Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Johann Bernhard Basedow

German educational reformer and philosopher (1724–1790)

Johann Bernhard Staudt

b. 1654

Johann Bernoulli

b. 1667

Swiss mathematician (1667–1748)

Johann Breyer

German wachmann in Auschwitz concentration camp

Johann Christian Bach

b. 1735

German composer (1735–1782)

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

b. 1732

German musician and composer (1732-1795)

Johann Christoph Kellner

b. 1736

German organist and composer

Johann Christoph Pepusch

German composer (1667–1752)

Johann David Heinichen

b. 1683

German composer and music theorist

Johann Deisenhofer

b. 1943

German biochemist

Johann Dietenberger

German theologian

Johann Eck

b. 1486

German Catholic theologian (1486–1543)

Johann Elias Schlegel

German poet and critic (1719–1749)

Johann Ernst Eberlin

German composer and organist (1702–1762)

Johann Franz Encke

German astronomer (1791–1865)

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

b. 1752

German physiologist and anthropologist (1752-1840)

Johann Friedrich Doles

b. 1715

German composer (1715 - 1797)

Johann Friedrich Gronovius

b. 1611

German classical scholar, librarian and critic (1611–1671)

Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt

b. 1825

German astronomer and geophysicist

Johann Friedrich Meckel

b. 1781

German anatomist (1781–1833)

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

b. 1789

German painter (1789–1869)

Johann Friedrich Pfaff

German mathematician (1765–1825)

Johann Friedrich Struensee

Danish physician, philosopher and statesman (1737–1772)

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz

Baltic German explorer and scientist (1793–1831)