Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Albert Soboul

French historian

Albert Solomon

Australian lawyer and politician

Albert Spalding

b. 1850

Baseball player

Albert Speer

German architect (1905–1981)

Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer

b. 1892

British peer and grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales (1892–1975)

Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield

b. 1874

British-American businessperson and politician (1874–1948)

Albert Stubbins

b. 1919

English footballer (1919–2002)

Albert Szenczi Molnár

b. 1574

Hungarian Calvinist pastor, linguist, philosopher, poet, religious writer and translator

Albert Szent-Györgyi

b. 1893

Hungarian biochemist (1893–1986), Nobel Prize winner

Albert Tessier

Albert Torrens

b. 1976

Australian rugby league footballer

Albert Uderzo

b. 1927

French comic book artist (1927–2020)

Albert V d'Este

Marquis of Ferrara and Modena

Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria

German nobleman

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Sovereign of the Netherlands from 1598 to 1621

Albert von Kölliker

b. 1817

Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist (1817–1905)

Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein

Austro-Hungarian diplomat

Albert von Sachsen (born 1934)

Head of the Royal House of Saxony (disputed)

Albert White Hat

Native American language activist (1938–2025)

Albert Young (boxer)

American boxer

Albert Zafy

b. 1927

President of Madagascar from 1993 to 1996

Albert, Duke of Prussia

b. 1490

Duke of Prussia from 1525 to 1568

Alberta Williams King

Mother of Martin Luther King Jr. (1904–1974)

Albertina Sisulu

b. 1918

South African anti-apartheid activist (1918–2011)