Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Robert Roosa

b. 1918

American economist

Robert Ross (British Army officer, born 1766)

Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army (1766-1814)

Robert Royal

b. 1979

American football player (born 1979)

Robert Rozhdestvensky

b. 1932

Russian poet (1932–1994)

Robert Ruark

American novelist

Robert Rubin

b. 1938

American banking executive, lawyer, and government official (born 1938)

Robert Runcie

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991

Robert Russell Bennett

b. 1894

American composer (1894–1981)

Robert Ryan

b. 1909

American actor (1909–1973)

Robert Ryman

b. 1930

American painter (1930–2019)

Robert S. Langer

b. 1948

American scientist and academic

Robert S. Mulliken

b. 1896

American physicist and chemist (1896–1986)

Robert S. Strauss

b. 1918

American diplomat (1918–2014)

Robert S. Wistrich

Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1945–2015)

Robert Sabatier

French poet and writer

Robert Sarah

b. 1945

Guinean Catholic cardinal (born 1945)

Robert Satcher

b. 1965

American astronaut

Robert Savoie

Canadian opera singer

Robert Saxton

b. 1953

British composer (born 1953)

Robert Schimmel

American comedian (1950–2010)

Robert Scholl

Father of Hans and Sophie Scholl and critic of the Nazi party

Robert Schuller

b. 1926

American television evangelist (1926–2015)

Robert Schuman

b. 1886

Prime Minister of France from 1947 to 1948

Robert Schumann

b. 1810

German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)