Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Friedrich von Flotow

b. 1812

German composer (1812–1883)

Friedrich von Hagedorn

German poet (1708–1754)

Friedrich Waismann

Austrian mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1896–1959)

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

b. 1784

German astronomer and mathematician (1784–1846)

Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard

German archaeologist (1795–1867)

Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin

b. 1810

German classical scholar

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler

German landowner, business manager and politician (1928–2011)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck

German general, diplomat, and writer (1783–1860)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

Prussian cavalry general (1721–1773)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

b. 1730

Prussian-born American military officer (1730–1794)

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow

b. 1663

German musician and composer of vocal and keyboard music

Friedrich Wöhler

b. 1800

German chemist (1800–1882)

Friedrich Zickwolff

German general

Friedrich Zimmermann

b. 1925

German politician (1925–2012)

Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel

b. 1934

German politician (1934–2022)

Frigyes Karinthy

b. 1887

Hungarian writer (1887–1938)

Frithjof Schuon

b. 1907

Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907–1998)

Frits Philips

b. 1905

Dutch businessman (1905–2005)

Frits Staal

b. 1930

Dutch indologist (1930–2012)

Frits Thaulow

b. 1847

Norwegian Impressionist painter

Frits Thors

b. 1909

Dutch journalist and news anchor

Frits Zernike

b. 1888

Dutch physicist (1888–1966)

Fritz Albert Lipmann

b. 1899

German-American biochemist

Fritz Bauer

German judge (1903–1968)