Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Gustav Horn

b. 1592

Swedish military officer (1592–1657)

Gustav IV Adolf

b. 1778

King of Sweden from 1792 to 1809

Gustav Kirchhoff

German physicist and mathematician (1824–1887)

Gustav Klimt

b. 1862

Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)

Gustav Lorentzen

Musical artist

Gustav Ludwig Hertz

b. 1887

German physicist (1887–1975)

Gustav Mahler

Austro-Bohemian composer and conductor (1860–1911)

Gustav Naan

b. 1919

Estonian philosopher and physicist

Gustav Nossal

b. 1931

Australian research biologist (born 1931)

Gustav Nyquist

b. 1989

Swedish ice hockey player (born 1989)

Gustav Ritter von Kahr

German politician (1862–1934)

Gustav Spörer

b. 1822

German astronomer (1822-1895)

Gustav Stresemann

b. 1878

Chancellor of Germany in 1923

Gustav Suits

Estonian poet

Gustav Vasa

b. 1496

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560

Gustav Winckler

b. 1925

Musical artist

Gustav, Prince of Vasa

b. 1799

Heir to the Swedish throne (1799–1877)

Gustave Caillebotte

b. 1848

French painter (1848–1894)

Gustave Charpentier

b. 1860

French composer (1860–1956)

Gustave Courbet

b. 1819

French realist painter (1819–1877)

Gustave Flaubert

French novelist (1821–1880)

Gustave Garrigou

b. 1884

French cyclist

Gustave Gilbert

b. 1911

American psychologist

Gustave Kahn

French Symbolist poet and art critic (1859-1936)