Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Anglo-Norman lord in Ireland (c. 1130–1176)

Richard Deacon (actor)

b. 1921

American actor (1922–1984)

Richard Dembo

b. 1948

French director and screenwriter

Richard Diebenkorn

b. 1922

American painter and printmaker

Richard Dimbleby

b. 1913

English journalist and broadcaster (1913–1965)

Richard Donner

b. 1930

American filmmaker (1930–2021)

Richard E. Grant

b. 1957

English actor (born 1957)

Richard Eastham

b. 1916

American actor

Richard Ellmann

American writer and literary critic

Richard Epstein

b. 1943

American legal scholar (born 1943)

Richard Feynman

b. 1918

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

Richard Field (judge)

b. 1947

British judge (born 1947)

Richard Fromberg

b. 1970

Australian tennis player

Richard Fuller (Conservative politician)

b. 1962

British politician (born 1962)

Richard Gasquet

b. 1986

French tennis player (born 1986)

Richard Girulatis

German football manager (1878–1963)

Richard Glücks

b. 1889

German SS officer (1889–1945)

Richard Goode

b. 1943

American classical pianist (born 1943)

Richard Graves

b. 1715

English minister and writer (1715–1804)

Richard Greene

English film and TV actor (1918–1985)

Richard Grenville

b. 1542

English politician, soldier and explorer (1542–1591)

Richard Grey

English knight

Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent

English peer

Richard Gridley

Continental Army officer (1710–1796)