The phrase "historical personality" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a well-known individual from the past, such as a famous political leader, scientist, or artist. For example, you could say: "Nelson Mandela is widely regarded as one of the most influential historical personalities of the 20th century."
Pelayo's historical personality is overshadowed by his legend.
The unappealing aspects of her historical personality receive a contemporary, reader-friendly makeover.
Legends about him, however, seem to have accrued to a historical personality who lived in the 7th century ce and was summoned to the imperial palace by two Tang dynasty emperors.
It embodies an idealized historical personality -- in the opera, Cola Rienzi wrests authority from a corrupt Roman oligarchy -- whose patriotic mission inspired not only Wagner but also Hitler: the "Rienzi" Overture was the musical theme for Hitler's Nazi Party rallies.
Penguin Lives/Viking Press; 208 pages; $19.95Among many recent books on Sir Winston Churchill, John Keegan's stands out as a model of concision and insightfulness about an immense historical personality who helped to shape the world we live in.___________________________________The Victorians.
Along with primary source images, many of them photographs, with informative captions, these insightful windows into the work of historians are fascinating as well as important reminders for young readers of the need to be constantly revisiting and reconsidering what was previously known, especially when it comes to a bigger-than-life historical personality.
Later this year, Name of Russia will be broadcast, which will explore 12 historical personalities, and ask the audience to select the greatest Russian figure.
Or maybe it is the same public fascination with historical personalities that lately has filled best-seller lists with presidential biographies.
In Hazel's short life, she plunged herself into the worlds of great historical personalities and, through her craft, experienced several extraordinary lives.
Another parent described an assignment where children were directed to use a particular biographical research website, only to find that, of the 21 historical personalities listed, just two were women.
Several portraits pay tribute to historical personalities who connected artistic and literary worlds: the 19th-century French critics the Goncourt brothers, the Ballet Russes founder Serge Diaghilev and the American portrait painter Alice Neel.
