Leading Figures in History

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

24411 persons found

Jean Sutherland Boggs

b. 1922

Canadian academic (1922–2014)

Jean Tigana

b. 1955

French football manager (born 1955)

Jean Tinguely

b. 1925

Swiss sculptor (1925–1991)

Jean Vallerand

Canadian musician (1915–1994)

Jean Van Houtte

Belgian politician

Jean Vautrin

French writer, filmmaker and film critic

Jean Victor Allard

Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff (1966–1969)

Jean Vigo

b. 1905

French film director (1905–1934)

Jean-Antoine Nollet

French physicist (1700–1770)

Jean-Baptiste Accolay

b. 1833

Violinist, conductor and composer

Jean-Baptiste Bagaza

President of Burundi from 1976 to 1987

Jean-Baptiste Barrière

b. 1707

French cellist and composer (1707–1747)

Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès

French geographer, author and translator

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

French Marshal (1768–1813)

Jean-Baptiste Biot

b. 1774

French physicist (1774–1862)

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens

b. 1704

French philosopher and writer (1704–1771)

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

b. 1651

French priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

French Royal Army officer (1725–1807)

Jean-Baptiste du Casse

French Navy officer, privateer, slave trader and colonial administrator

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

b. 1762

French Marshal (1762–1833)

Jean-Baptiste Kléber

French army officer and architect (1753–1800)

Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle

French geologist (1736–1790)

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray

b. 1760

French writer and diplomat (1760–1797)

Jean-Baptiste Stuck

b. 1680