Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Alfred Henry O'Keeffe

b. 1858

New Zealand artist and teacher

Alfred Hermann Fried

Austrian Jewish pacifist and publicist (1864–1921)

Alfred Hershey

American bacteriologist and geneticist (1908–1997)

Alfred Hitchcock

English filmmaker (1899–1980)

Alfred Hoche

German psychiatrist (1865–1943)

Alfred Horace Gerrard

b. 1899

English sculptor (1899–1998)

Alfred Horatio Belo

American newspaper founder (1839–1901)

Alfred Hui

b. 1988

Hong Kong singer and dentist

Alfred Jodl

b. 1890

German general and war criminal (1890–1946)

Alfred Karindi

b. 1901

Estonian organist and composer

Alfred Kastler

b. 1902

German-born French physicist (1902–1984)

Alfred Kinsey

b. 1894

American scientist (1894–1956)

Alfred Korzybski

b. 1879

Polish-American scholar and philosopher (1879–1950)

Alfred Kroeber

b. 1876

American anthropologist (1876–1960)

Alfred Kubel

b. 1909

German politician (1909–1999)

Alfred Laliberté

b. 1878

Canadian artist (1877-1953)

Alfred Lépine

b. 1901

Canadian ice hockey player

Alfred Lunt

American actor (1892–1977)

Alfred Marshall

b. 1842

British economist (1842–1924)

Alfred Miodowicz

b. 1929

Polish politician (1929–2021)

Alfred Molina

b. 1953

British and American actor (born 1953)

Alfred Moore

b. 1755

US Supreme Court justice from 1800 to 1804

Alfred Noyes

English poet (1880–1958)

Alfred P. Sloan

b. 1875

American business executive (1875–1966)