Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

b. 1732

German musician and composer (1732-1795)

Johann David Heinichen

b. 1683

German composer and music theorist

Johann Ernst Eberlin

German composer and organist (1702–1762)

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

b. 1752

German physiologist and anthropologist (1752-1840)

Johann Friedrich Doles

b. 1715

German composer (1715 - 1797)

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

b. 1789

German painter (1789–1869)

Johann Friedrich Pfaff

German mathematician (1765–1825)

Johann Friedrich Struensee

Danish physician, philosopher and statesman (1737–1772)

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz

Baltic German explorer and scientist (1793–1831)

Johann Georg Baiter

b. 1801

Swiss philologist (1801–1877)

Johann Georg Palitzsch

b. 1723

German astronomer

Johann Georg Walch

b. 1693

German Lutheran theologian (1693-1775)

Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach

b. 1715

German organist, child of J.S. Bach (1715–1739)

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn

German philologist and historian (1752–1827)

Johann Gottfried Galle

b. 1812

German astronomer (1812–1910)

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

b. 1762

German philosopher (1762–1814)

Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger

German astronomer

Johann Gottlieb Görner

b. 1697

German composer and organist (1697–1778)

Johann Heinrich Abicht

German philosopher (1762–1816)

Johann Heinrich Buttstett

b. 1666

German organist and composer (1666–1727)

Johann Heinrich Heidegger

b. 1633

Swiss theologian (1633–1698)

Johann Heinrich von Mädler

b. 1794

German astronomer

Johann Heinrich von Thünen

b. 1783

German economist (1783–1850)

Johann Jakob Balmer

b. 1825

Swiss mathematician (1825–1898)