Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Félix Doubront

b. 1987

Venezuelan baseball player (born 1987)

Felix Draeseke

b. 1835

German composer (1835–1913)

Felix Dzerzhinsky

Soviet revolutionary and politician (1877–1926)

Felix Frankfurter

b. 1882

American jurist (1882–1965)

Félix Gouin

French politician (1884–1977)

Félix Gray

b. 1958

French singer and songwriter

Félix Guattari

b. 1930

French psychoanalyst and social activist (1930–1992)

Felix Hausdorff

b. 1868

German mathematician (1868–1942)

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

b. 1905

First president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 to 1993

Felix Jones

b. 1987

American football player (born 1987)

Felix Klein

b. 1849

German mathematician (1849–1925)

Felix Knight

American actor (1908–1998)

Félix Leclerc

b. 1914

Quebecer singer-songwriter

Félix Luna

Argentine historian and writer (1925–2009)

Felix Magath

b. 1953

German football player and manager (born 1953)

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer (1809–1847)

Felix of Valois

French Catholic former Cistercian hermit (1127–1212)

Felix Pappalardi

American music producer and musician (1939–1983)

Félix Porteiro

b. 1983

Spanish racing driver (born 1983)

Felix Potvin

b. 1971

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1971)

Félix Ravaisson-Mollien

French academic (1813–1900)

Félix Rodríguez (baseball)

b. 1972

Dominican baseball player (born 1972)

Felix Rosenqvist

b. 1991

Swedish racing driver (born 1991)

Felix Salten

b. 1869

Austro-Hungarian Jewish author and literary critic (1869–1945)