Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Ermengarde of Anjou (died 1146)

French noblewoman

Erna Berger

German soprano

Erna Scheffler

German judge

Erna Schneider Hoover

b. 1926

American mathematician, software engineer, and inventor (born 1926)

Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover

b. 1771

King of Hanover from 1837 to 1851

Ernest Bertrand Boland

b. 1925

American priest (1925–2023)

Ernest Borgnine

American actor (1917–2012)

Ernest Bullock

English organist, composer, teacher (1890–1979)

Ernest Chausson

French composer (1855–1899)

Ernest de Silva

Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure

Ernest Duchesne

b. 1874

French physician

Ernest Fox Nichols

American physicist and educator (1869–1924)

Ernest Graves Sr.

United States Army general

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

Ernest Hogan

Vaudeville performer (1865–1909)

Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick

b. 1497

Duke of Brunswick

Ernest Joyce

Royal Naval seaman and explorer

Ernest Kirkendall

b. 1914

American chemist and metallurgist (1914–2005)

Ernest Lehman

American screenwriter (1915–2005)

Ernest MacMillan

Canadian conductor

Ernest Mason Satow

b. 1843

British diplomat, scholar and Japanologist (1843–1929)

Ernest Nash

Ernest Noel

Ernest of Bavaria (1500–1560)

b. 1500

German administrator of Passau and Salzburg, pledge lord of the County of Glatz