Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Roger Espinoza

b. 1986

Honduran football player (born 1986)

Roger Faulques

French military officer and mercenary

Roger Federer

b. 1981

Swiss tennis player (born 1981)

Roger Fisher (academic)

b. 1922

American legal scholar (1922–2012)

Roger Freeman (American politician)

American politician

Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman

b. 1942

British politician (1942–2025)

Roger Fry

English painter and critic (1866–1934)

Roger Gale

b. 1943

British Conservative politician

Roger Garaudy

French philosopher and politician (1913 – 2012)

Roger Gaudry

Canadian chemist

Roger Graef

b. 1936

American-born British filmmaker (1936–2022)

Roger Greenaway

b. 1938

English singer, songwriter and record producer

Roger Grenier

b. 1919

French writer, journalist and radio animator

Roger Grimsby

American TV news journalist (1928–1995)

Roger Guerreiro

b. 1982

Brazilian-born footballer

Roger Hanin

b. 1925

French actor (1925–2015)

Roger Hargreaves

English author and illustrator (1935–1988)

Roger Hawkins (drummer)

b. 1945

American drummer (1945–2021)

Roger Heath-Brown

b. 1952

British mathematician

Roger Hunt

b. 1938

English footballer (1938–2021)

Roger I of Sicily

Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101

Roger J. Traynor

American judge (1900–1983)

Roger Johnson (footballer)

b. 1983

English footballer (born 1983)

Roger Joseph Boscovich

b. 1711

Croat-Italian physicist and writer (1711–1787)