Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Abraham Gneki Guié

b. 1986

Ivorian footballer (born 1986)

Abraham Gotthelf Kästner

German mathematician (1719–1800)

Abraham H. Cannon

American Mormon (1859–1896)

Abraham Joseph Ash

Rabbi (c. 1813–1888)

Abraham Maslow

American psychologist (1908–1970)

Abraham Ortelius

Dutch cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (1527–1598)

Abraham Pais

b. 1918

Dutch-American physicist and science historian

Abraham Pineo Gesner

b. 1797

Inventor of kerosene (1797–1864)

Abraham Sarmiento Jr.

b. 1950

Filipino student journalist

Abraham Sutzkever

b. 1913

Belarusian-Israeli poet

Abraham Trembley

Genevan naturalist (1710–1784)

Abraham Viruthakulangara

b. 1943

Indian archbishop (1943–2018)

Abraham Wachner

b. 1892

New Zealand politician (1892–1950)

Abraham Yates Jr.

American lawyer, civil servant, and pamphleteer (1724–1796)

Abraham Zacuto

b. 1452

Spanish Jewish astronomer and rabbi (1452 – c.1515)

Abraham Zapruder

b. 1905

Witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination (1905–1970)

Abram Hoffer

Canadian biochemist

Abram Wilson

American jazz musician (1973–2012)

Abraomas Kulvietis

Lithuanian nobleman and writer (c. 1509 – 1545)

Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi

Iraqi ISIL leader (1971–2014)

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman

Marinid sultan (c.1297–1351)

Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei

Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja' (1899–1992)

Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani

b. 940

Persian mathematician and astronomer (940–998)

Abu Ali Mustafa

Palestinian politician (1938–2001)