Leading Figures in History

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

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Roger Ball (musician)

b. 1944

Scottish musician

Roger Boisjoly

b. 1938

American aerodynamics engineer (1938–2012)

Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

b. 1621

Anglo-Irish soldier and politician (1621–1679)

Roger Bresnahan

b. 1879

American baseball player and manager (1879–1944)

Roger Briggs

b. 1952

American composer, conductor and pianist (b.1952)

Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)

b. 1942

American basketball player (1942–1997)

Roger Corman

American film director, producer, and actor (1926–2024)

Roger Cotes

English mathematician (1682–1716)

Roger D. Kornberg

b. 1947

American biochemist and professor of structural biology

Roger de Flor

Italian military adventurer and condottiere

Roger de Moulins

Eighth Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester

Anglo-Norman-Scottish nobleman

Roger Deakins

b. 1949

British cinematographer

Roger Doucet

b. 1919

Canadian opera singer

Roger Ebert

b. 1942

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

Roger Fisher (academic)

b. 1922

American legal scholar (1922–2012)

Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman

b. 1942

British politician (1942–2025)

Roger Garaudy

French philosopher and politician (1913 – 2012)

Roger Graef

b. 1936

American-born British filmmaker (1936–2022)

Roger Grimsby

American TV news journalist (1928–1995)

Roger Guerreiro

b. 1982

Brazilian-born footballer

Roger I of Sicily

Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101

Roger J. Traynor

American judge (1900–1983)

Roger Johnson (footballer)

b. 1983

English footballer (born 1983)