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World Famous Person List A list of famous people, chosen mainly from the Nineteenth, Twentieth or Twenty First Century. This list includes famous actors, politicians, entrepreneurs, writers, artists and humanitarians. 1. Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) American actress / singer / model. 2. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) US President during American civil war 3. Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Catholic missionary nun / charity worker 4. John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) US President 5. Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) – American civil rights campaigner 6. Nelson Mandela (1918 – ) – South African President anti-apartheid campaigner. 7. Winston Churchill (1874- 1965) – British Prime Minister during WWII 8. Bill Gates (1955 – ) American businessman, founder of Microsoft 9. Muhammad Ali (1942 – ) American Boxer and civil rights campaigner. 10. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Leader of Indian independence. 11. Margaret Thatcher (1925 – ) British Prime Minister. 12. Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970) French resistance leader and President. 13. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) – Italian explorer 14. George Orwell (1903 – 1950) British author of 1984, Animal farm 15. Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) British scientist proposed theory of evolution. 16. Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) American pop singer. 17. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German scientist – theory of relativity. 18. Paul McCartney (1942 – ) British musician, member of Beatles. 19. Plato (423 BC – 348 BC) Greek philosopher 20. Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – ) British monarch since 1954. 21. Queen Victoria ( 1819 –1901) British Queen during Nineteenth Century 22. John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) British economist. 23. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – ) Russian President during end of Cold War. 24. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian Prime Minister 25. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) Italian, painter, scientist, polymath 26. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) – French chemist and microbiologist. 27. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910 ) – Russian author and philosopher. 28. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) – Spanish modern artists 29. Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) Dutch artist 30. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) – US President 1932 – 1945. 31. Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) Polish Pope. 32. Thomas Edison ( 1847 – 1931) – American inventor 33. Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) – American civil rights activist 34. Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 – ) Burmese opposition leader. 35. Lyndon Johnson (1908 – 1973) – US President 1963-69 36. Ludwig Beethoven (1770 – 1827) – German composer 37. Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) US media celebrity. 38. Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) – Third Prime Minister of India. 39. Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) – First Lady of Argentina 40. Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) – Prime Minister of Pakistan 41. Desmond Tutu (1931 – ) South African Bishop and opponent of apartheid 42. Dalai Lama (1938 – ) Spritual and political leader of Tibetans 43. Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) American film producer 44. Neil Armstrong (1930 – 2012) US Pilot , first person to land on moon. 45. Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980) British film actor and comedian 46. Barack Obama (1961- ) US President 47. Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) American Black nationalist leader 48. J.K.Rowling (1965 – ) British author of Harry Potter series. 49. Richard Branson (1950 – ) British entrepreneur founder of Virgin. 50. Pele (1940 – ) Brazilian footballer, considered greatest of 20th Century. 51. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US track athlete won 4 golds at 1936 Olympics. 52. Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) American author 53. John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British popstar and member of the Beatles. 54. Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) US Industrialist 55. Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) head of state of Ethiopia 56. Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953) Soviet leader from 1924-1953. 57. Lord Baden Powell (1857 – 1941) British Founder of scout movement 58. Michael Jordon (1963 – ) US Basketball star. 59. George Bush jnr (1946 – ) US President 2000-2008. 60. V.Lenin (1870-1924) – Leader of Russian Revolution 1917. 61. Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Swedish actress. Featured in Casablanca. 62. Fidel Castro (1926-) Cuban revolutionary leader. 63. Oscar Wilde (1854- 1900) Irish author, poet, playwright. 64. Coco Chanel (1883-1971) – French Fashion designer 65. Pope Francis (1936 – ) – First pope from the Americas. 66. Amelia Earhart (1897– 1937) – Female aviator 67. Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) – leader of Nazi Germany 1933-45. 68. Sting (1951 – ) British musician. 69. Mary Magdalene (4 BC – 40AD) – devotee of Jesus Christ 70. Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) – English / American film producer 71. Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) – American Pop singer 72. Madonna (1958 – ) American Pop singer 73. Mata Hari (1876-1917) Dutch exotic dancer, executed as spy. 74. Cleopatra (69 -30 BC) Queen of Egypt. 75. Grace Kelly (1929-1982) American actress and later Princess of Monaco. 76. Steve Jobs (1955 – 2012) Key figure in Apple computers 77. Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) – US President. 78. Lionel Messi (1987- ) Argentinian footballer 79. Babe Ruth (1895 – 1948) American baseball player 80. Bob Geldof – Irish musician, charity worker 81. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian Marxist revolutionary 82. Roger Federer (1981 – ) Swiss Tennis player 83. Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) Austrian psychoanalyst 84. Woodrow Wilson ( 1856 – 1924) US president. 85. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) Leader of Chinese Communist revolution 86. Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003) – American actress. 87. Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) British actress and humanitarian. 88. David Beckham – English footballer 89. Tiger Woods – American golfer 90. Usain Bolt – Jamaican athlete. Record holder at 100m and 200m 91. Bill Cosby (1937 – ) – US entertainer 92. Carl Lewis (1961 – ) – US athlete and Olympian 93. Prince Charles – Heir to British throne 94. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – American wife of JF. Kennedy 95. C.S. Lewis – British author 96. Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) American jazz singer. 97. J.R.R. Tolkien – British author of Lord of the Rings 98. Tom Cruise (1962 ) – American actor 99. Billie Jean King – American tennis players and campaigner for equality. 100. Anne Frank (1929-1945) – Dutch Jewish author who died in Holocaust.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 08:15:48 +0000

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