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This is a list of 100 people who have changed the world.
[h=4]People Who Changed the World [/h]
[h=4]People Who Changed the World [/h]
1. Jesus Christ (c.5BC - 30AD) Spiritual Teacher, central figure of Christianity.
2. Thomas Jefferson (1743- 1826) 3rd President of US. Principle author of Declaration of Independence
3. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 - ) Leader of Soviet Union. Oversaw transition from Communism in Eastern Europe.
4. Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) Non-violent civil rights leader
5. Nelson Mandela (1918 - ) Anti-apartheid leader. First President of democratic South Africa in 1994.
6. Lord Buddha (c 563BC - c 483BC) Spiritual Teacher and founder of Buddhism.
7. Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) Prime Minister of Great Britain during Second World War.
8. William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright.
9. Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) Dictator of Nazi Germany.
10. Abraham Lincoln (1809 1865) President of US during civil war, helped end slavery. - Muhammad - (570 632) Prophet of Islam
- Woodrow Wilson (1856 1924)- President of US during WWI
- William Wilberforce (1759 1833) - Campaigner against slavery
- 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 BC399 BC) - Greek philosopher
- Karl Marx (1818 1883) - German philosopher, founder of Marxism
- Charles de Gaulle (1890- 1970) French politician.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) US President 1932-1945
- Joan of Arc - (1412-1431) - French saint
- Charles Darwin (1809 1882) - Developed theory of evolution
- Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) - English mathematician and scientist.
- 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 BC - 1213 BC) - Powerful Egyptian king.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) - US writer and polymath
- Confucius (551 BC 479 BC - Chinese philosopher.
- Alexander the Great (356 323 BC) - King of Macedonia.
- George Orwell (1903 1950) - English author
- Marcus Aurelius (121 180) - Roman Emperor and philosopher
- Galileo Galilei (1564 -1642) - Astronomer and physicist
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) - Indian nationalist and politician
- Charlemagne (742 - 814) - King of Franks and Emperor of the Romans
- Aristotle (384 BC 322 BC) - Greek philosopher
- Mother Teresa - (1910-1997) - Nun who served the poor
- 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.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) - British author and creator of dictionary.
- Catherine the Great (1729 1796) - Russian Queen
- Mozart (1756 1791) - Austrian Music composer.
- Princess Diana (1961 1997) - Humanitarian
- Oscar Wilde (1854 1900) - Irish writer.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 1821) - French military and political leader
- Beethoven (1770 1827) - German composer
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 1881) - British Prime Minister.
- Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - Pioneering nurse
- Leonardo da Vinci ( 1452 , 1519) - Italian scientist, artist, polymath.
- Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) - French chemish 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
- Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 - ) Burmese opposition leader
- John F. Kennedy (1917 1963) - US President.
- Lord Nelson (1758 1805) - Admiral in British navy
- Boris Yeltsin (1931 2007) - Russian President
- Lyndon Johnson (1908 1973) - US President 1963-69
- Indira Gandhi (1917 1984) - Third Prime Minister of India.
- Eva Peron (1919 1952) - First Lady of Argentina
- 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
- Schubert (1797 1828) - Austrian Composer
- Desmond Tutu (1931 - ) African Bishop and opponent of apartheid
- Kofi Annan (1938 - ) United Nations Secretary General
- 14th Dalai Lama (1938 - ) Spritual and political leader of Tibetans
- Barack Obama (1961 - ) 44th President of United States
- Albert Schweitzer (1875 1965) - Humanitarian, philosopher.
- Malcolm X (1925 1965) Black nationalist leader
- Lech Walesa (1943 - ) Leader of Polish solidarity movement.
- John M Keynes (1883 1946) Influential economist.
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) - Feminist, author
- Marie Curie (1867 1934) - Chemist and Physicist
- Elvis Presley (1935 1977) - Rock start
- Oliver Cromwell (1599 1658) - British Parliamentarian
- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ) US media celebrity.
- Boudicca ( - 60AD) - British leader against Roman rule
- Pele (1940 - ) Global football star
- Swami Vivekananda (1863 - 1902) Hindu monk and Indian nationalist
- Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US Sprinter
- Bill Gates (1955 - ) Founder of Microsoft
- Ernest Hemingway ( 1899 1961) US writer
- John Lennon (1940 1980) British popstar and Beatle
- Henry Ford US Industrialist
- J.R.R.Tolkien British author
- Haile Selassie - Ethiopian Leader
- King Arthur - British King
- General Patton - US General during World War II
- Queen Elizabeth II - British Queen
- J.K.Rowling (1965 - ) Author
