Leading Figures in History

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

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Oscar Hammerstein I

b. 1846

German-American impresario (1846–1919)

Oscar Hiljemark

b. 1992

Swedish footballer (born 1992)

Óscar Mingueza

b. 1999

Spanish footballer (born 1999)

Oscar Rabin

b. 1899

British bandleader (1899–1958)

Oscar von Gebhardt

German Lutheran theologian (1844-1906)

Oscar Zariski

b. 1899

Russian-American mathematician (1899–1986)

Osgood Perkins (actor, born 1892)

b. 1892

American actor (1892–1937)

Oskar Fischinger

b. 1900

German-American animator, filmmaker, and painter (1900–1967)

Oskar Rosenfeld

b. 1884

Austrian writer and journalist

Oskar Schindler

b. 1908

German industrialist and humanitarian (1908–1974)

Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt

German Major in the Wehrmacht

Oskari Tokoi

b. 1873

Finnish socialist (1873–1963)

Osman Achmatowicz

b. 1899

Polish professor of chemistry (1899–1988)

Osman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 to 1622

Osric of Northumbria

King of Northumbria

Östen Mäkitalo

Swedish electrical engineer (1938–2011)

Oswald Boelcke

b. 1891

German World War I flying ace (1891–1916)

Oswald Spengler

German philosopher (1880–1936)

Oswald Teichmüller

b. 1913

German mathematician (1913–1943)

Oswald Veblen

b. 1880

American mathematician (1880–1960)

Oswaldo Negri Jr.

b. 1964

Brazilian racing driver from São Paulo (born 1964)

Oswaldo Vigas

Venezuelan painter and muralist (1923–2014)

Otakar Motejl

Czech lawyer and politician (1932–2010)

Otfrid Foerster

German neurologist and neurosurgeon