Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

John Eales

b. 1970

Australian rugby union player

John Eccles (neurophysiologist)

Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)

John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles

b. 1931

British viscount (born 1931)

John Edrich

b. 1937

English cricketer (1937–2020)

John Edwards

b. 1953

American lawyer and politician (born 1953)

John Eekelaar

b. 1942

South African legal scholar (born 1942)

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater

b. 1623

English nobleman (1623–1686)

John Eliot (missionary)

Puritan missionary to the American Indians

John Eliot Gardiner

b. 1943

English conductor (born 1943)

John Elway

b. 1960

American football player and executive (born 1960)

John Entwistle

English musician and bassist (1944–2002)

John Ernest Adamson

English author and educator (1867–1950)

John Ernest Grabe

b. 1666

John Evans (Idaho politician)

American politician

John Everett Millais

b. 1829

British painter and illustrator (1829–1896)

John F. Kennedy

b. 1917

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

John F. Reynolds

Career officer of the United States Army

John F. Wiley

b. 1920

American football player and coach (1920–2013)

John Fante

American writer (1909–1983)

John Farnham

b. 1949

Australian singer (born 1949)

John Fell (bishop)

b. 1625

English churchman and influential academic (1625–1686)

John Ffowcs Williams

b. 1935

British engineer-scientist (1935–2020)

John Fiedler

American actor (1925–2005)

John Fisher

16th-century Bishop of Rochester