People who changed the world
- Jesus Christ
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) 3rd President of US. Principle author of Declaration of Independence
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – ) Leader of Soviet Union. Oversaw transition from Communism in Eastern Europe.
- Lord Buddha (c 563 – 483 BC) Spiritual Teacher and founder of Buddhism.
- Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) Prime Minister of Great Britain during Second World War.
- William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright.
- Muhammad – (570 – 632) Prophet of Islam
- Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) Non-violent civil rights leader.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) President of US during civil war, helped end slavery.
- Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) Anti-apartheid leader. First President of democratic South Africa in 1994.
- St Paul (5 – AD 67) – Christian missionary
- Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) – Dictator of Nazi Germany.
- George Washington (1732 – 1799) – 1st President of US
- Sri Krishna (c. BC) – Spiritual teacher of Hinduism
- Emperor Constantine (272 – 337) First Roman Emperor to embrace Christianity
- Martin Luther (1483 – – 1546) – Key figure in Protestant Reformation.
- Socrates (469 – 399 BC) – Greek philosopher
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) – Indian nationalist and politician
- Karl Marx (1818 -– 1883) – German philosopher, founder of Marxism
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 –- 1821) – French military and political leader
- Simon Bolivar (1783 – 1830) – Liberator of Latin American countries
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) US President 1932-1945
- Charles Darwin (1809 -– 1882) – Developed theory of evolution
- Sir Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) – English mathematician and scientist.
- Confucius (551 – – 479 BC) – Chinese philosopher.
- Akbar (1542 – 1605) – Moghul Emperor
- Queen Victoria (1819 –- 1901) – Queen of Great Britain during Victorian age.
- Konrad Adenauer (1876 – 1967) – German Chancellor post WWII.
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964) – First Indian Prime Minister
- Ramses II (1279 – 1213 BC) – Powerful Egyptian king.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) – US writer and polymath
- Alexander the Great (356 -– 323 BC) – King of Macedonia.
- Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) – President of US during WWI
- Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) – Italian explorer landed in America.
- Marcus Aurelius (121 –- 180) – Roman Emperor and philosopher
- Galileo Galilei (1564 -1642) – Astronomer and physicist
- Plato (424 –- 348 BC) – philosopher.
- Joan of Arc (1412 – 1431) – French saint.
- Charlemagne (742 – 814) – King of Franks and Emperor of the Romans.
- Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) – Greek philosopher.
- Saladin (1138 –- 1193) – Leader of Arabs during Crusades.
- Babur (1483 – 1531) – Founder of Moghul Empire
- Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 – 1618) – English explorer.
- Voltaire (1694 – – 1778) – French philosopher.
- Catherine the Great (1729 -– 1796) – Russian Queen.
- Mozart (1756 –- 1791) – Austrian Music composer.
- Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539) – Founder of Sikhism
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) – Italian scientist, artist, polymath.
- Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895) – French chemist and Biologist.
- Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) – Russian writer and philosopher
- Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) – German physicist.
- Ataturk (1881-1938) – founder of the Turkish Republic.
- Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) – Spanish painter and sculptor
- Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) – Polish Pope from 1978-2005
- Margaret Thatcher (1925 – ) – British Prime Minister
- Mohammed Ali (1942 – ) American boxer
- John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) – US President.
- Boris Yeltsin (1931 – 2007) – Russian President
- Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) – Third Prime Minister of India.
- William Tyndale (1494 – 1536) – Translated Bible into English
- Tim Berners Lee (1955 – ) Credited with founding World Wide Web
- Rosa Parks (1913-2005) – Civil Rights activist
- Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) – Prime Minister of Pakistan
- J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) – German composer
- 14th Dalai Lama (1938 – ) Spiritual and political leader of Tibetans
- Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) Black nationalist leader
- Lech Walesa (1943 – ) Leader of Polish solidarity movement.
- Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970) French politician.
- Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953) Leader of the Soviet Union.
- Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) – Chemist and Physicist
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 – 1882) – Independence leader in Italy and Latin America
- Johann Gutenberg (1395 – 1468) – Inventor of printing press.
- Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658) – British Parliamentarian.
- V.Lenin (1870 – 1924) – Leader of Russian Revolution in 1917.
- Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) – Austrian neurologist / psychoanalyst.
- Mother Teresa – (1910-1997) – Nun who served the poor.
- Bill Gates (1955 – ) Founder of Microsoft
- Ernest Hemingway ( 1899 – 1961) US writer
- John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British pop-star and Beatle
- Genghis Kahn (1162 – 1227) – Leader and creator of Mongol Empire.
- Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) – Ethiopian leader
- John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) Influential economist.
- Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906). American political activist.
- George Orwell (1903 – 1950) – English author
- Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) – Inventor and businessman.
- Kofi Annan (1938 – ) United Nations Secretary General
- Dwight Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) – Supreme Allied Commander
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) – helped to draft UN declaration of human rights
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891 – 1956) – Indian political activist and social reformer who drafted Indian constitution
- Lyndon Johnson (1908 –- 1973) US President 1963-69
- William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833) – Campaigner against slavery
- Nikola Tesla (1856 –1943) – Scientist, inventor
- Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) – Scientist who discover penicillin
- Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784) – British author and creator of dictionary.
- Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) – First Lady of Argentina
- Henry Ford (1864-1947) US Industrialist
- Princess Diana (1961 –- 1997) – Humanitarian
- Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) – Irish writer.
- Beethoven (1770 1827) – German composer
- Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 – ) Burmese opposition leader
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