Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Henry Gage (soldier)

b. 1597

Royalist officer during the English Civil War (1597-1645)

Henry Gardner

b. 1819

American politician

Henry Garnet

16th-century English Jesuit priest (1555–1606)

Henry George

b. 1839

American political economist (1839–1897)

Henry George Jr.

b. 1862

American politician

Henry George Lamond

b. 1885

Australian writer (1885–1969)

Henry Gibson

American actor (1935–2009)

Henry Gray

English anatomist (1827–1861)

Henry Green

b. 1905

English novelist (1905–1973)

Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent

English politician

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent

British politician and courtier

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

English nobleman and military leader

Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent

English peer

Henry Gunther

American soldier killed last in WWI (1895–1918)

Henry H. Arnold

b. 1886

American general (1886–1950)

Henry H. Barschall

b. 1915

German-American physicist (1915–1997)

Henry Hall (bandleader)

b. 1898

English bandleader (1898–1989)

Henry Hallett Dale

b. 1875

English pharmacologist and physiologist (1875–1968)

Henry Hammond

English churchman

Henry Hartsfield

American astronaut (1933–2014)

Henry Hawtrey

b. 1882

British athlete (1882–1961)

Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon

British peer and racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II (1924–2001)

Henry Hewes (critic)

American drama critic (1917–2006)

Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter

b. 1430

English admiral (1430–1475)