Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Robert Ley

German politician (1890–1945)

Robert Lieber

b. 1941

Robert Lipshutz

American lawyer (1921–2010)

Robert Liston

b. 1794

British surgeon (1794–1847)

Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw

b. 1916

Saint Kitts and Nevis politician

Robert Lochner

b. 1918

American journalist

Robert Louis Stevenson

b. 1850

Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)

Robert Louis-Dreyfus

b. 1946

French businessman (1946–2009)

Robert Lowell

American poet (1917–1977)

Robert Lowery (actor)

b. 1913

American actor (1913–1971)

Robert Lowie

b. 1883

Austrian-American anthropologist (1883–1957)

Robert Lowth

English bishop and grammarian (1710–1787)

Robert Lucas Jr.

b. 1937

American economist and Nobel Laureate (1937–2023)

Robert Ludlum

b. 1927

American novelist (1927–2001)

Robert Lynn Pruett

b. 1979

American man executed in Texas (1979–2017)

Robert M. Grant (theologian)

American theologian and scholar (1917–2014)

Robert M. La Follette

b. 1855

American lawyer and politician (1855–1925)

Robert M. Pirsig

American writer and philosopher (1928–2017)

Robert Machray (actor)

b. 1945

American stage and television actor (1945–2025)

Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart

b. 1936

British politician and life peer (1936–2020)

Robert MacPherson (mathematician)

b. 1944

American mathematician (born 1944)

Robert Malval

b. 1943

Haitian politician (born 1943)

Robert Mambo Mumba

b. 1978

Kenyan footballer (born 1978)

Robert Mangold

b. 1937

American artist (born 1937)