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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133,342 people found

Alain Desjacques

1956–2020

Alain Ehrenberg

b. 1950 Director of Research at CNRS, sociologist Paris

Alain Eizmendi

b. 1990 association football player Beasain

Alain Estève

1946–2023 rugby union player Castelnaudary

Alain Giffard

b. 1952 administrateur civil (France)

Alain Howiller

1939–2022 journalist Strasbourg

Alain Jean-Marie

b. 1945 composer, jazz musician, music director Pointe-à-Pitre

Alain Le Breton

1888–1964 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Plobannalec-Lesconil

Alain Leygonie

b. 1942 writer Meyssac

Alain Maucorps

1912–1990 Catholic priest, pastor, university teacher Constantinople

Alain Moglia

b. 1943 conductor, violinist Montargis

Alain Monges

b. 1950 hairdresser, make-up artist Ho Chi Minh City

Alain Paul Lebeaupin

1945–2021 Catholic priest, theologian 11th arrondissement of Paris

Alain Portes

b. 1961 handball coach, handball player Béziers

Alain Recoing

1924–2013 actor, director, puppet designer, puppeteer, teacher, theatrical director Montmorency

Alain Resnais

1922–2014 actor, cinematographer, director, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter Vannes

Alain Robbe-Grillet

1922–2008 actor, agricultural engineer, audiobook narrator, director, essayist, film director, literary critic, novelist, screenwriter, writer Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon

Alain Rémy

b. 1952 diplomat Paris

Alain Schneider

b. 1952 Wikimedian, activist, diplomat, teacher, trade unionist Saint-Mandé

Alain Vanier

b. 1945 psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, university teacher Boulogne-Billancourt

Alain Vernay

1918–2015 journalist Nantes

Alain de Bussac

b. 1938 author, illustrator, photographer, printer, publisher

Alain de Fournas-Labrosse

1902–1971 military personnel 15th arrondissement of Paris

Alain de Rohan, 12th Duke de Montbazon et de Bouillon

1853–1914 chamberlain, military personnel, politician, soldier

Alain de Rouvray

b. 1943 entrepreneur, materials scientist

Alain de Sérigny

1912–1986 journalist Nantes

Alaina Castillo

b. 1999 ASMR artist, singer Houston

Alaine Chartrand

b. 1996 figure skater Brockville

Alaitz Melgar Agirre

b. 1984 teacher, writer Barakaldo

Alajdin Abazi

b. 1942 physicist, university teacher Tetovo

Alajos Daruváry

1826–1912 jurist Kalocsa

Alajos Györgyi Giergl

1821–1863 painter Pest

Alajos Landau

1833–1884 photographer, teacher Pest

Alajos Németh

b. 1956 audio engineer, composer, lyricist, manufacturer, musician Budapest

Alajos Szabóky

1873–1931 politician, statistician Budapest

Alak Ray

b. 1951 astrophysicist India

Alakbar Mammadov

1930–2014 association football coach, association football player Baku

Alakbar Salahzada

1941–2013 poet Cimi

Alan Blakley

1942–1996 guitarist, record producer, songwriter Bromley

Alan Bunce

1900–1965 actor, radio drama actor, television actor Westfield

Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart

1919–1999 military personnel, politician

Alan Charles Lynn Day

b. 1924 economist, professor

Alan Colmes

1950–2017 journalist, radio personality New York City

Alan Connell

1923–1999 racing automobile driver, racing driver

Alan Cumming

b. 1996 athletics competitor

Alan Curtis

1909–1953 actor, film actor Chicago

Alan Dennis Clark

b. 1945 physicist London

Alan Dershowitz

b. 1938 art collector, lawyer, screenwriter, university teacher Brooklyn

Alan Duff

b. 1950 screenwriter, writer Rotorua

Alan Fairfax

1906–1955 cricketer New South Wales