Historical figure
Explore the lives of important people from the past! Discover how these historical figures influenced the world we live in today.
Biographies (24)
Giordano Bruno
1548-1600
Renaissance thinker who imagined infinite space
Catherine de' Medici
1519-1589
Queen and regent of Renaissance France
Oda Nobunaga
1534-1582
Warlord who began Japan's unification
Marco Polo
1254-1324
Explorer who connected East and West
Ben Gold
1898-1985
Union leader who fought for workers
Minamoto no Yoritomo
1147-1199
Founder of Japan's samurai government
Takeda Shingen
1521-1573
Sengoku warlord and master strategist
Taira no Kiyomori
1118-1181
First samurai to rule Japan
Rosa Parks
1913-2005
Refused bus seat, sparked movement
Uesugi Kenshin
1530-1578
Dragon of Echigo, fearless samurai
Marie Antoinette
1755-1793
Last French Queen Before Revolution
Cesar Chavez
1927-1993
Farmworker leader and nonviolent organizer
Josephine Baker
1906-1975
Trailblazing entertainer and activist
Florence Nightingale
1820-1910
Founder of modern nursing
Harriet Tubman
c.1822-1913
Heroic conductor of the Underground Railroad
Joan of Arc
1412-1431
Teen hero who saved France
Sitting Bull
1831-1890
Legendary Lakota Sioux leader and protector
Orville Wright
1871–1948
Pioneer of powered flight
Cleopatra VII
69 BC-30 BC
Last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
Buckminster Fuller
1895-1983
Inventive architect and visionary designer
Hatshepsut
1508–1458 BCE
Ancient Egypt's first female pharaoh
Anne Frank
1929-1945
Young diarist whose words changed history
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929-1968
Dreamed of freedom for all
Desmond Tutu
1931-2021
Champion of human rights and peace