Leading Figures in History

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

21511 persons found

Lucy Shuker

b. 1980

British wheelchair tennis player

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

British fashion designer and Titanic survivor (1863–1935)

Ludovic Orban

b. 1963

Prime Minister of Romania from 2019 to 2020

Ludovico Carracci

b. 1555

Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1555–1619)

Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua

b. 1412

Marquis of Mantua from 1444 to 1478

Ludovico Manin

b. 1725

Last Doge of Venice from 1789 to 1797

Ludovico Scarfiotti

Italian racing driver (1933–1968)

Ludovico Sforza

Duke of Milan (1452–1508)

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

b. 1839

Danish politician (1839–1912)

Ludvig Karsten

b. 1876

Norwegian painter (1876–1926)

Ludvig Schytte

b. 1848

Danish composer, pianist, and teacher

Lúðvík Bergvinsson

b. 1964

Icelandic politician (born 1964)

Ludvík Vaculík

Czech writer and journalist (1926–2015)

Ludwig Adamovich Jr.

Austrian constitutional scholar (1932–2024)

Ludwig August Lebrun

b. 1752

German oboist and composer

Ludwig Augustinsson

b. 1994

Swedish footballer (born 1994)

Ludwig Bechstein

German writer and fairy tale collector (1801–1860)

Ludwig Beck

b. 1880

German general (1880–1944)

Ludwig Bemelmans

b. 1898

Austrian and American writer (1898–1962)

Ludwig Bölkow

b. 1912

German aerospace engineer (1912–2003)

Ludwig Büchner

German philosopher and scientist (1824–1899)

Ludwig Erhard

Chancellor of West Germany from 1963 to 1966

Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen

19th-century Bavarian general

Ludwig G. Strauss

German physician (1949–2013)