Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Benjamin Adekunle

b. 1936

Nigerian Army officer

Benjamin Baker (engineer)

British engineer (1840–1907)

Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy officer)

b. 1936

Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1936–2025)

Benjamin Becker

b. 1981

German tennis player

Benjamín Brea

Venezuelan musician (1946–2014)

Benjamin D'Urban

British general and colonial administrator (1777–1849)

Benjamin Disraeli

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874–1880)

Benjamin Faunce

American druggist and businessman

Benjamin Franklin

American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)

Benjamin Graham

b. 1894

American financial analyst, investor, and professor (1894–1976)

Benjamin Henry Latrobe

b. 1764

English architect (1764-1820)

Benjamin Huntsman

b. 1704

English inventor and manufacturer (1704–1776)

Benjamin Ingham

b. 1712

English cleric

Benjamin Lee Whorf

b. 1897

American linguist (1897–1941)

Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft

b. 1957

British politician and businessman (born 1957)

Benjamin Mophatlane

South African businessman

Benjamin N. Cardozo

b. 1870

US Supreme Court justice from 1932 to 1938

Benjamin Rush

American Founding Father, physician, educator (1746–1813)

Benjamin Shapira

b. 1913

Israeli biochemist

Benjamin Sheares

President of Singapore from 1971 to 1981

Benjamin Spock

b. 1903

American pediatrician, political activist, and writer (1903–1998)

Benjamin Tasker Sr.

American politician (c1690–1768)

Benjamin Tupper

American soldier and pioneer (1738–1792)

Benjamin Wright Raymond

b. 1801

American politician (1801–1883)