Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Geoffrey Palmer (actor)

b. 1927

British actor (1927–2020)

Geoffrey Palmer (New Zealand politician)

b. 1942

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1989 to 1990

Geoffrey Perkins

British comedy writer, producer and actor

Geoffrey Robinson (politician)

b. 1938

British politician (born 1938)

Geoffrey Rush

b. 1951

Australian actor (born 1951)

Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill

British soldier, businessman and peer (1921–2011)

Geoffrey Shakerley (1619–1696)

b. 1619

English politician

Geoffrey Shovelton

b. 1936

English singer, actor and illustrator (1936–2016)

Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff

b. 1928

British businessman and politician (1928–2019)

Geoffrey V of Anjou

b. 1113

European nobleman (1113–1151)

Geoffrey Whitehead

b. 1939

English actor (born 1939)

Geoffrey Wilkinson

b. 1921

English chemist and Nobel prize winner (1921–1996)

Geoffrey Zakarian

b. 1959

Armenian-American celebrity chef

Geoffrey, Count of Nantes

b. 1134

French nobleman (1134–1158)

Geoffry Hairemans

b. 1991

Belgian footballer

Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg

b. 1921

Duke of Mecklenburg

Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann

b. 1797

German mineralogist and geologist

Georg August Rudolph

b. 1816

German politician

Georg August Wallin

Finnish orientalist, explorer and professor (1811–1852)

Georg Bednorz

b. 1950

German physicist (born 1950)

Georg Benda

b. 1722

Czech composer (1722–1795)

Georg Böhm

German composer and organist (1661–1733)

Georg Brandt

Swedish scientist (1694–1768)

Georg Büchner

b. 1813

German dramatist (1813–1837)