Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Alfred Nobel

b. 1833

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

Alfred Noyes

English poet (1880–1958)

Alfred P. Sloan

b. 1875

American business executive (1875–1966)

Alfred Packer

American prospector and cannibal

Alfred Peet

Dutch-American businessman

Alfred Pellan

b. 1906

Canadian artist

Alfred Ploetz

b. 1860

German eugenicist and biologist

Alfred Reed

American composer, arranger and conductor (1921–2005)

Alfred Ronalds

b. 1802

English author, artisan and Australian pioneer

Alfred Rouleau

b. 1915

Canadian businessman (1915–1985)

Alfréd Schaffer

Hungarian footballer and manager

Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter)

b. 1898

Estonian weightlifter

Alfred Schnittke

Soviet and Russian composer (1934–1998)

Alfred Shaw

b. 1842

English cricketer and rugby footballer (1842–1907)

Alfred Sisley

b. 1839

19th-century French painter

Alfred Stieglitz

American photographer (1864–1946)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

b. 1840

American naval officer, historian (1840–1914)

Alfred the Great

King of Wessex (871 – c. 886); King of the Anglo-Saxons (c. 886 – 899)

Alfred Vargas

b. 1981

Filipino actor and politician (born 1979)

Alfred Wagenknecht

b. 1881

American Marxist activist and politician (1881–1956)

Alfred Wallis

b. 1855

English painter (1855–1942)

Alfred William Rich

English artist, teacher and author (1856–1921)

Alfred Wintle

b. 1897

Recipient of the Military Cross

Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900