Leading Figures in History

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

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Odette Laure

French actress and singer

Odilo Globocnik

b. 1904

Austrian Nazi, SS officer, and Holocaust perpetrator (1904–1945)

Odilon Redon

b. 1840

French painter (1840–1916)

Odion Ighalo

b. 1989

Nigerian footballer (born 1989)

Odo I, Count of Troyes

Count of Troyes

Odo II of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy from 1143 to 1162

Ödön Lechner

Hungarian architect

Ödön von Horváth

Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist (1901–1938)

Odysseas Androutsos

Greek military leader (c. 1788 – 1825)

Odysseas Vlachodimos

b. 1994

Greek footballer (born 1994)

Ogata Kōrin

Japanese visual artist (1658–1716)

Ogden Nash

American poet (1902–1971)

Ogden Reid

b. 1925

American politician (1925–2019)

Oguchi Onyewu

b. 1982

American soccer player (born 1982)

Oğuz Abadan

b. 1950

Turkish musician (born 1950)

Ogyen Trinley Dorje

b. 1985

Tibetan Lama

Oh Hye-ri

b. 1988

South Korean taekwondo athlete (born 1988)

Okada Izō

Japanese samurai (1838–1865)

Okan Demiriş

Turkish composer

Oktay Rıfat Horozcu

Turkish writer and playwright

Ōkubo Toshimichi

Japanese statesman (1830–1878)

Ola John

b. 1992

Dutch association football player

Ola Kvernberg

b. 1981

Norwegian jazz musician

Ola Ullsten

b. 1931

Swedish politician and diplomat (1931–2018)