Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Louis Le Bailly

b. 1915

Royal Navy admiral (1915–2010)

Louis le Brocquy

Irish painter (1916–2012)

Louis Leakey

b. 1903

British archaeologist and naturalist (1903–1972)

Louis Legendre

b. 1752

French politician (1752–1797)

Louis Legrand (theologian)

b. 1711

French Sulpician priest and theologian

Louis Leithold

American mathematician (1924–2005)

Louis Lentin

Irish theatre, film and television director (1933-2014)

Louis Leon Thurstone

American psychologist and scholar (1887–1955)

Louis Léopold Robert

b. 1794

Swiss painter (1794–1835)

Louis Lewin

b. 1850

German pharmacologist

Louis Lingg

American anarchist and trade union activist

Louis Lipps

b. 1962

American football player (born 1962)

Louis Lucien Bonaparte

French philologist and politician (1813–1891)

Louis Lumière

b. 1864

French inventor (1864–1948)

Louis MacNeice

Irish poet and playwright (1907–1963)

Louis Maimbourg

French Jesuit and historian (1610–1686)

Louis Malle

b. 1932

French filmmaker (1932–1995)

Louis Mandylor

b. 1966

Australian actor (born 1966)

Louis Menges

b. 1888

American soccer player

Louis Michel

b. 1947

Belgian politician (born 1947)

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

b. 1829

American composer and pianist (1829–1869)

Louis Moréri

French priest and scholar

Louis Muhlstock

b. 1904

Canadian painter (1904–2001)

Louis Ngwat-Mahop

b. 1987

Cameroonian footballer