Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II

b. 675

Indian king (705–745)

Pervis Jackson

b. 1938

Musical artist

Pesah Grupper

Israeli politician (1924–2013)

Petar Mladenov

Final leader of Communist Bulgaria (1989–90); first President of Bulgaria (1990)

Pete Browning

b. 1861

American baseball player (1861–1905)

Pete Byrne

b. 1954

English singer (born 1954)

Pete Candoli

b. 1923

American jazz trumpeter (1923–2008)

Pete Conrad

b. 1930

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)

Pete Domenici

b. 1932

American politician (1932–2017)

Pete George

b. 1929

American weightlifter (1929–2021)

Pete Ham

b. 1947

Welsh musician (1947–1975)

Pete Hegseth

b. 1980

American government official and television personality (born 1980)

Pete Maravich

b. 1947

American basketball player (1947–1988)

Pete McCloskey

American politician (1927–2024)

Pete Robinson (drag racer)

b. 1933

American drag racer

Pete Sandoval

b. 1964

American drummer

Pete Sears

b. 1948

English rock musician

Pete Seeger

b. 1919

American musician and social activist (1919–2014)

Pete Shelley

b. 1955

English singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

Pete Smith (announcer)

b. 1939

Australian radio announcer and television voice-over artist (born 1939)

Pete Townshend

b. 1945

English musician (born 1945)

Pete Wentz

b. 1979

American musician (born 1979)

Peter Abelard

French philosopher (c. 1079–1142)

Peter Agricola

b. 1525

German scholar and diplomat (1525–1585)