Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Ettore Scola

b. 1931

Italian screenwriter and film director (1931–2016)

Euan Aitken

b. 1995

Scotland international rugby league footballer

Euclides da Cunha

Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer

Eudokia Palaiologina

Empress of Trebizond

Eudora Welty

American writer and photographer (1909–2001)

Eudoxia Epiphania

b. 611

Byzantine princess

Eudóxia Maria Froehlich

Brazilian zoologist

Eugen Bleuler

b. 1857

Swiss psychiatrist (1857–1939)

Eugen Bopp

b. 1983

German footballer (born 1983)

Eugen Drewermann

b. 1940

German theologian

Eugen Fischer

b. 1874

German physician and racial hygienist (1874–1967)

Eugen Goldstein

b. 1850

German physicist (1850–1930)

Eugen Jochum

b. 1902

German conductor (1902–1987)

Eugen Kapp

Estonian composer (1908–1996)

Eugen Sänger

b. 1905

Austrian aerospace engineer (1905–1964)

Eugen Schiffer

German lawyer and politician (1860–1954)

Eugen Schuhmacher

b. 1906

German zoologist and documentary filmmaker

Eugen Trică

b. 1976

Romanian footballer and manager

Eugen Weidmann

German serial killer (1908–1939)

Eugene Augustin Lauste

French inventor

Eugene B. Fluckey

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1913–2007)

Eugene Belliveau

b. 1958

Canadian football player (born 1958)

Eugène Boudin

b. 1824

French painter

Eugene Bullard

b. 1895

First Black French and American military pilot (1895–1961)