Leading Figures in History

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

18354 persons found

Adolf Chybiński

b. 1880

Polish musicologist and academic (1880–1952)

Adolf Eichmann

German SS officer and war criminal (1906–1962)

Adolf Frederick of Sweden

b. 1710

King of Sweden from 1751 to 1771

Adolf Hitler

b. 1889

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen

German count (1362–1420)

Adolf Schärf

b. 1890

President of Austria from 1957 to 1965

Adolf von Harnack

Baltic German theologian and church historian (1851–1930)

Adolf von Henselt

b. 1814

German composer and pianist (1814–1889)

Adolf Windaus

German chemist (1876–1959)

Adolfo Aguilar Zínser

Mexican scholar, diplomat and politician

Adolfo Bautista

b. 1979

Mexican footballer (born 1979)

Adolfo Calero

Nicaraguan politician (1931–2012)

Adolfo de la Huerta

b. 1881

President of Mexico in 1920

Adolfo López Mateos

b. 1909

President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964

Adolfo Nicolás

b. 1936

Spanish Catholic priest (1936–2020)

Adolfo Pedernera

Argentine footballer (1918–1995)

Adolph III, Count of Waldeck

Count of Waldeck-Landau

Adolph Strauch

Prussian American landscape architect

Adolph Zukor

Hungarian-American film producer (1873–1976)

Adolphe Adam

French composer (1803–1856)

Adolphe-Basile Routhier

b. 1839

Canadian judge and poet (1839–1920)

Adolphus Frederick II

Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Adolphus Frederick V

Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1904 to 1914

Adolphus Frederick VI

b. 1882

Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1914 to 1918