Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Georges Vanier

b. 1888

Governor General of Canada from 1959 to 1967

Georges Vedel

b. 1910

French public law professor

Georges Wolinski

b. 1934

French cartoonist (1934–2015)

Georges-Casimir Dessaulles

Canadian politician

Georges-Emmanuel Clancier

b. 1914

French poet, novelist, and journalist

Georges-Henri Bousquet

b. 1900

French jurist, economist and Islamologist

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist (1701–1788)

Georgette Agutte

French painter and sculptor (1867–1922)

Georgette Heyer

English writer (1902–1974)

Georgi Asparuhov

b. 1943

Bulgarian footballer (1943–1971)

Georgi Benkovski

Bulgarian revolutionary

Georgi Dakov

b. 1967

Bulgarian high jumper

Georgi Dimitrov

b. 1882

Leader of Bulgaria from 1946 to 1949

Georgi Ivanov (cosmonaut)

b. 1940

Bulgarian cosmonaut (born 1940)

Georgi Markov

Bulgarian dissident writer (1929–1978)

Georgi Parvanov

b. 1957

President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012

Georgi Plekhanov

Russian Marxist theorist and philosopher (1856–1918)

Georgia Douglas Johnson

b. 1880

American poet and playwright (1880–1966)

Georgia Engel

b. 1948

American actress (1948–2019)

Georgia Gibbs

b. 1919

American jazz and pop singer (1919–2006)

Georgia Godwin

b. 1997

Australian artistic gymnast

Georgia Hale

b. 1900

American silent actress (1900–1985)

Georgia Louise Harris Brown

b. 1918

African American architect

Georgia O'Keeffe

b. 1887

American modernist artist (1887–1986)