Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Johann Heinrich Jung

b. 1740

German author (1740–1817)

Johann Heinrich Lambert

b. 1728

Swiss polymath (1728–1777)

Johann Heinrich von Mädler

b. 1794

German astronomer

Johann Heinrich von Thünen

b. 1783

German economist (1783–1850)

Johann Jakob Balmer

b. 1825

Swiss mathematician (1825–1898)

Johann Jakob Froberger

German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso and organist

Johann Jakob Grynaeus

Swiss divine (1540–1617)

Johann Jakob Reiske

German scholar and physician (1716–1774)

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

Swiss paleontologist (1672–1733)

Johann Joachim Becher

b. 1635

German physician (1635–1682)

Johann Joachim Quantz

German flautist, composer and flute maker (1697–1773)

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian (1717–1768)

Johann Josef Loschmidt

Austrian scientist (1821–1895)

Johann Karl August Musäus

German author (1735–1787)

Johann Karl Ordonez

b. 1734

Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern

Baltic German philologist (1770–1852)

Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée

b. 1710

Johann Kaspar Lavater

b. 1741

Swiss poet (1741–1801)

Johann Kies

German astronomer and mathematician

Johann Kuhnau

German composer and polymath (1660–1722)

Johann Lamont

b. 1957

Scottish Labour politician

Johann Lorenz von Mosheim

German church historian (1693–1755)

Johann Ludwig Aberli

Swiss painter and etcher (1723–1786)

Johann Ludwig Bach

German composer