Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Arthur Brittenden

b. 1924

British newspaper editor

Arthur Brown (musician)

b. 1942

English singer (born 1942)

Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex

English noble

Arthur Capper

b. 1865

American politician (1865–1951)

Arthur Carr (cricketer)

b. 1893

English cricketer (1893–1963)

Arthur Cayley

b. 1821

English mathematician (1821–1895)

Arthur Chevrolet

American racing driver (1884–1946)

Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall

b. 1606

Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and peer

Arthur Chung

President of Guyana from 1970 to 1980

Arthur Compton

b. 1892

American physicist (1892–1962)

Arthur Conan Doyle

b. 1859

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

Arthur Coningham (cricketer)

Australian cricketer (1863–1939)

Arthur Cowper Ranyard

b. 1845

English astrophysicist

Arthur Crudup

b. 1905

American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (1905–1974)

Arthur Danto

American art critic and philosopher (1924–2013)

Arthur Darvill

b. 1982

English actor, composer, and musician (born 1982)

Arthur Davis (animator)

b. 1905

American animator and director (1905–2000)

Arthur de Gobineau

b. 1816

French diplomat and writer (1816–1882)

Arthur Decabooter

Belgian cyclist

Arthur Dee

b. 1579

English physician and alchemist (1579–1651)

Arthur Dove

b. 1880

American abstract painter (1880–1946)

Arthur Duffey

b. 1879

American track and field athlete

Arthur Erickson

Canadian architect (1924–2009)

Arthur Evans

b. 1851

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)