Characters from Our Damn History Book

So some of us fall asleep during history class. Eventually, get scold from sleeping in class. As we go home to watch anime, you select a totally random series. On the next day, you got a pop quiz (which are EVIL), and they ask you about a certain person. Your brain just remembered that the person has the same name as the character in your history book. There really isn't anything here, so please join and tell me more to add. :X They can be from any type of history book, i really don't care if its from a bible, they are just filled with past crap (aka history).