Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Otto Frederick Rohwedder

b. 1880

Inventor of sliced bread (1880–1960)

Otto Freundlich

b. 1878

German painter (1878–1943)

Otto Georg Thierack

b. 1889

German Nazi jurist and politician (1889–1946)

Otto Goldschmidt

b. 1829

German pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1907)

Otto Hahn

German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)

Otto Heinrich Warburg

German physiologist and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)

Otto Herrigel

Namibian businessman and politician (1937–2013)

Otto Hirsch

German and Jewish jurist and politician

Otto I of Olomouc

Otto I, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Bavaria from 1180 (1117–1183)

Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German duke (c. 1204–1252)

Otto I, Duke of Merania

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 to 1218

Otto Jahn

b. 1813

German philologist, archaeologist, and musicologist (1813–1869)

Otto Jespersen

Danish linguist (1860–1943)

Otto Klemperer

b. 1885

Conductor and composer (1885–1973)

Otto Kretschmer

b. 1912

German naval officer (1912–1998)

Otto Lasanen

Finnish wrestler (1891–1958)

Otto Lilienthal

b. 1848

German aviation pioneer (1848–1896)

Otto Loewi

b. 1873

German pharmacologist (1873–1961)

Otto Luening

b. 1900

German-American composer and conductor (1900–1996)

Otto Mears

Colorado pioneer, road builder and entrepreneur (1840 – 1931)

Otto Messmer

b. 1892

American animator (1892–1983)

Otto Muehl

Austrian artist