Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars

Louis XIII's favourite

Henri Colpi

b. 1921

French film editor and film director

Henri Cornet

b. 1884

French cyclist

Henri Daniel-Rops

French Roman Catholic writer and historian

Henri de Boulainvilliers

b. 1658

French Nobleman, Historian, Writer, and Soldier

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon

b. 1555

Marshal of France

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne

French nobleman, general, Marshal of France (1611–1675)

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway

British Army general (1648–1720)

Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency

French military officer

Henri de Saint-Simon

French early socialist theorist (1760–1825)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)

Henri Decoin

French film director

Henri Dirickx

Belgian footballer

Henri Dutrochet

b. 1776

French physician, botanist and physiologist

Henri Duveyrier

French explorer and geographer

Henri Fantin-Latour

French painter (1836–1904)

Henri Fertet

French resistance fighter

Henri II, Prince of Condé

b. 1588

Prince of Condé (1588–1646)

Henri Jokiharju

b. 1999

Finnish ice hockey player (born 1999)

Henri Julien

b. 1852

Canadian artist and cartoonist (1852–1908)

Henri Julien (motor sports)

Henri Konan Bédié

b. 1934

President of Côte d'Ivoire from 1993 to 1999

Henri Kuprashvili

b. 1946

Georgian political scientist and swimmer

Henri La Fontaine

b. 1854

Belgian politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1854–1913)