People Who Changed the World christ 1. Jesus Christ (c.5BC - 30AD) Spiritual Teacher, central figure of Christianity. christ 2. Thomas Jefferson (1743- 1826) 3rd President of US. Principle author of Declaration of Independence christ 3. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 - ) Leader of Soviet Union. Oversaw transition from Communism in Eastern Europe. christ 4. Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) Non-violent civil rights leader christ 5. Nelson Mandela (1918 - ) Anti-apartheid leader. First President of democratic South Africa in 1994. christ 6. Lord Buddha (c 563 - 483BC) Spiritual Teacher and founder of Buddhism. christ 7. Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) Prime Minister of Great Britain during Second World War. christ 8. William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright. christ 9. Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) Dictator of Nazi Germany. christ 10. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) President of US during civil war, helped end slavery. 11. Muhammad - (570 – 632) Prophet of Islam 12. St Paul (5 - AD 67) - Christian missionary 13. George Washington (1732 – 1799) - 1st President of US 14. Sri Krishna (c. BC) - Spiritual Teacher of Hinduism 15. Emperor Constantine (272 – 337) First Roman Emperor to embrace Christianity 16. Martin Luther (1483 – 1546) - Key figure in Protestant Reformation. 17. Socrates (469 BC–399 BC) - Greek philosopher 18. Karl Marx (1818 – 1883) - German philosopher, founder of Marxism 19. Charles de Gaulle (1890- 1970) French politician. 20. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) US President 1932-1945 21. Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) - Developed theory of evolution 22. Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) - English mathematician and scientist. 23. Akbar (1542 – 1605) - Moghul Emperor 24. Queen Victoria (1819 – 1901) - Queen of Great Britain during Victorian age. 25. Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) - German Chancellor post WWII. 26. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) - First Indian Prime Minister 27. Ramses II (1279 - 1213 BC) - Powerful Egyptian king. 28. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) - US writer and polymath 29. Confucius (551 – 479 BC) - Chinese philosopher. 30. Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC) - King of Macedonia. 31. Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) - President of US during WWI 32. William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833) - Campaigner against slavery 33. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) - Explorer 34. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180) - Roman Emperor and philosopher 35. Galileo Galilei (1564 -1642) - Astronomer and physicist 36. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) - Indian nationalist and politician 37. Joan of Arc - ( 1412-1431) - French saint 38. Charlemagne (742 - 814) - King of Franks and Emperor of the Romans 39. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) - Greek philosopher 40. Mother Teresa - (1910-1997) - Nun who served the poor 41. Saladin (1138 – 1193) - Leader of Arabs during Crusades. 42. Simon Bolivar (1783 - 1830) - Liberator of Latin American countries 43. Babur (1483 - 1531) - Founder of Moghul Empire 44. Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 – 1618) - English explorer. 45. Voltaire (1694 – 1778 - French philosopher. 46. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) - British author and creator of dictionary. 47. Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796) - Russian Queen 48. Mozart (1756 – 1791) - Austrian Music composer. 49. Princess Diana (1961 – 1997) - Humanitarian 50. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) - Irish writer. 51. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) - French military and political leader 52. Beethoven (1770 1827) - German composer 53. Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881) - British Prime Minister. 54. Leonardo da Vinci ( 1452 – , 1519) - Italian scientist, artist, polymath. 55. Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) - French chemish and Biologist. 56. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) - Russian writer and philosopher 57. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) - German physicist. 58. Ataturk (1881-1938) - founder of the Turkish Republic. 59. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Spanish painter and sculptor 60. Pope John Paul II (1920 - 2005) - Polish Pope from 1978-2005 61. Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ) - British Prime Minister 62. Mohammed Ali (1942- ) American boxer 63. Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 - ) Burmese opposition leader 64. John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) - US President. 65. Lord Nelson (1758 – 1805) - Admiral in British navy 66. Boris Yeltsin (1931 – 2007) - Russian President 67. Lyndon Johnson (1908 – 1973) - US President 1963-69 68. Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) - Third Prime Minister of India. 69. Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) - First Lady of Argentina 70. William Tyndale (1494 – 1536) - Translated Bible into English 71. Tim Berners Lee (1955 - ) Credited with founding World Wide Web 72. Rosa Parks ( 1913-2005) - Civil Rights activist 73. Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) - Prime Minister of Pakistan 74. Schubert (1797 – 1828) - Austrian Composer 75. Kofi Annan (1938 - ) United Nations Secretary General 76. 14th Dalai Lama (1938 - ) Spritual and political leader of Tibetans 77. Barack Obama (1961 - ) 44th President of United States 78. Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) - Humanitarian, philosopher. 79. Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) Black nationalist leader 80. Lech Walesa (1943 - ) Leader of Polish solidarity movement. 81. John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) Influential economist. 82. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) - Feminist, author 83. Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) - Chemist and Physicist 84. Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) - Rock star. 85. Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658) - British Parliamentarian 86. Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ) US media celebrity. 87. Boudicca ( - 60AD) - British leader against Roman rule 88. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US Sprinter 89. Bill Gates (1955 - ) Founder of Microsoft 90. Ernest Hemingway ( 1899 – 1961) US writer 91. John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British popstar and Beatle 92. Henry Ford (1864-1947) US Industrialist 93. Genghis Kahn - Leader of Mongol Empire stretching from China to Europe. 94. Haile Selassie - Ethiopian Leader 95. George Orwell (1903 – 1950) - English author 96. Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) - Inventor and businessman. 97. Dwight Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) - Supreme Allied Commander 98. Queen Elizabeth II (193- British Queen 99. Plato (424 – 348 BC) - philosopher. 100. Johann Gutenberg (1395 – 1468) - Inventor of printing press.
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