Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Alexander Men

Russian Orthodox priest and human-rights activist (1935 – 1990)

Alexander Milne Calder

b. 1846

Scottish-American sculptor (1846–1923)

Alexander Mitscherlich (chemist)

b. 1836

German chemist (1836–1918)

Alexander Mitscherlich (psychologist)

German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

Alexander Morozevich

b. 1977

Russian chess grandmaster (born 1977)

Alexander Nevsky

b. 1221

Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1252 to 1263

Alexander of Battenberg

Prince of Bulgaria from 1879 to 1886

Alexander of Greece

b. 1893

King of Greece from 1917 to 1920

Alexander of Hales

English theologian and philosopher (c.1185–1245)

Alexander Oparin

Soviet biochemist (1894–1980)

Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian playwright (1823–1886)

Alexander Ovechkin

b. 1985

Russian ice hockey player (born 1985)

Alexander P. Stewart

Confederate general, mathematician and philosopher

Alexander Parvus

b. 1867

Russian-German Marxist theorist and revolutionary (1867–1924)

Alexander Peacock

b. 1861

Australian politician (1861–1933)

Alexander Perezhogin

b. 1983

Kazakh-Russian ice hockey player

Alexander Peya

b. 1980

Austrian tennis player (born 1980)

Alexander Pope

English poet (1688–1744)

Alexander Potebnja

b. 1835

Russian-Ukrainian philosopher, linguist and panslavist activist

Alexander Prokhorov

b. 1916

Australian-born Soviet physicist (1916–2002)

Alexander Pushkin

b. 1799

Russian writer (1799–1837)

Alexander Radishchev

Russian author (1749–1802)

Alexander Radulov

b. 1986

Russian ice hockey player (born 1986)

Alexander Rich

American biologist (1924–2015)