Leading Figures in History

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

21513 persons found

Ettore Scola

b. 1931

Italian screenwriter and film director (1931–2016)

Euan Aitken

b. 1995

Scotland international rugby league footballer

Eugen Bleuler

b. 1857

Swiss psychiatrist (1857–1939)

Eugen Drewermann

b. 1940

German theologian

Eugen Weidmann

German serial killer (1908–1939)

Eugene Augustin Lauste

French inventor

Eugene B. Fluckey

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1913–2007)

Eugene Belliveau

b. 1958

Canadian football player (born 1958)

Eugène Charles Catalan

b. 1814

Franco-Belgian mathematician (1814–1894)

Eugène Delacroix

b. 1798

French painter (1798–1863)

Eugène Fiset

Canadian politician

Eugene Genovese

b. 1930

American historian (1930–2012)

Eugene Goossens (composer)

b. 1893

English conductor and composer (1893–1962)

Eugene Houdry

b. 1892

French mechanical engineer (1892–1962)

Eugène Lapierre

b. 1899

Canadian musician

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

b. 1928

American geologist and astronomer (1928–1997)

Eugene Parker

b. 1927

American solar physicist (1927–2022)

Eugene Polley

American consumer electronics engineer (1915–2012)

Eugène Simon

b. 1848

French naturalist

Eugene Stoner

American firearms designer (1922–1997)

Eugene Wright

b. 1923

American jazz bassist (1923–2020)

Eugène Ysaÿe

Belgian violinist and composer (1858–1931)

Eugénie Brazier

b. 1895

French chef (1895–1977)

Eugenie Clark

b. 1922

American ichthyologist, shark researcher and scientific scuba diver