Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Leonard Rosenman

b. 1924

American composer (1924 – 2008)

Leonard Rossiter

b. 1926

British actor (1926–1984)

Leonard Skinner

American teacher (1933–2010)

Leonard Slatkin

b. 1944

American conductor, author and composer (born 1944)

Leonard Starr

American cartoonist (1925–2015)

Leonard W. Murray

b. 1896

Canadian admiral in WW II (1896–1971)

Leonard Williams (defensive lineman)

b. 1994

American football player (born 1994)

Leonardo Araújo

b. 1969

Brazilian football executive and former player and manager

Leonardo Balada

b. 1933

American classical composer

Leonardo Bonucci

b. 1987

Italian footballer (born 1987)

Leonardo Conti

Reich Health Leader and SS-Obergruppenführer in Nazi Germany (1900–1945)

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath (1452–1519)

Leonardo De Lorenzo

Musical artist

Leonardo DiCaprio

b. 1974

American actor (born 1974)

Leonardo Favio

Argentine singer, actor and filmmaker (1938–2012)

Leonardo Fernández (Uruguayan footballer)

b. 1997

Uruguayan footballer (born 1998)

Leonardo Legaspi

Filipino archbishop

Leonardo Leo

b. 1694

Italian Baroque composer (1694–1744)

Leonardo Loredan

Doge of Venice from 1501 to 1521

Leonardo Mayer

b. 1987

Argentine tennis player (born 1987)

Leonardo Puglisi

b. 2007

Australian journalist (born 2007)

Leonardo Quisumbing

b. 1939

Filipino judge (1939–2019)

Leonardo Ulloa

b. 1986

Argentine footballer

Leonardus Lessius

b. 1554

Brabant moral theologian (1554–1623)