Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Robert Donat

English actor (1905–1958)

Robert Dorning

b. 1913

English musician, ballet dancer and actor (1913–1989)

Robert Downey Sr.

b. 1936

American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1936–2021)

Robert Doyle

b. 1953

Australian politician

Robert Drasnin

American composer and clarinet player (1927–2015)

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

b. 1532

English statesman (1532–1588)

Robert E. Gilka

American photojournalist

Robert E. Gross (businessman)

b. 1897

American businessman

Robert E. Howard

American pulp fiction writer (1906–1936)

Robert Earl Hughes

b. 1926

World's heaviest person without walking assistance

Robert Elliott (actor, born 1944)

b. 1944

American actor (1944–2004)

Robert Englund

b. 1947

American actor and director (born 1947)

Robert Evans

b. 1930

American film producer (1930–2019)

Robert Everett (computer scientist)

b. 1921

American computer scientist (1921–2018)

Robert F. Christy

b. 1916

Canadian-American physicist (1916–2012)

Robert F. Furchgott

American biochemist (1916–2009)

Robert F. Kennedy

American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)

Robert Falcon Scott

b. 1868

British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912)

Robert Farnon

Canadian-born composer and arranger (1917–2005)

Robert Fayrfax

b. 1464

English composer (1464–1521)

Robert Filmer

English political theorist (c. 1588–1653)

Robert FitzRoy

Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

Robert Fogel

American economist and Nobel laureate (1926–2013)

Robert Forster (musician)

b. 1957

Musical artist