Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Artis Gilmore

b. 1949

American basketball player (born 1949)

Arto Bryggare

b. 1958

Finnish former hurdling athlete

Arto Salminen

b. 1959

Finnish writer (born 1959)

Artur Alliksaar

Estonian poet

Artur Bernardes

b. 1875

President of Brazil from 1922 to 1926

Artur Ekert

b. 1961

British-Polish physicist (born 1961)

Artur Grigorian

b. 1967

Uzbekistani boxer

Artur Hajzer

b. 1962

Polish mountaineer (1962–2013)

Artur Kotenko

b. 1981

Estonian footballer

Artur Lemba

b. 1885

Estonian composer (1885–1963)

Artur Phleps

Waffen-SS officer (1881–1944)

Artur Schnabel

b. 1882

Austrian pianist (1882–1951)

Artur Sirk

Estonian lawyer

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Italian pianist

Arturo Frondizi

32nd president of Argentina (1958–62)

Arturo Gatti

Canadian boxer (1972–2009)

Arturo Lindsay

b. 1946

Panamanian American artist

Arturo Prat

Chilean Navy officer and lawyer

Arturo Rawson

b. 1885

21st President of Argentina

Arturo Tolentino

b. 1910

President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1966 to 1967

Arturo Uslar Pietri

b. 1906

Venezuelan writer

Arturo Vidal

b. 1987

Chilean footballer (born 1987)

Arturs Alberings

Latvian politician

Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy

b. 1475

French nobleman and politician (1474–1519)