Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Albert Coates (musician)

b. 1882

English conductor and composer (1882–1953)

Albert Cohen (novelist)

b. 1895

Greek-born Swiss novelist (1895–1981)

Albert Costa

b. 1975

Spanish tennis player (born 1975)

Albert Dubout

b. 1905

French painter (1905–1976)

Albert Dunstan

b. 1882

Australian politician (1882–1950)

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo

Cameroonian footballer (1989-2014)

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)

Albert Ellis

American psychologist (1913–2007)

Albert F. Mummery

English mountaineer and author (1855–1895)

Albert Finney

b. 1936

English actor (1936–2019)

Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

b. 1553

Duke of Prussia from 1568 to 1618

Albert Gallatin

American politician, diplomat, and scholar (1761–1849)

Albert Ghiorso

b. 1915

American nuclear scientist

Albert Giraud

b. 1860

Belgian poet

Albert Gleizes

French painter (1881–1953)

Albert Gottschalk

b. 1866

Danish painter

Albert Gustaf Dahlman

Swedish executioner (1848–1920)

Albert Hammond

b. 1944

British-Gibraltarian musician, producer (born 1944)

Albert Hofmann

Swiss chemist (1906–2008)

Albert I of Germany

King of Germany from 1298 to 1308

Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

b. 1336

German nobleman (1336–1404)

Albert I, Prince of Monaco

Prince of Monaco from 1889 to 1922

Albert II (monkey)

First primate and first mammal in space

Albert II of Belgium

b. 1934

King of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013