Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Robert Serra

Venezuelan politician (1987–2014)

Robert Shaw

b. 1927

English actor and writer (1927–1978)

Robert Shaw (conductor)

b. 1916

American conductor

Robert Sheckley

b. 1928

American writer

Robert Shirley

English soldier, diplomat and adventurer (c.1581-1628)

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester

English noble and diplomat (1563–1626)

Robert Simson

Scottish mathematician (1687–1768)

Robert Sinclair MacKay

b. 1956

British mathematician

Robert Skidelsky

b. 1939

British historian and economist (1939–2026)

Robert Slater

b. 1943

American journalist

Robert Sloman

British screenwriter and actor (1926–2005)

Robert Smith (Maryland politician)

b. 1757

American politician (1757–1842)

Robert Smith (musician)

b. 1959

English rock musician (born 1959)

Robert Smithson

20th-century American artist

Robert Solow

b. 1924

American economist and Nobel Laureate (1924–2023)

Robert South

English churchman

Robert Southey

b. 1774

English romantic poet (1774–1843)

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland

b. 1641

English nobleman and politician (1641–1702)

Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist)

b. 1932

American psychiatrist (1932–2015)

Robert Stack

American actor (1919–2003)

Robert Staughton Lynd

b. 1892

American sociologist

Robert Stephenson

b. 1803

English civil and locomotive engineer (1803–1859)

Robert Sterling

American actor (1917–2006)

Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)

Civil engineer and lighthouse designer (1772–1850)