Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Manuel I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor from 1143 to 1180

Manuel I of Portugal

b. 1469

King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521

Manuel II of Portugal

Last king of Portugal from 1908 to 1910

Manuel II Palaiologos

b. 1350

Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425

Manuel Komnenos (kouropalates)

11th-century Byzantine aristocrat and military leader

Manuel L. Quezon

President of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

b. 1765

Portuguese Neoclassic poet (1765–1805)

Manuel María Lombardini

b. 1802

President of Mexico in 1853

Manuel Mendes

Portuguese composer and teacher

Manuel Montt

b. 1809

President of Chile from 1851 to 1861

Manuel Noriega

Military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989

Manuel Oribe

b. 1792

2nd President of Uruguay (1835–38)

Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque

b. 1828

Spanish general

Manuel Pellegrini

b. 1953

Chilean football manager (born 1953)

Manuel Pérez y Curis

b. 1884

Uruguayan poet

Manuel Puig

Argentine writer (1932–1990)

Manuel Robles Pezuela

b. 1817

President of Mexico from 1858 to 1859

Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza

Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader

Manuel Rosenthal

French composer and conductor (1904–2003)

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla

b. 1833

Spanish politician (1833–1895)

Manuel Sadosky

Argentine mathematician, civil servant and author

Manuel Santana

b. 1938

Spanish tennis player (1938–2021)

Manuel Teixeira Gomes

b. 1860

Portuguese president and politician

Manuel Tolsá

b. 1757

Spanish architect and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City