Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Otto Eisenschiml

b. 1880

American historian

Otto Erich Deutsch

b. 1883

Austrian musicologist (1883–1967)

Otto Erich Hartleben

b. 1864

German poet and dramatist

Otto Ernst Remer

b. 1912

German Wehrmacht Army officer and Neo-Nazi Leader (1912–1997)

Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun

b. 1677

Austrian Generalfeldmarschall

Otto Frank

b. 1889

Father of Anne Frank (1889–1980)

Otto Frederick Rohwedder

b. 1880

Inventor of sliced bread (1880–1960)

Otto Freundlich

b. 1878

German painter (1878–1943)

Otto Fritz Meyerhof

German biochemist (1884–1951)

Otto Georg Thierack

b. 1889

German Nazi jurist and politician (1889–1946)

Otto Glória

Brazilian football coach

Otto Goldschmidt

b. 1829

German pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1907)

Otto Hahn

German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)

Otto Heinrich Warburg

German physiologist and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)

Otto Herrigel

Namibian businessman and politician (1937–2013)

Otto Hirsch

German and Jewish jurist and politician

Otto I (bishop of Utrecht)

Dutch bishop

Otto I of Olomouc

Otto I, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Bavaria from 1180 (1117–1183)

Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German duke (c. 1204–1252)

Otto I, Duke of Merania

Otto II of Brunswick-Harburg

b. 1528

Otto III of Bavaria

King of Hungary and Croatia from 1305 to 1307

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 to 1218