Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Emerson Hart

b. 1969

American musician

Emese Szász-Kovács

b. 1982

Hungarian fencer

Emi Shinohara

b. 1963

Japanese voice actress (1963–2024)

Emidio Greco

b. 1938

Italian film director

Emiel Puttemans

b. 1947

Belgian runner

Emik Avakian

Armenian American inventor

Emil Bobu

Romanian Communist activist and politician

Emil Breitkreutz

American middle-distance runner

Emil Christian Hansen

b. 1842

Danish mycologist

Emil Cioran

Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist (1911–1995)

Emil du Bois-Reymond

b. 1818

German physician and physiologist (1818–1896)

Emil Erlenmeyer

b. 1825

German chemist (1825–1909)

Emil Fackenheim

b. 1916

German-born Canadian rabbi and philosopher (1916–2003)

Emil Fahrenkamp

b. 1885

Emil Fischer

German chemist (1852–1919)

Emil Fjellström

b. 1884

Swedish actor (1884–1944)

Emil Forsberg

b. 1991

Swedish footballer (born 1991)

Emil Fuchs (baseball)

b. 1878

American baseball executive (1878–1961)

Emil Gilels

Soviet pianist (1916–1985)

Emil Hácha

Czechoslovak politician (1872–1945)

Emil Jannings

b. 1884

German actor (1884–1950)

Emil Julius Gumbel

German mathematician and political writer

Emil Korytko

b. 1813

Polish political activist (1813–1839)

Emil Kraepelin

German psychiatrist (1856–1926)