Welcome back Create your account Log in to save streaks and chat history. Save streaks, games, and lots more Talk conversations. New here? Create an account Already have an account? Log in Historical Figures Meet the people who shaped our world. Explore their portraits, read their stories — then start a conversation with them, in their own voice and from their own time. 1085 historical figures 1300 BC–1213 BC Pharaoh of Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BC Pharaoh of Egypt from 1479 to 1425 BC Cyrus the Great Alexander the Great Military commander, King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC) Roman politician and general (83–30 BC) Emperor of China from 221 to 210 BC Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117 Hasdrubal Barca Roman emperor from AD 37 to 41 Constantine the Great Roman emperor from 306 to 337 Roman emperor from 117 to 138 Marcus Aurelius Roman emperor from 161 to 180 Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi Sufi mystic and poet (1207–1273) Empress Matilda Harun al-Rashid Saint Francis of Assisi Italian Catholic saint (c. 1181–1226) Eleanor of Aquitaine Frederick Barbarossa Henry II of England Leonardo da Vinci Italian polymath (1452–1519) French folk heroine and saint (1412–1431) Suleiman the Magnificent Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520–1566) Amerigo Vespucci Johannes Gutenberg Lucrezia Borgia Mehmed the Conqueror Elizabeth Tudor Henry the Navigator Galileo Galilei Italian physicist and astronomer (1564–1642) King of England from 1509 to 1547 Italian artist and architect (1475–1564) William Shakespeare English playwright and poet (1564–1616) Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 German priest, theologian and author (1483–1546) Nicolaus Copernicus Mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543) Lorenzo de' Medici Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord George Frideric Handel Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan Christopher Wren Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Klemens von Metternich Pauline Bonaparte Benjamin Franklin American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790) English polymath (1642–1727) Napoleon Bonaparte French general and emperor (1769–1821) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer (1756–1791) Catherine the Great Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 Johann Sebastian Bach German composer (1685–1750) Marie Antoinette Queen of France from 1774 to 1792 Thomas Jefferson Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 Alessandro Volta Alexander Hamilton Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke Alexandre Dumas French writer and dramatist (1802–1870) Charles de Gaulle French general and statesman (1890–1970) Eleanor Roosevelt American diplomat and activist (1884–1962) Italian racing driver, engineer and entrepreneur (1898–1988) French civil engineer (1832–1923) Russian writer (1828–1910) Danish theoretical physicist (1885–1962) David Ben-Gurion Elisabeth of Bavaria a.k.a Sissi George S. Patton Industrial Revolution Abraham Lincoln President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882) Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 Ludwig van Beethoven German composer (1770–1827) Otto von Bismarck Chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890 American inventor and businessman (1847–1931) Isambard Kingdom Brunel John Wilkes Booth Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 Albert Einstein German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955) Indian independence activist (1869–1948)

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934) Bertrand Russell Mathematician and philosopher Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States from 1933 to 1945 Harry S. Truman President of the United States from 1945 to 1953 German Nazi politician and military leader (1893–1946) German philosopher and socialist theorist (1818–1883) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Founder of Turkey (c. 1881–1938) Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943) Colonel Sanders Early 20th Century President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 English physicist and biologist (1916–2004) Heinrich Himmler German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945) American author and humorist (1835–1910) Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997) Richard Feynman American theoretical physicist (1918–1988) President of the United States from 1969 to 1974 President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 Jackie Robinson Interwar & WWII American singer and actor (1935–1977) English musician and activist (1940–1980) Martin Luther King American civil rights activist (1929–1968) Sir Paul McCartney English musician (born 1942) Gabriel García Márquez Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014) George Harrison English musician (1943–2001) American guitarist and singer (1942–1995) UN Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006 Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 English musician (born 1943) Mikhail Gorbachev Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 English musician and actor (born 1940) President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 Freddie Mercury British rock musician (1946–1991) John F. Kennedy President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953 Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 American media personality and proprietor (born 1954) American actor and rapper (born 1968) Alexander Fleming Scottish physician and microbiologist (1881–1955) Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 Brazilian racing driver (1960–1994) Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist (1945–1981) Late 20th Century American singer (born 1981) President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025) English singer, songwriter and actor (born 1994) American basketball player (born 1984) Leader of China from 1949 to 1976 Scarlett Johansson American actress (born 1984) English singer-songwriter (born 1988) Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998) Leader of China from 1978 to 1989 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 American guitarist (1942–1970) American singer (1943–1971) Arnold Schwarzenegger Austrian and American bodybuilder, actor and politician (born 1947) Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present) King of the United Kingdom since 2022 Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967) Emmanuel Macron President of France since 2017 Italian-American physicist (1901–1954) Israeli actress (born 1985) American singer-songwriter (born 1969) American actress (born 1966) American rapper (born 1969) President of the United States from 2021 to 2025 Leader of North Korea since 2011 Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne Alexander McQueen Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kin Charles M. Schulz American boxer and activist (1942–2016) Other Notable Figures Augustus Caesar Chinese philosopher (c. 551 – c. 479 BCE) Roman emperor from AD 54 to 68 Canadian-American TV personality (1940–2020) Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BC) President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 French fashion designer (1883–1971) Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. George Washington U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797 Joseph Goebbels German Nazi propaganda minister (1897–1945) Daily history in your inbox. Free. We use cookies to improve your experience.