Browse Historical People

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 133,342 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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1750s 1 people 1760s 1 people 1770s 2 people 1780s 11 people 1790s 19 people 1800s 4,443 people 1810s 3,388 people 1820s 3,805 people 1830s 6,150 people 1840s 5,741 people 1850s 5,608 people 1860s 6,243 people 1870s 6,286 people 1880s 4,010 people 1890s 5,481 people 1900s 4,386 people 1910s 6,703 people 1920s 4,917 people 1930s 5,355 people 1940s 7,428 people 1950s 7,446 people 1960s 3,743 people 1970s 2,695 people 1980s 7,965 people 1990s 6,965 people 2000s 6,343 people

133,342 people found

Ben Lanzarone

1938–2024 composer, pianist Brooklyn

Ben Lear

1879–1966 event rider, military personnel Hamilton

Ben Lovett

b. 2001 rugby league player

Ben M. Cherrington

Ben Maguire

b. 1991 politician Truro

Ben Mangen

b. 2007 gymnast

Ben Markson

1892–1971 screenwriter Creston

Ben Mason

b. 1999 American football player Newtown

Ben McCartney

b. 2001 ice hockey player

Ben Miller

Ben Miller

b. 1999 Australian rules football player

Ben Nicholson

1894–1982 artist, designer, painter, sculptor Buckinghamshire

Ben Pattison

b. 2001 athletics competitor Frimley

Ben Polidori

b. 1989 association football player, computer scientist, politician Esch-sur-Alzette

Ben Purrington

b. 1996 association football player Exeter

Ben Riley

Ben Robertshaw

Captain

Ben S. Allen

Chief, Public Information Division, Food Administration

Ben Saraf

b. 2006 basketball player Johannesburg

Ben Schoeman

1905–1986 minister, politician Johannesburg

Ben Schumacher

b. 2008 gymnast

Ben Schwartzwalder

1909–1993 American football player, coach Point Pleasant

Ben Shibe

1838–1922 baseball player, executive

Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin

1902–1968 neurologist, physician Białystok

Ben Smulders

b. 1960 judge

Ben Spider

b. 1970 author, visual artist Zurich

Ben Stadler

b. 2008 gymnast

Ben T. Gunter

1856–1939 politician Accomack County

Ben T. Gunter Jr.

1902–1980 politician Accomack County

Ben Tenner

b. 2001 Düsseldorf

Ben Tillett

Ben Tillman

Senator

Ben Trbojevic

b. 2001 rugby league player Sydney

Ben Verweij

1895–1951 association football player Medan

Ben Vickers

b. 1986 curator, technologist, writer

Ben Wang

b. 2000 actor Beijing

Ben Weinreb

1912–1999 bookseller, historian Halifax

Ben Wells

Ben Wiggins

b. 2005 sport cyclist Ormskirk

Ben Williams

I.

Ben Williamson

b. 2001 association football player

Ben Wolfer

b. 2009 gymnast

Ben Wright

1915–1989 actor, television actor London

Ben van Gelder

1918–2003 association football player

Ben van Zwieten

1924–2012 politician Vlaardingen

Ben-Tsiyon Mutsafi

b. 1946 rabbi Jerusalem

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel

1880–1953 rabbi Jerusalem

Benair C. Sawyer

1822–1908 politician

Benajah Harvey Carroll

1843–1914 missionary, preacher, scholar, teacher, theologian, writer Carroll County

Benali Boudghène

1934–1960 independence fighter Tlemcen