Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

Jacqueline Audry

French film director (1908–1977)

Jacqueline Boyer

b. 1941

French singer and actress (born 1941)

Jacqueline Brookes

American actress, acting teacher

Jacqueline Comerre-Paton

b. 1859

French painter

Jacqueline Harpman

Belgian writer (1929–2012)

Jacqueline Jones

b. 1948

American historian

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963

Jacqueline McGlade

b. 1955

British-born Canadian marine biologist and environmental informatics professor

Jacques Audiard

b. 1952

French filmmaker (born 1952)

Jacques Bergerac

b. 1927

French actor, businessman and executive (1927–2014)

Jacques Berthier

b. 1923

French composer

Jacques Bouchard

Canadian marketing executive

Jacques Brassard

b. 1940

Canadian politician

Jacques Brugnon

b. 1895

French tennis player

Jacques Canetti

b. 1909

French music executive and talent agent

Jacques Caron

b. 1940

Ice hockey player

Jacques Cassini

French astronomer (1677-1756)

Jacques Cousteau

b. 1910

French oceanographer and author (1910–1997)

Jacques de Bourbon-Busset

b. 1912

French novelist, essayist and politician

Jacques Delille

b. 1738

French Poet

Jacques Demy

b. 1931

French film director (1931–1990)

Jacques Ellul

French anarchist philosopher (1912–1994)

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin

French Navy officer and explorer

Jacques Ferron

Canadian physician and author