Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Audrey Flack

American artist (1931–2024)

Audrey Hepburn

b. 1929

British actress (1929–1993)

Audrey Niffenegger

b. 1963

American writer, artist and academic (born 1963)

Audrey Tang

b. 1981

Taiwanese politician and software programmer

Augie Auer

b. 1940

Augie Meyers

b. 1940

American musician (1940–2026)

Augoustinos Kantiotes

b. 1907

August Eigruber

b. 1907

Austrian-born Nazi politician and war criminal (1907–1947)

August Froehlich

August Hermann Francke

German clergyman and theologian (1663–1727)

August Herrmann

b. 1859

American baseball executive and political figure in Cincinnati

August Jakobson

Estonian writer and politician

August Koern

b. 1900

Estonian statesman and diplomat

August Kopisch

b. 1799

German poet and painter (1799–1853)

August Kundt

German physicist (1839–1894)

August Nilsson

Swedish athlete

August Strindberg

Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)

August von Kotzebue

b. 1761

German dramatist and writer (1761–1819)

August Wilhelm von Hofmann

German chemist (1818–1892)

August Wilson

b. 1945

American playwright (1945–2005)

August Zamoyski

b. 1893

Polish sculptor

Augusta Lundin

b. 1840

Swedish fashion designer

Auguste Herbin

b. 1882

French painter (1882–1960)

Auguste Molinier

French historian (1851–1904)