Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Charles Ray Hatcher

b. 1929

American serial killer (1929–1984)

Charles Read (RAAF officer)

Royal Australian Air Force senior commander

Charles Reed Bishop

American businessman, politician, and philanthropist (1822–1915)

Charles Reidpath

b. 1889

American athlete

Charles Reisner

American director and actor (1887–1962)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

b. 1868

Scottish designer and artist (1868–1928)

Charles Richet

b. 1850

French physiologist, Nobel laureate and spiritualist (1850–1935)

Charles Richter

b. 1900

Seismologist and physicist (1900–1985)

Charles Ritchie (diplomat)

b. 1906

Canadian diplomat and diarist (1906–1995)

Charles Roach

b. 1933

Canadian civil rights lawyer and activist

Charles Robert Cockerell

b. 1788

English architect, archaeologist, and writer

Charles Robert Malden

British naval officer, surveyor and educator

Charles Rocket

American actor and comedian (1949–2005)

Charles Rolls

British motoring and aviation pioneer (1877–1910)

Charles Rudolph Walgreen

b. 1873

American businessman and pharmacist (1873–1939)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck

Dutch politician (1873–1936)

Charles S. West

b. 1829

American judge (1829–1885)

Charles Saatchi

b. 1943

British businessman (born 1943)

Charles Sanders Peirce

American scientist (1839–1914)

Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden

b. 1933

British Conservative Party politician and life peer

Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie

French royalist military officer (1760–1829)

Charles Saumarez Smith

b. 1954

British art historian (born 1954)

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset

b. 1662

English peer (1662–1748)

Charles Shadwell (musician)

British conductor and bandleader (1898–1979)