Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Hans Blix

b. 1928

Swedish politician (born 1928)

Hans Buchner

b. 1483

German organist and composer (1483-1538)

Hans Carste

b. 1909

German composer and conductor

Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer (1805–1875)

Hans Christian Heg

19th-century American politician

Hans Christian Lumbye

b. 1810

Danish composer (1810–1874)

Hans Christian Ørsted

b. 1777

Danish chemist and physicist (1777–1851)

Hans Cloos

German geologist

Hans E. Kinck

b. 1865

Norwegian author and philologist

Hans E. Wallman

Swedish entrepreneur, composer, director, author, producer and executive

Hans Egede

Norwegian priest and missionary (1686–1758)

Hans Egede Budtz

b. 1889

Danish actor (1889–1968)

Hans Eppinger

Austrian physician (1879–1946

Hans Erasmus Aßmann

Hans Erich Slany

Hans F. K. Günther

German writer, advocate of scientific racism and eugenicist (1891–1968)

Hans Fallada

b. 1893

German writer

Hans Feige

German general (1880–1953)

Hans Fischer

b. 1881

German chemist (1881–1945)

Hans Frank

b. 1900

German politician and war criminal (1900–1946)

Hans Freeman

b. 1929

Australian chemist (1929–2008)

Hans Freyer

b. 1887

German sociologist and philosopher (1887–1969)

Hans Geiger

German physicist (1882–1945)

Hans Georg Dehmelt

b. 1922

German physicist (1922–2017)