian)

American historian (1916–2013)

Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore

2nd Baron Mortimer

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York

b. 1341

English prince and nobleman (1341–1402)

Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent

b. 1301

English prince and nobleman (1301–1330)

Edmund Skellings

American poet

Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

English noble (1377–1403)