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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
Explore rulers, generals, thinkers, scientists and reformers who shaped world history. Search for a specific person, or browse by era, region, country and A–Z.
Classical World Historical Figures
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Paul the Apostle
5–67Middle EastIsrael
He never met Jesus and spent years persecuting his followers — then had a conversion experience on a road to Damascus that changed the direction of world history.
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Plato
-427–-347OtherGreece
He recorded conversations with a man who wrote nothing, and in doing so created texts that shaped Western philosophy for two and a half thousand years.
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Pompey the Great
-106–-48EuropeItaly
He was the most celebrated Roman general of his age, until Caesar's victories in Gaul made his own look modest — a rivalry that helped end the republic.
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