Leading Figures in History

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

39110 persons found

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

b. 1931

President of Brazil from 1995 to 2003

Fernando León de Aranoa

b. 1968

Spanish film director and screenwriter

Fernando Lopes (filmmaker)

Portuguese film director (1935–2012)

Fernando Lugo

b. 1951

48th President of Paraguay (2008–2012)

Fernando Meira

b. 1978

Portuguese former footballer (born 1978)

Fernando Mönckeberg Barros

b. 1926

Chilean surgeon and doctor

Fernando Muslera

b. 1986

Uruguayan footballer (born 1986)

Fernando Pereira

Portuguese-Dutch photographer (1950–1985)

Fernando Pessoa

b. 1888

Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935)

Fernando Poe Jr.

b. 1939

Filipino actor, film director, and politician (1939–2004)

Fernando Riera

b. 1920

Chilean footballer (1920-2010)

Fernando Savater

b. 1947

Spanish philosophy professor and author

Fernando Viña

b. 1969

American baseball player (born 1969)

Fernest Arceneaux

b. 1940

American zydeco musician (1940–2008)

Feroz Khan (actor)

Indian actor and filmmaker (1939–2009)

Ferran Olivella

b. 1936

Spanish footballer (1936–2023)

Ferruccio Busoni

Italian composer, pianist, and conductor (1866–1924)

Ferruccio Lamborghini

b. 1916

Italian industrialist, founder of Automobili Lamborghini (1916–1993)

Ferruccio Mazzola

Italian footballer (1945–2013)

Feryal Özel

b. 1975

Turkish-American astronomer

Fess Parker

b. 1924

American actor (1924–2010)

Festus Mogae

b. 1939

President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008 (1939–2026)

Fethi Okyar

2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1924 to 1925

Fethullah Gülen

b. 1941

Turkish scholar, theologian and dissident (1941–2024)