Leading Figures in History

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

39110 persons found

Francesca Annis

b. 1945

English actress (born 1945)

Francesca Capaldi

b. 2004

American actress (born 2004)

Francesca Gregorini

b. 1968

Italian-American screenwriter and film director

Francesca Lubiani

b. 1977

Italian tennis player

Francesca Schiavone

b. 1980

Italian tennis player (born 1980)

Francesco Albani

b. 1578

Italian Baroque painter (1578–1660)

Francesco Algarotti

Italian polymath (1712–1764)

Francesco Antonio Bonporti

b. 1672

Italian composer (1672–1749)

Francesco Antonio Pistocchi

Italian singer, composer and librettist (1659–1726)

Francesco Antonio Vallotti

b. 1697

Italian composer

Francesco Araja

b. 1709

Italian composer (1709–1762/1770)

Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici

b. 1470

Italian cardinal

Francesco Baracca

b. 1888

Italian World War I flying ace

Francesco Barozzi

b. 1537

Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist (1537–1604)

Francesco Bellotti

b. 1979

Italian cyclist

Francesco Berni

Italian poet (1497/98–1535)

Francesco Borromini

Italian Baroque architect (1599–1667)

Francesco Buhagiar

Prime Minister of Malta (1876-1934)

Francesco Buonamici (architect)

Italian architect

Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola

Italian condottiero

Francesco Canova da Milano

b. 1497

Italian composer

Francesco Cetti

b. 1726

Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician (1726–1778)

Francesco Cilea

b. 1866

Italian composer (1866–1950)

Francesco Corteccia

b. 1502

Italian composer