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Historical Figures
Big Lives. Little-known Facts. Great, unknown stories hide inside history—every Wednesday, we dig up what you don't know about the icons you do know. Hosts Carter and Vanessa bring history t...
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Listen to Historical Figures, a Society & Culture podcast by Spotify Studios. Stream 71 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 71 episodesFather Miguel Hidalgo
For centuries, Mexico lived under the rule of Spain. In that time, a discriminatory caste system was created to keep non-Europeans in their...
Pope Gregory XIII
Best remembered for his invention of the calendar we still use today, Pope Gregory XIII became a voice for reform in the Catholic Church by...
Mansa Musa
This 14th Century sultan of Mali became renowned for being the richest man who ever lived. During his 25-year reign, he helped Mali become o...
Professor Margaret Murray
A first-wave feminist of the 1800s and 1900s, Professor Margaret Murray was known as both "The Old Woman of Egyptology" and "The Grandmother...
Toussaint L'Ouverture
In the 1790s, Toussaint L’Ouverture emerges as a leading member of the most successful slave revolt in the Americas. This led to the formati...
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf married as a teenager and was a mother of four before she had a college degree. But her remarkable life was characteri...
Rosa Parks
In December 1955, Rosa Parks made history by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her resolve In the face of unfair treatment...
Louis Pasteur
Anyone who has ever enjoyed a wine and cheese night owes their good time to Louis Pasteur. This 19th century microbiologist and chemist deve...
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher was Britain's first woman Prime Minister. For more than a decade, she spearheaded conservative politics from a seat of pow...
Diana, Princess of Wales
In July 1981, Princess Diana became the first non-royal to marry into the British Royal family in centuries. As the Princess of Wales, she b...
Muhammad Ali
Today, Muhammad Ali is one of the most celebrated athletes and activists in history, but he was not always so appreciated. In 1969, Ali was...
James "Jesse" Owens
Jesse Owens broke four world records in a single day. Even after facing down the bigotry of Hitler's Germany in the 1936 Olympics, he return...
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Bach never knew it during his lifetime, but he revolutionized classical music. Centuries after his death in 1750, Bach is known as on...
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai
Born in 1940 in British-occupied Kenya, Wangarĩ Muta Maathai learned at a young age how the environment and poverty were inextricably linked...
Max Planck
As one of the earliest pioneers in the field of quantum physics in the late 19th century, Max Planck would work with his protege, Albert Ein...
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
The prize most coveted by the best and brightest minds in society owes its name to one man: Alfred Nobel. This Swedish inventor born in 1833...
Walter Elias Disney
He’s a studio. He’s a theme park. He’s a Man. Born in Chicago in 1901, Walter Elias Disney would become one of the defining figures of enter...
Ludwig van Beethoven
Famously temperamental, this musical genius is celebrated today as one of the most influential cultural figures in history. His story has st...
Isaac Newton
London. The 17th century. Against a backdrop of raging fires and devastating plagues, one man came to prominence as the premiere scientific...
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