Leading Figures in History

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

62245 persons found

Walter Walsh

b. 1907

Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and sport shooter

Walter Warlimont

b. 1894

German WWII general and war criminal (1894–1976)

Walter White (Breaking Bad)

b. 1958

Breaking Bad character

Walter White (Scottish footballer)

b. 1882

Scottish footballer

Walter Woon

b. 1956

Professor of law

Walter Yust

b. 1894

American journalist and writer

Walter Zapp

Baltic German inventor (1905–2003)

Walter Zenga

b. 1960

Italian footballer and manager

Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

11th-century Anglo-Saxon earl of Northumbria

Walther Funk

German economist and politician (1890–1960)

Walther Gerlach

b. 1889

German physicist (1889–1979)

Walther Nernst

b. 1864

German physical chemist (1864–1941)

Walther Penck

German geologist (1888–1923)

Walther Rathenau

German businessman and politician (1867–1922)

Walther Stampfli

Swiss politician (1884-1965)

Walther von Brauchitsch

b. 1881

German Commander-in-Chief during World War II (1881–1948)

Walther von Dyck

German mathematician (1856–1934)

Walton Goggins

b. 1971

American actor (born 1971)

Wan Li

Chinese Communist Party leader (1916–2015)

Wanda Gág

American artist and children's writer (1893–1946)

Wanda Jackson

b. 1937

American singer, songwriter, and musician (born 1937)

Wanda Janicka

b. 1923

Polish architect (1923–2023)

Wanda Landowska

b. 1879

Polish harpsichordist and pianist (1879–1959)

Wanderléa

b. 1946

Brazilian singer (born 1944)