Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Heinrich Bullinger

b. 1504

Swiss Protestant theologian (1504–1575)

Heinrich Christian Boie

b. 1744

German writer (1744–1806)

Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher

b. 1757

Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy

Heinrich Clauren

German writer

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

b. 1486

German occult writer (1486–1535)

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein

Prussian statesman (1757-1831)

Heinrich Georg Bronn

German geologist and paleontologist

Heinrich Göbel

b. 1818

German-born American inventor

Heinrich Gustav Magnus

b. 1802

German chemist and physicist (1802–1870)

Heinrich Gutkin

b. 1879

Estonian businessman and politician

Heinrich Häberlin

b. 1868

Swiss politician and judge (1868–1947)

Heinrich Harrer

b. 1912

Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)

Heinrich Himmler

German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945)

Heinrich Hoffmann (author)

b. 1809

German psychiatrist and children's writer

Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)

b. 1885

German photographer (1885–1957)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Czech-Austrian composer and violinist (1644–1704)

Heinrich II von Rotteneck

Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz

Prince Reuss

Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger

b. 1819

German Catholic theologian

Heinrich Kuhl

German naturalist and zoologist (1797–1821)

Heinrich Mark

Estonian politician

Heinrich Meibom (poet)

German historian and poet

Heinrich Müller (Gestapo)

b. 1900

German police official and head of the Gestapo (1900–c.1945)

Heinrich Neuhaus

Soviet pianist (1888–1964)