Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Preston Foster

American actor and singer (1900–1970)

Preston Manning

b. 1942

Canadian politician (born 1942)

Preston Sturges

American film director and screenwriter

Preston Wilson

b. 1974

American baseball player and manager (born 1974)

Pretinha

b. 1975

Brazilian footballer

Pridiyathorn Devakula

b. 1947

Thai politician and economist (born 1947)

Primo Carnera

Italian boxer and professional wrestler (1906–1967)

Primo Levi

b. 1919

Italian Holocaust survivor and writer (1919–1987)

Primož Trubar

b. 1508

Carniolan writer, Protestant reformer

Prince (musician)

American musician, songwriter and actor (1958–2016)

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

British prince (1774–1850)

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

b. 1819

Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861

Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

b. 1881

Brazilian prince

Prince Archie of Sussex

b. 2019

British prince (born 2019)

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

b. 1850

British prince, son of Queen Victoria (1850–1942)

Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia

b. 1730

Prussian prince (1730–1813)

Prince Augustus William of Prussia

Son of King Frederick William I of Prussia (1722–1758)

Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais

b. 1741

Duke of Chablais

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

b. 1911

Prince consort of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980

Prince Buster

b. 1938

Jamaican musician (1938–2016)

Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland

b. 1979

Swedish prince (born 1979)

Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

Austrian army officer and governor of the Austrian Netherlands (1712–1780)

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders

Regent of Belgium from 1944 to 1950

Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark

b. 1888

Greek and Danish prince (1888–1940)