Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Philip Seymour Hoffman

b. 1967

American actor (1967–2014)

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden

British politician (1864–1937)

Philip Taylor Kramer

b. 1952

American bassist

Philip the Bold

Duke of Burgundy from 1363 to 1404

Philip the Good

Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467

Philip the Handsome

b. 1478

Habsburg ruler, King of Castile in 1506

Philip Treacy

b. 1967

Irish-born haute couture milliner

Philip V of Spain

King of Spain (r. 1700–1724; 1724–1746)

Philip Vera Cruz

American labor leader (1904–1994)

Philip VI of France

Disputed King of France from 1328 to 1350

Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke

British politician and writer

Philipp Bouhler

German senior Nazi Party functionary (1899–1945)

Philipp Frank

Austrian-American physicist, mathematician and philosopher

Philipp Grüneberg

b. 1992

German footballer (born 1992)

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

b. 1657

German composer (1657–1714)

Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Nobleman

Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

b. 1462

Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

b. 1501

Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1501–1529)

Philipp Kirkorov

b. 1967

Bulgarian-born Russian singer (born 1967)

Philipp Lenard

Hungarian–German physicist (1862–1947)

Philipp Mißfelder

German politician (1979–2015)

Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

b. 1605

17th century Holy Roman Empire count

Philipp Otto Runge

b. 1777

German painter (1777–1810)

Philipp Reiter

b. 1991

German ski mountaineer and runner