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Historical people

People

Browse historical figures ranked by the number of books linked to them.

1426–1492

Anne Beauchamp was a major English heiress and the wife of Richard Neville, the ‘Kingmaker’. Through her daughters Isabel and Anne Neville she was connected to […]

1 book

Anne Fairfax

1 book

1617/18–1665

Anne Fairfax, born Anne de Vere, was the wife of Parliamentary commander Thomas Fairfax and accompanied him during parts of the Civil War. Her surviving association […]

1 book

Anne of Denmark is represented in the linked historical fiction and non-fiction through court politics and dynastic power, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and political ambition […]

1 book

Antinous

1 book

111–130

Antinous was a young man from Bithynia who became the favourite and companion of the Roman emperor Hadrian. He travelled with the imperial court and drowned […]

1 series · 1 book

1490–1552

Antonio de Mendoza was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from 1535 to 1550, and later viceroy of Peru. He consolidated Spanish colonial administration, sponsored […]

1 series · 1 book

1489–1557

Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman who married Margaret Tudor, widow of James IV, in 1514. Their turbulent marriage drew him […]

1 series · 1 book

Ardaric

1 book

c. 5th century–460

Ardaric was king of the Gepids and one of the most important subject rulers in Attila’s Hunnic empire. After Attila’s death he led a coalition of […]

1 book

Ariadne

1 book

Ariadne was a Cretan princess who helps Theseus escape the Labyrinth after he kills the Minotaur. Later traditions describe her abandonment on Naxos and her association […]

1 book

Ariq Böke

1 book

1219–1266

Ariq Böke was the youngest son of Tolui and a grandson of Genghis Khan. After the death of Möngke in 1259, he was proclaimed Great Khan […]

1 series · 1 book

Arnold Wilson

1 book

1884–1940

Arnold Talbot Wilson entered the British Indian Army and later joined the Indian Political Department, serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf before accompanying the British […]

1 book