Famous Rulers

• Attila the Hun

  5th century barbarian threat to the Roman Empire

• Cleopatra

  The famously alluring Queen of Egypt

• Ferdinand of Aragon

  One-half of Ferdinand and Isabella

• Genghis Khan

  13th century Mongolian conqueror

• Hammurabi

  Author of the Code of Hammurabi

• Ivan the Terrible

  The first czar of Russia, 1547-84

• Khufu

  Builder of the Great Pyramid

• King Tut

  The ancient Egyptian ruler who became a famous 20th-century mummy

• Kublai Khan

  Founder of the Mongol Dynasty in China

• Nicholas II of Russia

  The last emperor of Russia

• Peter the Great

  The czar who modernized 18th century Russia

• Rurik

  Founder of the Russian state

• Wallace, William

  Scot rebel lionized in the movie Braveheart

See: Index by Occupation