Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Leonard Baskin

b. 1922

American artist (1922–2000)

Leonard Bernstein

b. 1918

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

Leonard Birchall

b. 1915

Canadian Air Force officer (1915–2004)

Leonard Boyle

Canadian priest and scholar

Leonard Calvert

English-born colonial administrator (1606-1647)

Leonard Carow

b. 1994

German actor

Leonard Cheshire

Royal Air Force officer (1917–1992)

Leonard Cohen

b. 1934

Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

Leonard Feather

b. 1914

British musician, producer, and writer (1914–1994)

Leonard Fein

American activist, writer and teacher

Leonard Garment

American lawyer, public servant and jazz musician (1924-2013)

Leonard Goodwin

b. 1915

British protozoologist

Leonard Herzenberg

American geneticist (1931–2015)

Leonard Hobhouse

British political theorist

Leonard J. Arrington

b. 1917

American Mormon historian (1917–1999)

Leonard Kleinrock

b. 1934

American computer scientist (born 1934)

Leonard Lerman

b. 1925

American scientist (1925–2012)

Leonard Liggio

American libertarian author (1933–2014)

Leonard Lord

English automotive engineer and industrialist

Leonard Marsh

b. 1906

Canadian social scientist (1906–1983)

Leonard Marsh (businessman)

American businessman (1933–2013)

Leonard Pagliero

b. 1913

English stationer (1913–2008)

Leonard Riggio

American businessman (1941–2024)

Leonard Rose

b. 1918

American cellist & pedagogue (1918–1984)