Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Jean-François Stévenin

b. 1944

French actor (1944–2021)

Jean-François Théodore

French businessman and economist

Jean-Frédéric Edelmann

b. 1749

French composer (1749–1794)

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck

Jean-Gabriel Pageau

b. 1992

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)

Jean-Gaspard Deburau

b. 1796

Czech-French mime

Jean-Georges Noverre

b. 1727

French dancer (1727–1810)

Jean-Guy Talbot

b. 1932

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1932–2024)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

French Rococo painter (1732–1806)

Jean-Hugues Anglade

b. 1955

French actor

Jean-Jacques Annaud

b. 1943

French film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1943)

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy

French writer and numismatist (1716–1795)

Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier

b. 1734

French organist and composer

Jean-Jacques Beineix

b. 1946

French film director (1946–2022)

Jean-Jacques Bertrand

b. 1916

Premier of Quebec from 1968 to 1970

Jean-Jacques Boissard

French antiquary and Neo-Latin poet (1528–1602)

Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui

b. 1694

Genevan legal and political theorist (1694–1748)

Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel

b. 1811

Swiss politician

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

b. 1758

Haitian revolutionary and first ruler (1758–1806)

Jean-Jacques Goldman

b. 1951

French singer, musician and record producer (born 1951)

Jean-Jacques Lafon

b. 1955

French singer-songwriter and painter (born 1955)

Jean-Jacques Lartigue

Canadian Sulpician

Jean-Jacques Marcel

French footballer (1931–2014)

Jean-Jacques Olier

b. 1608

17th-century French Catholic priest and founder of the Sulpicians