Leading Figures in History

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

24411 persons found

Friedrich Laun

b. 1770

German novelist

Friedrich Loeffler

b. 1852

German bacteriologist (1852–1915)

Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer

b. 1781

German historian (1781–1873)

Friedrich Martens

Legal scholar, Imperial Russian diplomat (1845–1909)

Friedrich Pollock

b. 1894

German social scientist and philosopher

Friedrich Robert Faehlmann

Estonian writer

Friedrich Rückert

b. 1788

German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866)

Friedrich Schiller

German playwright (1759–1805)

Friedrich Schorlemmer

b. 1944

German Protestant theologian (1944–2024)

Friedrich Sertürner

b. 1783

German pharmacist (1783 – 1841)

Friedrich Spanheim

German Calvinist theologian

Friedrich Theodor Vischer

b. 1807

German novelist, poet, playwright, and writer (1807–1887)

Friedrich von Flotow

b. 1812

German composer (1812–1883)

Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard

German archaeologist (1795–1867)

Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin

b. 1810

German classical scholar

Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck

German general, diplomat, and writer (1783–1860)

Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel

b. 1934

German politician (1934–2022)

Frigyes Karinthy

b. 1887

Hungarian writer (1887–1938)

Frithjof Schuon

b. 1907

Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907–1998)

Frits Philips

b. 1905

Dutch businessman (1905–2005)

Fritz Albert Lipmann

b. 1899

German-American biochemist

Fritz Bauer

German judge (1903–1968)

Fritz Feigl

b. 1891

Austrian chemist (1891–1971)

Fritz Hart

British composer (1874–1949)