Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Otto Nicolai

b. 1810

19th-century German composer and conductor

Otto Nothling

b. 1900

Australian sportsman

Otto of Greece

b. 1815

King of Greece from 1832 to 1862

Otto of Vermandois

b. 979

French noble

Otto Piene

b. 1928

German-American artist (1928–2014)

Otto Porter Jr.

b. 1993

American basketball player (born 1993)

Otto Preminger

Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986)

Otto Rank

b. 1884

Austrian psychoanalyst (1884–1939)

Otto Rehhagel

b. 1938

German football player and manager (born 1938)

Otto Schily

b. 1932

Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005

Otto Schoetensack

b. 1850

German industrialist and professor of anthropology

Otto Skorzeny

b. 1908

Austrian Waffen-SS officer (1908–1975)

Otto Staudinger

b. 1830

German entomologist and a natural history dealer

Otto Stern

German–American physicist (1888–1969)

Otto Stuppacher

Austrian racing driver (1947–2001)

Otto the Great

Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973

Otto Tief

b. 1889

Estonian politician and lawyer (1889–1976)

Otto Toeplitz

b. 1881

German mathematician (1881–1940)

Otto von Bismarck

Chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890

Otto von Guericke

German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686)

Otto Wagner

b. 1841

Austrian architect (1841–1918)

Otto Wahle

Austrian swimmer

Otto Warmbier

American imprisoned in North Korea (1994–2017)

Otto, Duke of Austria

b. 1301

Duke of Austria and Styria from 1330 to 1339