Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Hubert Aquin

b. 1929

Quebec novelist and intellectual (1929–1977)

Hubert Ashton

English cricketer, footballer, and politician

Hubert Cecil Booth

b. 1871

English engineer

Hubert Chesshyre

b. 1940

British officer of arms (1940–2020)

Hubert Davis

b. 1970

American basketball player and coach (born 1970)

Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent

Chief Justiciar of England and Ireland (c. 1170–1243)

Hubert Gautier

b. 1660

French engineer (1660–1737)

Hubert Howe Bancroft

b. 1832

19th and 20th-century American historian and ethnologist

Hubert Humphrey

b. 1911

Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969

Hubert Languet

French diplomat and reformer

Hubert Maitland Turnbull

British pathologist (1875–1955)

Hubert Opperman

b. 1904

Australian racing cyclist

Hubert Pál Álgyay

Hungarian engineer

Hubert Reeves

b. 1932

French-Canadian astrophysicist (1932–2023)

Hubert Robert

b. 1733

French painter (1733–1808)

Hubert Selby Jr.

American writer

Hubert Védrine

b. 1947

French politician (born 1947)

Hubert Walter

Archbishop of Canterbury (1193–1205) and Lord Chancellor (1199–1205)

Hubertus Brandenburg

Catholic bishop of Stockholm (1923–2009)

Hubertus Strughold

b. 1898

German psychologist and human experimenter (1898–1986)

Hubertus van Mook

Dutch colonial governor (1894–1965)

Hubie Brooks

b. 1956

American baseball player (born 1956)

Hubie Brown

b. 1933

American basketball coach and sportscaster (born 1933)

Hucbald

Benedictine monk and music theorist (c. 850 – 930)