Leading Figures in History

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

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Reinier Kreijermaat

b. 1935

Dutch footballer

Reiulf Steen

Norwegian politician (1933–2014)

Rema (musician)

b. 2000

Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper (born 2000)

Rembert Dodoens

b. 1517

Flemish physician and botanist (1517–1585)

Remigija Nazarovienė

b. 1967

Lithuanian heptathlete

Remigius de Fécamp

11th-century Bishop of Lincoln

Remington Kellogg

American paleontologist

Remo Remotti

Italian actor, playwright, artist, and poet

Remy Ma

b. 1981

American rapper (born 1980)

Renaldo Benson

b. 1936

American musician (1936–2005)

Renata Nielsen

b. 1966

Polish-Danish long jumper

Renata of Lorraine

b. 1544

Duchess of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597

Renato Carosone

Italian musician

Renato Corona

Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012

Renaude Lapointe

Canadian journalist and Senator

Renauld I, Count of Nevers

Rendra Karno

b. 1920

Indonesian actor

René Auberjonois

b. 1940

American actor (1940–2019)

René Audet

René Barrientos

President of Bolivia (1964–1966, 1966–1969)

René Caillié

French explorer (1799–1838)

René Char

b. 1907

French poet and resistance member (1907–1988)

René Goupil

b. 1608

French Jesuit lay brother, missionary and martyr (1608–1642)

René II, Duke of Lorraine

b. 1451

Duke of Lorraine from 1473 to 1508