Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Klaus Schmiegel

b. 1939

Co-inventor of Prozac

Klaus Schulze

German composer and musician (1947–2022)

Klaus Störtebeker

German pirate (1360–1401)

Klaus Tennstedt

b. 1926

German orchestral conductor (1926–1998)

Klaus Theiss

b. 1963

German footballer

Klaus Toppmöller

b. 1951

German footballer and manager

Klaus von Dohnanyi

b. 1928

German politician (born 1928)

Klaus von Klitzing

b. 1943

German physicist (born 1943)

Klaus Wowereit

b. 1953

German politician

Klaus-Peter Hanisch

German footballer

Klaus-Peter Justus

b. 1951

German middle-distance runner

Kleanthis Vikelidis

Greek footballer and manager (1915–1988)

Kléber (footballer, born 1983)

b. 1983

Brazilian footballer

Kléberson

b. 1979

Brazilian footballer

Klemens von Metternich

b. 1773

Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859)

Kliff Kingsbury

b. 1979

American football player and coach (born 1979)

Knock Yokoyama

Japanese politician and comedian

Knowlton Nash

Canadian journalist (1927-2014)

Knowshon Moreno

b. 1987

American football player (born 1987)

Knud Rasmussen

b. 1879

Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist (1879–1933)

Knut Alvsson

Norwegian nobleman and landowner (1455–1502)

Knut Hamsun

b. 1859

Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)

Knut Helle

Norwegian historian (1930–2015)

Knut Kroon

b. 1906

Swedish footballer