Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Audrey Niffenegger

b. 1963

American writer, artist and academic (born 1963)

Audrey Tang

b. 1981

Taiwanese politician and software programmer

Audrey Tautou

b. 1976

French actress (born 1976)

Augie Auer

b. 1940

Augie Meyers

b. 1940

American musician (1940–2026)

Augoustinos Kantiotes

b. 1907

August Ahlqvist

b. 1826

Finnish professor, author and literary critic

August Alle

Estonian writer and poet

August Ames

b. 1994

Canadian pornographic actress (1994–2017)

August Bielenstein

Baltic-German theologian

August Böckh

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785–1867)

August Darnell

b. 1950

American musician (born 1950)

August Derleth

American writer (1909–1971)

August Eigruber

b. 1907

Austrian-born Nazi politician and war criminal (1907–1947)

August Froehlich

August Gottlieb Spangenberg

b. 1704

German theologian and minister; bishop of the Moravian Brethren

August Hermann Francke

German clergyman and theologian (1663–1727)

August Herrmann

b. 1859

American baseball executive and political figure in Cincinnati

August Jakobson

Estonian writer and politician

August Kekulé

German organic chemist (1829–1896)

August Kippasto

b. 1887

Estonian wrestler (1887–1973)

August Koern

b. 1900

Estonian statesman and diplomat

August Kopisch

b. 1799

German poet and painter (1799–1853)

August Kowalczyk

Polish actor, activist and Holocaust survivor (1921–2012)