Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Robert Clarke

b. 1920

American actor (1920–2005)

Robert Cliche

Canadian lawyer, politician and judge

Robert Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford

13th and 14th-century English nobleman, sheriff, and baron

Robert Clive

b. 1725

British military officer (1725–1774)

Robert Clothier

b. 1921

Canadian actor, artist (1921–1999)

Robert Colbert

b. 1931

American actor (born 1931)

Robert Coleman Richardson

b. 1937

American experimental physicist (1937–2013)

Robert Coles (golfer)

b. 1972

English professional golfer (born 1972)

Robert Coles (psychiatrist)

b. 1929

American psychiatrist (1928–2026)

Robert Comtesse

b. 1847

Swiss politician (1847–1922)

Robert Conquest

b. 1917

British-American historian and poet (1917–2015)

Robert Coover

American novelist (1932–2024)

Robert Cormier

American writer and journalist (1925–2000)

Robert Cornthwaite (actor)

b. 1917

American actor

Robert Cornthwaite (soccer)

b. 1985

Australian former soccer player

Robert Cosgrove

Australian politician

Robert Craft

b. 1923

American conductor and writer (1923–2015)

Robert Crais

b. 1953

American author of detective fiction

Robert Craufurd

b. 1764

British Army officer (1764–1812)

Robert Cray

b. 1953

American blues guitarist and singer

Robert Creeley

b. 1926

American poet (1926–2005)

Robert Crippen

b. 1937

American astronaut (born 1937)

Robert Croft

b. 1970

British cricketer

Robert Crowley (printer)

English stationer, poet, writer, and clergyman