List of biographies according to the characters portrayed
This article lists film biographies (biopics), arranged according to the historical personality represented in them, names the actor in the title role and the year of publication. For movie cast of historical figures in well-known and notable films of any genre, see List of Movie Stars of Historical Figures .
Groups of people
| Name of the group | Movie title | year |
| Comedian Harmonists | Comedian Harmonists | 1997 |
| NWA | Straight Outta Compton (film) | 2015 |
| Red Chapel | KLK to PTX - The Red Chapel | 1971 |
| The Runaways | The Runaways | 2010 |
| The Beatles | Backbeat | 1994 |
| White Rose | The White Rose | 1982 |
| Mary Jackson , Katherine Johnson , Dorothy Vaughan | Hidden Figures - Unrecognized heroines | 2016 |
| Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody | 2018 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Jeffrey Dahmer | Dahmer | Jeremy Renner | 2002 |
| My Friend Dahmer | Ross Lynch | 2017 | |
| Dorothy Dandridge | Rising Star (TV) | Halle Berry | 1999 |
| Bobby in it | Beyond the Sea - music was his life | Kevin Spacey | 2004 |
| Adolf Dassler | Duel of the Brothers - The Story of Adidas and Puma (TV) | Ken Duken | 2016 |
| Joy Davidman | Shadowlands | Debra Winger | 1993 |
| Miles Davis | Miles Ahead | Don Cheadle | 2015 |
| Denis Diderot | Love and freedom | Vincent Perez | 2000 |
| Marlene Dietrich | Marlene | Katja Flint | 2000 |
| Waris Dirie | Desert flower | Liya Kebede | 2009 |
| Benjamin Disraeli | Disraeli | George Arliss | 1929 |
| Dnyaneshwar | Sant Dnyaneshwar | Yashwant (young), Shahu Modak (old) | 1940 |
| Eddy Duchin | Loved forever | Tyrone Power | 1956 |
| Doris Duke | Bernard and Doris | Susan Sarandon | 2007 |
| Bob Dylan | I'm not there | Christian Bale | 2007 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Giuseppe Impastato | 100 steps | Luigi Lo Cascio | 2000 |
| Ivan IV (Russia) | Ivan the Terrible | Nikolai Cherkassov | 1944 |
| Ivan the Terrible II | Nikolai Cherkassov | 1958 | |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Nainsukh | Nainsukh | Manish Soni | 2010 |
| John Nash | A Beautiful Mind - genius and madness | Russell Crowe | 2001 |
| Nero | Nero - The Dark Side of the Force (TV) | Hans Matheson | 2004 |
| Friederike Caroline Neuber | Comedians | Kathe Dorsch | 1941 |
| Alexander Nevsky | Alexander Nevsky | Nikolai Cherkassov | 1938 |
| Florence Nightingale | The White Angel | Kay Francis | 1936 |
| Nikifor | My Nikifor | Krystyna Feldman | 2004 |
| Nicholas II (Russia) | The Romanovs: A Crowned Family | Alexander Galibin | 2000 |
| Richard Nixon | Nixon | Anthony Hopkins | 1995 |
| Nostradamus | Nostradamus | Tchéky Karyo | 1994 |
| Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca | Cabeza de Vaca | Juan Diego | 1990 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Uschi Obermaier | The wild life | Natalia Avelon | 2007 |
| Graeme Obree | Flying Scotsman - Alone to the goal | Jonny Lee Miller | 2006 |
| Sean O'Casey | Cassidy the rebel | Rod Taylor (as John Cassidy) | 1964 |
| Joseph Suess Oppenheimer | Jew Sweet | Conrad Veidt | 1934 |
| Jud Suss | Ferdinand Marian | 1940 | |
| Jesse Owens | Legends time | Stephan James | 2016 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Selena Quintanilla-Pérez | Selena - An American Dream | Jennifer Lopez | 1997 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Beate Uhse | Beate Uhse - The right to love | Franka Potente | 2011 |
| Umar al-Muchtar | Omar Mukhtar - Lion of the Desert | Anthony Quinn | 1979 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Jan Vermeer | The girl with the pearl earring | Colin Firth | 2003 |
| Mary Vetsera | Mayerling | Catherine Deneuve | 1968 |
| Victoria (United Kingdom) | Your Majesty Mrs. Brown | Judi Dench | 1997 |
| Victoria & Albert (TV) | Victoria Hamilton | 2001 | |
| Young Victoria | Emily Blunt | 2009 | |
| Pancho Villa | Scream of the hunted | Wallace Beery | 1934 |
| Pancho Villa - Mexican Outlaw | Antonio Banderas | 2003 | |
| François Villon | The beggar poet | John Barrymore | 1927 |
| Sid Vicious | Sid and Nancy | Gary Oldman | 1986 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Malcolm X | Malcolm X | Denzel Washington | 1992 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Yip Man | Ip Man | Donnie Yen | 2008 |
| Ip Man 2 | Donnie Yen | 2010 | |
| The Grandmaster | Tony Leung Chiu Wai | 2013 | |
| Alvin C. York | Sergeant York | Gary Cooper | 1941 |
| Brigham Young | Trek to Utah | Dean Jagger | 1940 |
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| Historical personality | Movie title | actor | year |
| Emiliano Zapata | Viva Zapata! | Marlon Brando | 1952 |
| Emile Zola | The life of Emile Zola | Paul Muni | 1937 |
| My time with Cézanne | Guillaume Canet | 2016 |