Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Ernst Marcus (zoologist)

b. 1893

German zoologist

Ernst Märzendorfer

Austrian conductor (1921–2009)

Ernst May

b. 1886

German architect and city planner (1886–1970)

Ernst Mayr

b. 1904

German-American evolutionary biologist (1904–2005)

Ernst Messerschmid

b. 1945

German physicist and astronaut (born 1945)

Ernst Niekisch

b. 1889

German National-Bolshevik politician (1889–1967)

Ernst Nolte

German historian (1923–2016)

Ernst Öpik

Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (1893–1985)

Ernst Otto Fischer

b. 1918

German chemist (1918-2007)

Ernst Otto Schlick

b. 1840

German naval engineer

Ernst Pittschau

b. 1883

German actor (1883–1951)

Ernst Põdder

Estonian military commander

Ernst Reuter

German mayor of West Berlin (1889–1953)

Ernst Robert Curtius

German philologist and literary scholar

Ernst Röhm

German Nazi military officer (1887–1934)

Ernst Rüdin

b. 1874

Swiss-German geneticist (1874–1952)

Ernst Ruska

German physicist (1906–1988)

Ernst Sars

b. 1835

Norwegian professor, historian, author and editor (1835–1917)

Ernst Scheller

b. 1899

Ernst Schröder (mathematician)

German mathematician (1841–1902)

Ernst Steinitz

German mathematician (1871–1928)

Ernst Tandefelt

Ernst Thälmann

b. 1886

German communist politician (1886–1944)

Ernst Toller

German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary (1893–1939)