Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley

English noble and rebel

Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn

Scottish noble

Maurice de Saxe

b. 1696

Count of Saxony (1696–1750)

Maurice de Vlaminck

French painter (1876–1958)

Maurice Druon

b. 1918

French writer and politician (1918–2009)

Maurice Duplessis

b. 1890

Premier of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959

Maurice Duruflé

French classical composer and organist (1902–1986)

Maurice El Médiouni

b. 1928

Algerian musician (1928–2024)

Maurice Evans (actor)

b. 1901

English actor (1901–1989)

Maurice Evans (basketball)

b. 1978

American basketball player (born 1978)

Maurice Evans (footballer, born 1936)

b. 1936

English footballer (1936–2000)

Maurice Fernandes

b. 1897

West Indian Test cricketer (1897–1981)

Maurice Ferré

b. 1935

American politician and former Mayor of Miami (1935–2019)

Maurice G. Dantec

b. 1959

French-Canadian science fiction writer

Maurice Gamelin

French general (1872–1958)

Maurice Goldhaber

b. 1911

American physicist (1911–2011)

Maurice Gomis

b. 1997

Bissau-Guinean footballer

Maurice Greene (composer)

b. 1696

English composer and organist (1696–1755)

Maurice Greene (sprinter)

b. 1974

American sprinter (born 1974)

Maurice Grevisse

Belgian grammarian (1895–1980)

Maurice Harkless

b. 1993

American-Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1993)

Maurice Hayes

b. 1927

Irish public servant and later politician (1927–2017)

Maurice Hilleman

b. 1919

American vaccinologist (1919–2005)

Maurice J. Tobin

b. 1901

American politician (1901–1953)