Leading Figures in History

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

39110 persons found

Ernie Pyle

American war correspondent and writer

Ernie Royal

b. 1921

American jazz trumpeter (1921–1983)

Ernie Stautner

b. 1925

American football player and coach

Ernle Bradford

British writer (1922–1986)

Ernő Nagy

b. 1898

Hungarian fencer (1898–1977)

Ernő Rubik

b. 1944

Hungarian inventor (born 1944)

Ernő Schwarz

Hungarian American soccer player, coach, and promoter

Ernst A. Lehmann

German Zeppelin captain

Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930)

b. 1930

German politician (1930–2014)

Ernst Bacon

b. 1898

American composer and musician (1898–1990)

Ernst Bakker

b. 1946

Dutch politician

Ernst Bloch

b. 1885

German Marxist philosopher (1885–1977)

Ernst Bresslau

German zoologist

Ernst Busch (field marshal)

b. 1885

German field marshal (1885–1945)

Ernst Cassirer

b. 1874

German philosopher (1874–1945)

Ernst Chain

b. 1906

German-born British biochemist (1906–1979)

Ernst Felle

b. 1876

German rower

Ernst Florian Winter

American historian and politologist (1923–2014)

Ernst Gideon von Laudon

Austrian general (1717–1790)

Ernst Haefliger

b. 1919

Swiss tenor

Ernst Heinrich Weber

b. 1795

German psychologist

Ernst Hinterberger

Austrian writer

Ernst Hoppenberg

b. 1878

German swimmer (1878–1937)

Ernst II of Saxony

b. 1464

Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of Halberstadt