Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Oscar Martínez (actor)

b. 1949

Argentine actor, author, & theatre director (born 1949)

Oscar Mathisen

b. 1888

Norwegian speed skater (1888-1954)

Óscar Mingueza

b. 1999

Spanish footballer (born 1999)

Oscar O'Brien

b. 1892

Canadian folklorist and composer (1892–1958)

Óscar Pereiro

b. 1977

Spanish cyclist

Oscar Peterson

b. 1925

Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007)

Oscar Rabin

b. 1899

British bandleader (1899–1958)

Óscar Romero

b. 1917

Archbishop of San Salvador from 1977 to 1980

Óscar Romero (footballer)

b. 1992

Paraguayan footballer (born 1992)

Oscar Rossi

Argentine footballer

Oscar Strasnoy

b. 1970

French-Argentine composer, conductor and pianist

Oscar Taveras

Dominican–Canadian baseball player (1992–2014)

Oscar Temaru

b. 1944

Former President of French Polynesia

Oscar Tschirky

b. 1866

American hotel manager (1866–1950)

Oscar von Gebhardt

German Lutheran theologian (1844-1906)

Oscar Wendt

b. 1985

Swedish footballer

Oscar Wilde

b. 1854

Irish writer (1854–1900)

Oscar Wyatt

b. 1924

American businessman (1924–2025)

Óscar Yanes

Venezuelan journalist (1927–2013)

Oscar Zariski

b. 1899

Russian-American mathematician (1899–1986)

Oseola McCarty

American philanthropist (1908–1999)

Osgood Perkins (actor, born 1892)

b. 1892

American actor (1892–1937)

Oshin, King of Armenia

King of Armenia from 1307 to 1320

Oskar Anderson

b. 1887

Russian-German statistician (1887–1960)