Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Edmund Burke

Anglo-Irish politician and philosopher (1729–1797)

Edmund C. Tarbell

b. 1862

American painter (1862–1938)

Edmund Calamy the Elder

English Presbyterian leader (1600–1666)

Edmund Cartwright

b. 1743

British inventor (1743–1823)

Edmund Crispin

British composer and crime novelist (1921–1978)

Edmund Crouchback

English nobleman (1245–1296)

Edmund Dudley

English administrator (died 1510)

Edmund Dulac

b. 1882

French-British illustrator (1882–1953)

Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel

b. 1285

English nobleman (1285–1326)

Edmund G. Ross

American politician (1826–1907)

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent

English administrator, nobleman and magnate

Edmund Grindal

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1576 to 1583

Edmund Gwenn

English actor (1877–1959)

Edmund Hillary

b. 1919

New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)

Edmund Hirst

British chemist

Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent

English nobleman

Edmund Husserl

Austrian-German philosopher (1859–1938)

Edmund I

King of the English from 939 to 946

Edmund Ignatius Rice

b. 1762

Catholic missionary (1762–1844)

Edmund James Flynn

Premier of Quebec from 1896 to 1897

Edmund Joensen

b. 1944

Faroese politician

Edmund Kean

b. 1787

English actor (1787–1833)

Edmund Kennedy

b. 1818

Australian explorer (1818-1848)

Edmund Kirby Smith

b. 1824

Confederate States Army general (1824–1893)