Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Rob Womack

b. 1971

British Paralympic shot putter and discus thrower

Robbie Kerr (Australian cricketer)

b. 1961

Australian cricketer

Robbie McEwen

b. 1972

Australian cyclist (born 1972)

Robbie Neilson

b. 1980

Scottish football manager (born 1980)

Robbie Ross

b. 1869

British journalist and art critic; lover of Oscar Wilde (1869–1918)

Robbie Vincent

b. 1947

British radio DJ

Robby Naish

b. 1963

American athlete and entrepreneur (born 1963)

Robby Steinhardt

b. 1950

American rock violinist (1950–2021)

Robby Thompson

b. 1962

American baseball player (born 1962)

Robert (archbishop of Trier)

Archbishop, politician, patron and reformer (died 956)

Robert A. Boyd

b. 1918

Robert A. Heinlein

American author and engineer (1907–1988)

Robert Abercromby (Jesuit)

Scottish Jesuit missionary

Robert Aickman

b. 1914

British writer and conservationist (1914–1981)

Robert Alda

American actor (1914–1986)

Robert Arnauld d'Andilly

b. 1589

French conseiller d'État and writer (1589–1674)

Robert Asprin

American science fiction and fantasy author (1946–2008)

Robert Atkins (physician)

American physician (1930–2003)

Robert Aumann

b. 1930

Israeli-American mathematician (born 1930)

Robert Axelrod (actor)

b. 1949

American actor (1949–2019)

Robert B. Meyner

American politician (1908–1990)

Robert B. Weide

b. 1959

Screenwriter, producer, director, documentarian

Robert Bacon

American diplomat (1860–1919)

Robert Baldock

14th-century Bishop of Norwich-elect and Chancellor of England