Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Georg Philipp Telemann

German Baroque composer (1681–1767)

Georg Reutter

b. 1656

Georg Schumann (composer)

b. 1866

German composer (1866–1952)

Georg Siimenson

Estonian footballer (1912–1984)

Georg Simmel

German sociologist and philosopher (1858–1918)

Georg Solti

British conductor (1912–1997)

Georg Stiernhielm

Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet

Georg Sverdrup

b. 1770

Norwegian politician (1770–1850)

Georg Trakl

Austrian poet (1887–1914)

Georg Voigt (politician)

b. 1866

German politician (1866–1927)

Georg von Békésy

b. 1899

Hungarian-American biophysicist

Georg von Blumenthal

German Prince-Bishop of Ratzeburg and Bishop of Lebus

Georg von Boeselager

German noble and army officer (1915–1944)

Georg von Frundsberg

German military leader (1473–1528)

Georg von Hertling

b. 1843

Chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918

Georg von Küchler

German general (1881–1968)

Georg von Peuerbach

b. 1423

Austrian astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker (1423-1461)

Georg von Trapp

Trapp family patriarch (1880–1947)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

b. 1770

German philosopher (1770–1831)

Georg Wilhelm Richmann

b. 1711

Baltic German physicist (1711–1753)

Georg Wilhelm Steller

German biologist and explorer (1709–1746)

Georg Wilhelm von Siemens

b. 1855

German telecommunications industrialist

Georg Wittig

b. 1897

German chemist (1897–1987)

Georg Wüst

b. 1890

German oceanographer