Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

English nobleman

Richard Marshall (United States Army officer)

United States Army general (1895–1973)

Richard Matheson

American author and screenwriter (1926–2013)

Richard Maury

American-Argentine railway engineer

Richard McBrien

b. 1936

American Catholic priest (1936–2015)

Richard McCarty (politician)

American politician

Richard Mead

b. 1673

English physician (1673–1754)

Richard Meale

b. 1932

Australian composer

Richard Mellon Scaife

b. 1932

American Mellon family heir, and newspaper owner (1932–2014)

Richard Middleton (Lord Chancellor)

13th-century English clergyman and Chancellor of England

Richard Mique

French architect (1728–1794)

Richard Mitchell

b. 1929

Richard Mohaupt

German composer and Kapellmeister (1904–1957)

Richard Mpong

b. 1990

Ghanaian footballer

Richard Neustadt

b. 1919

American political scientist (1919–2003)

Richard Neutra

Austrian-American architect (1892–1970)

Richard Nixon

President of the United States from 1969 to 1974

Richard O. Covey

b. 1946

American astronaut (born 1946)

Richard O'Connor

British Army general (1889–1981)

Richard Oakes (activist)

b. 1942

Mohawk American Indian activist (1942–1972)

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

English noble (1385–1415)

Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York

b. 1473

English prince (born 1473)

Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster

One of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries

Richard Olivier de Longueil

French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal