Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

b. 1778

German Prussian gymnastics educator and nationalist (1778–1852)

Friedrich Lutz (economist)

German economist (1901–1975)

Friedrich Martens

Legal scholar, Imperial Russian diplomat (1845–1909)

Friedrich Michau

b. 1979

Rugby player

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher (1844–1900)

Friedrich Parrot

b. 1791

Baltic German naturalist and explorer (1791–1841)

Friedrich Paulus

b. 1890

German field marshal (1890–1957)

Friedrich Peter

Austrian politician (1921–2005)

Friedrich Pollock

b. 1894

German social scientist and philosopher

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

Estonian writer, author of the national epic Kalevipoeg

Friedrich Robert Faehlmann

Estonian writer

Friedrich Rückert

b. 1788

German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866)

Friedrich Schiller

German playwright (1759–1805)

Friedrich Schorlemmer

b. 1944

German Protestant theologian (1944–2024)

Friedrich Schottky

b. 1851

German mathematician

Friedrich Sertürner

b. 1783

German pharmacist (1783 – 1841)

Friedrich Spanheim

German Calvinist theologian

Friedrich Spee

German Jesuit priest, professor and poet (1591–1635)

Friedrich Staphylus

b. 1512

German theologian

Friedrich Theodor Vischer

b. 1807

German novelist, poet, playwright, and writer (1807–1887)

Friedrich Traugott Kützing

German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist

Friedrich Traun

German tennis player

Friedrich von Berchtold

b. 1781

German-speaking Bohemian physician and botanist

Friedrich von der Trenck

Prussian army officer, adventurer, and author (1726-1794)