Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Ezra Abbot

b. 1819

American biblical scholar (1819–1884)

Ezra Butler Eddy

b. 1827

Canadian politician

Ezra F. Vogel

b. 1930

American sociologist of East Asia (1930–2020)

Ezra Fitch

American lawyer

Ezra Fleischer

Romanian-Israeli Hebrew-language poet and philologist

Ezra Jack Keats

American children's writer and illustrator

Ezra Laderman

b. 1924

American composer (1924–2015)

Ezra Miller

b. 1992

American actor (born 1992)

Ezra Otis Kendall

b. 1818

American professor, astronomer and mathematician

Ezra Pound

b. 1885

American poet and critic (1885–1972)

Ezra Taft Benson

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1899–1994)

Ezzard Charles

American boxer (1921–1975)

Ezzatolah Entezami

b. 1924

Iranian actor (1924–2018)

Ezzedine Salim

71st prime minister of Iraq

Ezzelino III da Romano

Italian feudal lord (1194–1259)

F. D. Maurice

b. 1805

English Anglican socialist theologian (1805–1872)

F. D. Reeve

American poet

F. E. McWilliam

b. 1909

Northern Irish artist

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick

American lawyer (1930–2014)

F. H. Bradley

British idealist philosopher (1846–1924)

F. Holland Day

American photographer and publisher (1864–1933)

F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

b. 1782

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1827 to 1828

F. Lee Bailey

American criminal defense attorney (1933–2021)

F. Michael Rogers

United States Air Force general