Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Arpad Elo

b. 1903

American-Hungarian physicist (1903–1992)

Árpád Göncz

President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000

Árpád Orbán

Hungarian footballer (1938–2008)

Árpád Weisz

b. 1896

Hungarian footballer and manager (1896–1944)

Arrelious Benn

b. 1988

American football player (born 1988)

Arrigo Boito

Italian librettist and composer (1842–1918)

Arron Afflalo

b. 1985

American basketball player (born 1985)

Arrow (musician)

Montserratian musician (1949–2010)

Arsala Rahmani Daulat

Arsalan Iftikhar

b. 1977

American lawyer (born 1977)

Arsen Chilingaryan

Soviet Armenian footballer

Arsen Dedić

b. 1938

Croatian singer-songwriter (1938–2015)

Arsen Gitinov

b. 1977

Russian-Kyrgyz wrestler (born 1977)

Arsène Wenger

b. 1949

French football manager (born 1949)

Arsenije Sremac

Serbian archbishop and saint

Arsenio Rodríguez

b. 1911

Cuban musician, composer and bandleader (1911–1970)

Arseniy Yatsenyuk

b. 1974

Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2014 to 2016

Arseny Tarkovsky

Soviet Russian poet and translator (1907–1989)

Arshile Gorky

Armenian-American painter (1904–1948)

Art Barr

b. 1966

American professional wrestler

Art Bell

b. 1945

American broadcaster and author (1945–2018)

Art Blakey

b. 1919

American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)

Art Buchwald

b. 1925

American humorist

Art Clokey

b. 1921

American animator (1921–2010)