Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Roy Stewart

b. 1925

British actor (1925–2008)

Roy Strong

b. 1935

British art historian

Roy Tattersall

b. 1922

English Test and County cricketer (1922–2011)

Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet

b. 1894

Canadian newspaper proprietor & media entrepreneur (1894–1976)

Roy Walford

b. 1924

Professor of pathology

Roy Williams (basketball coach)

b. 1950

American basketball player and coach (born 1950)

Royal Hurlburt Weller

b. 1881

American politician and attorney (1881–1929)

Royal Rife

b. 1888

American inventor (1888–1971)

Royce Simmons

b. 1960

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

Royce Willis

b. 1975

Rugby player

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

Irish republican politician and military leader (1932–2013)

Rubby Sherr

American nuclear physicist (1913–2013)

Rube Goldberg

b. 1883

American cartoonist (1883–1970)

Rubem Alves

Brazilian theologian, philosopher, and psychoanalyst

Rubén Baraja

b. 1975

Spanish football manager (born 1975)

Rubén Blades

b. 1948

Panamanian musician (born 1948)

Rúben Dias

b. 1997

Portuguese footballer (born 1997)

Rubén González (pianist)

b. 1919

Cuban musician (1919–2003)

Rubén Hinojosa

b. 1940

American politician (born 1940)

Ruben III

Lord of Cilicia

Rubén Juárez

Argentine musician (1947–2010)

Rubén Martínez (footballer, born 1984)

b. 1984

Spanish footballer

Rubén Maza

b. 1967

Venezuelan long-distance runner

Rubén Omar Romano

b. 1958

Argentine footballer and manager