Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Gerald Carr (astronaut)

b. 1932

American astronaut (1932–2020)

Gerald Casale

b. 1948

American musician (born 1948)

Gerald Drummond

b. 1976

Costa Rican footballer (born 1976)

Gerald E. Brown

American theoretical physicist

Gerald E. Miller

b. 1919

Gerald Early

b. 1952

American essayist and professor (born 1952)

Gerald Edelman

American biologist

Gerald Finzi

b. 1901

English composer (1901–1956)

Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond

Irish rebel earl (died 1583)

Gerald Ford

b. 1913

President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

Gérald Godin

Canadian poet and politician

Gerald Götting

b. 1923

East German politician (1923–2015)

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

British landowner, businessman, aristocrat and Territorial Army officer (1951–2016)

Gerald Guralnik

American physicist (1936–2014)

Gerald Hillringhaus

b. 1962

German footballer (born 1962)

Gerald Howarth

b. 1947

British politician

Gerald James Whitrow

British mathematician and historian of science

Gerald Kaufman

b. 1930

British politician and author (1930–2017)

Gérald Larose

b. 1945

Canadian activist (born 1945)

Gérald Leblanc

Acadian poet and writer (1945–2005)

Gerald Levert

b. 1966

American singer-songwriter and producer (1966–2006)

Gerald Malloy

b. 1961

American politician

Gerald Marks

b. 1900

American composer

Gerald McRaney

b. 1947

American actor (born 1947)