Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

John III of Portugal

b. 1502

King of Portugal from 1521 to 1557

John III of the Palatinate

b. 1488

48th Archbishop of Regensburg

John III Sobieski

Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1674 to 1696

John III, Count of Nassau-Siegen

German count (d. 1430)

John III, Duke of Brittany

Duke of Brittany from 1312 to 1341

John Ilhan

Australian businessman (1965–2007)

John Illsley

b. 1949

English musician

John Indermaur

British solicitor

John Inman

b. 1935

English actor (1935–2007)

John Ireland (bishop)

b. 1838

Catholic archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota

John Ireland (composer)

British composer and music teacher (1879–1962)

John Isner

b. 1985

American tennis player (born 1985)

John IV of Armagnac

French nobleman (1396–1450)

John IV of Brittany

Duke of Brittany from 1365 to 1399

John IV of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 582 to 595

John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen

b. 1410

German count (1410–1475)

John IV, Duke of Brabant

Duke of Brabant (1403–1427)

John J. Crittenden

b. 1787

U.S. Attorney General and politician from Kentucky (1787–1863)

John J. Gardner

b. 1845

American politician

John J. Gilligan

American politician, governor of Ohio (1921–2013)

John J. Loud

American lawyer and inventor (1844–1916)

John J. Pershing

United States Army general (1860–1948)

John J. Robison

b. 1824

Michigan politician

John Jacob Abel

b. 1857

American biochemist and pharmacologist (1857–1938)