Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Arthur O'Connell

American actor (1908–1981)

Arthur Perdue

American farmer

Arthur Porter (physician)

Canadian physician and hospital administrator

Arthur Pryor

American bandleader, composer, virtuoso trombonist in the Sousa Band (1869–1942)

Arthur Q. Bryan

b. 1899

American actor (1899–1959)

Arthur Quiller-Couch

British writer and literary critic (1863–1944)

Arthur Robertson (athlete)

b. 1879

Scottish long-distance runner

Arthur Rostron

b. 1869

British merchant seaman (1869–1940)

Arthur Rowley

b. 1926

English football player and cricketer

Arthur Scherbius

German electrical engineer (1878–1929)

Arthur Schnitzler

b. 1862

Austrian author and dramatist (1862–1931)

Arthur Shaw (hurdler)

b. 1886

American hurdler

Arthur Shields

Irish actor (1896–1970)

Arthur Shrewsbury

English cricketer (1856-1903)

Arthur Snelling

British civil servant and diplomat (1914–1996)

Arthur Sullivan

b. 1842

British composer (1842–1900)

Arthur Villeneuve

Canadian artist (1910-1990)

Arthur Võõbus

b. 1909

Estonian theologian, orientalist and church historian

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

b. 1769

British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852)

Arthur Wing Pinero

b. 1855

British playwright and actor (1855–1934)

Arthur Wint

b. 1920

Jamaican sprinter (1920–1992)

Artie Shaw

b. 1910

American clarinetist and bandleader (1910–2004)

Arto Bryggare

b. 1958

Finnish former hurdling athlete

Artur Hajzer

b. 1962

Polish mountaineer (1962–2013)