Historical People.
Browse historical figures connected to films, series, events, periods and places across Movieline.
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
King of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185, remembered for his military and political struggle against Saladin despite suffering from leprosy.
Balian of Ibelin
A prominent nobleman of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who commanded the defense of Jerusalem during Saladin’s siege in 1187.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Cossack hetman and leader of the 1648 uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Charles VI of France
King of France from 1380 to 1422, whose illness and troubled reign shaped the French political crisis during Henry V’s invasion.
Cleopatra VII
Last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and a major participant in the final Roman republican conflicts.
Commodus
Roman Emperor (r. 180–192 CE).
Cosimo de’ Medici
Florentine banker and statesman who became the leading political figure in Florence after his return from exile in 1434.
Edward Smith
British maritime captain and commander of RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage.
Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici
Florentine banker and founder of the political fortunes of the senior Medici line.
Giuliano de’ Medici
Younger brother and political associate of Lorenzo de’ Medici, murdered during the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478.
Guy of Lusignan
King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 and commander of the crusader army defeated at Hattin.
Henry IV of England
King of England from 1399 to 1413 and father of Henry V.
Henry V of England
King of England from 1413 to 1422, known for his campaign in France and victory at Agincourt.
Herod Antipas
Ruler of Galilee during Jesus’s ministry and part of the regional political order under Roman supremacy.
Jan II Casimir
King of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1648 to 1668, portrayed in the film as the monarch whose forces confront the Cossack rebellion.
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
Polish-Lithuanian magnate and military commander who led the Commonwealth defense during the early stages of the uprising.
Jesus of Nazareth
Jewish preacher whose ministry and crucifixion form the narrative center of the film.
John III Sobieski
Grand Hetman of the Crown and commander of the Commonwealth forces victorious at Khotyn in 1673; he became king later that year.
Judas Iscariot
Disciple of Jesus whose betrayal and political relationship with him are central to the film’s interpretation.
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator whose rise accelerated the collapse of the republican political order.
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Florentine ruler, diplomat, and patron of Renaissance culture, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent.
Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor (r. 161–180 CE).
Mark Antony
Roman general and politician who became a leading Caesarian power-holder after 44 BCE.
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1669 to 1673.
Nero
Roman emperor from 54 to 68 CE whose reign forms the political setting for the story and whose government persecuted Christians in Rome after the Great Fire.
Pompey the Great
Roman general and statesman who opposed Caesar during the civil war.
Pontius Pilate
Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the authority responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion.
Pope John XXII
Avignon-based pope from 1316 to 1334 whose policies intensified the Franciscan poverty controversy.
Pope Sixtus IV
Pope whose political and territorial conflicts with the Medici contributed to the crisis surrounding the Pazzi conspiracy.
Saladin
The Ayyubid sultan who defeated the crusader army at Hattin and retook Jerusalem in 1187.
Sibylla of Jerusalem
Queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190 and the wife of Guy of Lusignan.
Ulrich von Jungingen
Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, killed during the Battle of Grunwald.
William Wallace
Scottish knight and military leader who became Guardian of Scotland after the victory at Stirling Bridge and was executed in 1305.
Winston Churchill
British statesman who appears briefly in connection with the political circumstances surrounding the monarchy.
Władysław II Jagiełło
King of Poland and commander of the Polish–Lithuanian coalition at the Battle of Grunwald.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Salzburg-born composer whose final decade was spent establishing an independent career in Vienna, where he died in 1791.
Yi Sun-sin
Joseon admiral and naval commander who led the Korean victory at the Battle of Myeongnyang.