Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Otto Jahn

b. 1813

German philologist, archaeologist, and musicologist (1813–1869)

Otto Jespersen

Danish linguist (1860–1943)

Otto Klemperer

b. 1885

Conductor and composer (1885–1973)

Otto Kretschmer

b. 1912

German naval officer (1912–1998)

Otto Kruger

b. 1885

American actor (1885–1974)

Otto Lasanen

Finnish wrestler (1891–1958)

Otto Lilienthal

b. 1848

German aviation pioneer (1848–1896)

Otto Loewi

b. 1873

German pharmacologist (1873–1961)

Otto Luening

b. 1900

German-American composer and conductor (1900–1996)

Otto Mears

Colorado pioneer, road builder and entrepreneur (1840 – 1931)

Otto Messmer

b. 1892

American animator (1892–1983)

Otto Muehl

Austrian artist

Otto Nicolai

b. 1810

19th-century German composer and conductor

Otto Nothling

b. 1900

Australian sportsman

Otto of Freising

Bishop of Freising from 1138 to 1158

Otto of Greece

b. 1815

King of Greece from 1832 to 1862

Otto of Vermandois

b. 979

French noble

Otto P. Weyland

United States Air Force general

Otto Piene

b. 1928

German-American artist (1928–2014)

Otto Porter Jr.

b. 1993

American basketball player (born 1993)

Otto Preminger

Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986)

Otto Rank

b. 1884

Austrian psychoanalyst (1884–1939)

Otto Rehhagel

b. 1938

German football player and manager (born 1938)

Otto Robert Frisch

b. 1904

Austrian nuclear physicist