Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

John Paul Young

b. 1950

Australian singer (born 1950)

John Payne (actor)

b. 1912

American actor (1912–1989)

John Peltz

b. 1861

American baseball player (1861–1906)

John Penry

Welsh protestant martyr (1563–1593)

John Perdue

b. 1950

American politician

John Pitcairn

British military officer (1722–1775)

John Podhoretz

b. 1961

American writer (born 1961)

John Popham (judge)

English judge and politician (died 1607)

John Postgate (microbiologist)

b. 1922

English microbiologist

John Powell (discus thrower)

b. 1947

American athlete (1947–2022)

John Prescott

b. 1938

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

John Pritchard (bishop)

b. 1948

British bishop

John Putnam Chapin

b. 1810

American politician

John Q. A. Brackett

b. 1842

American politician

John Quelch (pirate)

English pirate

John Quincy Marr

First Confederate officer killed in the American Civil War (1825–1861)

John R. Deane Jr.

b. 1919

United States Army general

John Rainolds

English theologian (1549–1607)

John Ralston Saul

b. 1947

Canadian writer and political philosopher

John Randolph (actor)

b. 1915

American actor (1915–2004)

John Randolph of Roanoke

b. 1773

American politician (1773–1833)

John Redwood

b. 1951

British politician (born 1951)

John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan

b. 1947

Scottish politician (born 1947)

John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

British broadcasting executive and politician (1889–1971)