Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Édouard Le Roy

b. 1870

French philosopher and mathematician

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

Édouard Michelin (born 1963)

French manufacturer (1963–2006)

Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso

French military officer and diplomat (1768–1835)

Édouard Vuillard

French painter (1868–1940)

Edouard Wyss-Dunant

b. 1897

Swiss physician and alpinist

Édouard-Henri Avril

b. 1849

French artist (1849–1928)

Edsel Ford

American businessman (1893–1943)

Edsger W. Dijkstra

b. 1930

Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)

Edson Buddle

b. 1981

American soccer player (born 1981)

Edu (footballer, born 1978)

b. 1978

Brazilian footballer

Eduard Birnbaum

Polish-born German cantor

Eduard Buchner

b. 1860

German chemist (1860–1917)

Eduard Hanslick

Austrian music critic (1825–1904)

Eduard Magnus Jakobson

Estonian artist and missionary

Eduard Mörike

19th-century German poet

Eduard Oja

Estonian composer and conductor

Eduard Ole

b. 1898

Estonian painter

Eduard Shevardnadze

Georgian politician and diplomat (1928–2014)

Eduard Spranger

b. 1882

German philosopher and psychologist (1882–1963)

Eduard Streltsov

b. 1937

Soviet footballer (1937–1990)

Eduard Tubin

b. 1905

Estonian composer and conductor

Eduard von Hartmann

German philosopher (1842–1906)

Eduardo Campos

Brazilian economist and politician (1965–2014)