Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Red Ames

b. 1882

American baseball player (1882–1936)

Red Bastien

American professional wrestler (1931–2012)

Red Buttons

American comedian and actor (1919–2006)

Red Dutton

b. 1898

Canadian ice hockey player and executive (1897–1987)

Red Foley

b. 1910

American country musician (1910–1968)

Red Garland

American modern jazz pianist (1923–1984)

Red Holzman

b. 1920

American basketball player and coach (1920–1998)

Red Horner

Canadian ice hockey player (1909–2005)

Red Kelly

b. 1927

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1927–2019)

Red Nichols

b. 1905

American jazz cornetist, composer, and bandleader (1905–1965)

Red Ruffing

b. 1905

American baseball player and coach (1905–1986)

Red Skelton

b. 1913

American comedian (1913–1997)

Red Sovine

b. 1917

American country musician (1917–1980)

Red Symons

b. 1949

Australian musician, and television and radio personality (born 1949)

Red Wilson (baseball)

American baseball and football player (1929–2014)

Redman (rapper)

b. 1970

American rapper (born 1970)

Reece Noi

b. 1988

British actor

Reece Shearsmith

b. 1969

British actor, comedian and writer (born 1969)

Reece Walsh

b. 2002

Australia international rugby league footballer

Reed Oliver

b. 1958

Governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia

Reed Scowen

b. 1931

Canadian politician (1931–2020)

Refik Koraltan

8th Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey from 1950 to 1960

Refik Saydam

4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1939 to 1942

Reg Alcock

b. 1948

Canadian politician (1948–2011)