Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Lougee Basabas

b. 1984

Filipino musician

Loui Eriksson

b. 1985

Swedish ice hockey player (born 1985)

Louie Bellson

b. 1924

American jazz drummer (1924–2009)

Louie Gohmert

b. 1953

American politician (born 1953)

Louis Agassiz

b. 1807

Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)

Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron

French general (1763–1831)

Louis Alter

b. 1902

American pianist, songwriter and composer

Louis Althusser

b. 1918

French Marxist philosopher (1918–1990)

Louis Amédée Achard

b. 1814

French novelist (1814–1875)

Louis Andriessen

b. 1939

Dutch composer and pianist (1939–2021)

Louis Anquetin

French painter (1861–1932)

Louis Antoine de Bougainville

French military officer and explorer (1729–1811)

Louis Antoine de Noailles

17th and 18th-century French Catholic cardinal

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

French revolutionary politician (1767–1794)

Louis Applebaum

Canadian film score composer

Louis Aragon

b. 1897

French poet (1897–1982)

Louis Armstrong

American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

Louis Auchincloss

b. 1917

American lawyer, novelist and historian (1917–2010)

Louis B. Mayer

b. 1884

Canadian-American film producer (1884–1957)

Louis Bachelier

French pioneer in mathematical economics (1870-1946)

Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers

b. 1764

French general

Louis Barthou

French politician (1862–1934)

Louis Bastien (cyclist)

French cyclist and fencer

Louis Bennison

American actor (1884–1929)