Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Edward Calvin Kendall

American biochemist (1886–1972)

Edward Carpenter

English poet and academic (1844–1929)

Edward Clark (governor)

Governor of Texas in 1861

Edward Colman (martyr)

b. 1636

English Catholic courtier and martyr

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell

English peer

Edward Daly (Irish revolutionary)

Irish revolutionary (1891–1916)

Edward Davy

b. 1806

English physician, scientist, and inventor

Edward de Bono

b. 1933

Maltese physician (1933–2021)

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

English peer and courtier (1550–1604)

Edward Deas Thomson

b. 1800

Australian politician (1800–1879)

Edward du Cann

b. 1924

British politician and businessman (1924-2017)

Edward Elgar

b. 1857

English composer (1857–1934)

Edward Everett Hale

American historian and minister (1822–1909)

Edward FitzGerald (poet)

English poet and translator (1809–1883)

Edward Fortunatus

German nobleman

Edward Foxe

16th-century English bishop

Edward Gibbon

b. 1737

British essayist, historian and politician (1737–1794)

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

English colonial theorist in Canada and New Zealand (1796–1862)

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

b. 1862

British Liberal statesman (1862–1933)

Edward Hardwicke

English actor (1932–2011)

Edward Holyoke

American clergyman (1689–1769

Edward Hopper

American painter and printmaker (1882–1967)

Edward Huggins Johnstone

American judge

Edward I

b. 1239

King of England from 1272 to 1307