Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

James Dolan (businessman)

b. 1955

American businessman (born 1955)

James Dooley (New South Wales politician)

b. 1877

Australian politician (1877–1950)

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton

Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI

James Drury

b. 1934

American actor (1934–2020)

James Durbin

British statistician and econometrician

James Dyson

b. 1947

British inventor and businessman (born 1947)

James E. Brewton

American painter and printmaker (1930–1967)

James E. Rogers (attorney)

American entrepreneur and former attorney

James Earl Ray

Killer of Martin Luther King Jr. (1928–1998)

James Eberle

b. 1927

Royal Navy Admiral (1927–2018)

James F. Byrnes

b. 1879

American politician (1882–1972)

James F. Schenck

b. 1807

James F. White

b. 1935

American politician (1935–2026)

James Farnell

b. 1825

Australian politician (1825–1888)

James Faulkner (cricketer)

b. 1990

Former Australian cricketer

James Fenton

b. 1949

English poet, journalist and literary critic (born 1949)

James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)

b. 1710

Scottish astronomer (1710–1776)

James Fitz-Allen Mitchell

b. 1931

Vincentian politician (1931–2021)

James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster

b. 1722

British Army officer and politician

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick

French-English army officer (1670–1734)

James Fox

b. 1939

English actor (born 1939)

James Francis Edward Keith

b. 1696

Scottish-born army officer (1696–1758)

James Francis Edward Stuart

b. 1688

Jacobite pretender (1688–1766)

James Franciscus

American actor (1934–1991)