Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Edmund Malura

b. 1955

German footballer

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York

b. 1341

English prince and nobleman (1341–1402)

Edmund White

American writer (1940–2025)

Edmund Wilson

b. 1895

American writer and literary critic (1895–1972)

Edmund, Earl of Rutland

b. 1443

English nobleman

Edmundo Rivero

b. 1911

Musical artist

Edna Doré

b. 1921

British actress

Edna Ferber

American novelist and playwright (1885–1968)

Edo Murtić

b. 1921

Croatian painter

Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild

French banker (1868–1949)

Édouard Balladur

b. 1929

French politician (born 1929)

Édouard Daladier

b. 1884

French radical socialist politician

Édouard Goursat

b. 1858

French mathematician (1858–1936)

Édouard Lalo

French composer (1823–1892)

Édouard Le Roy

b. 1870

French philosopher and mathematician

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

Édouard Michelin (born 1963)

French manufacturer (1963–2006)

Édouard Vuillard

French painter (1868–1940)

Edouard Wyss-Dunant

b. 1897

Swiss physician and alpinist

Édouard-Henri Avril

b. 1849

French artist (1849–1928)

Edsel Ford

American businessman (1893–1943)

Edsger W. Dijkstra

b. 1930

Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)

Edson Buddle

b. 1981

American soccer player (born 1981)

Edu (footballer, born 1978)

b. 1978

Brazilian footballer