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Historical people

People

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

1517–1559

Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, was the daughter of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and the mother of Lady Jane Grey. Through this royal descent her […]

1 book

1750–1816

Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan soldier, traveller and revolutionary whose career connected the American, French and Spanish Atlantic worlds. He served in the Spanish army, […]

1 series · 1 book

1436–1517

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros was a Spanish cardinal, reformer and statesman under the Catholic Monarchs. He served as confessor to Isabella I, promoted church reform and […]

1 series · 1 book

died 1556

Francisco Tenamaztle was an Indigenous Caxcan leader who became one of the principal commanders of the Mixtón War against Spanish rule in New Galicia. After years […]

1 series · 1 book

1514–1596

Francis Knollys was an English courtier and committed Protestant who married Catherine Carey, a cousin of Elizabeth I. The family lived in exile during Mary I’s […]

1 book

Francis Marion (c. 1732–1795), widely known as the “Swamp Fox”, was a South Carolina planter, militia commander and politician who became one of the most celebrated […]

1 book

died 1781

Francis McLean was a British army officer who served in continental Europe, the Caribbean, Portugal and North America. During the American Revolution he commanded British forces […]

1 book

1511–1536

Francis Weston was a gentleman of Henry VIII’s privy chamber and a member of the fashionable circle around Anne Boleyn. In May 1536 he was arrested […]

1 book

1830–1916

Franz Joseph I was emperor of Austria from 1848 and king of Hungary after the creation of Austria-Hungary in 1867. His long reign encompassed revolution, military […]

1 series · 1 book