This is a list of 100 people who have changed the world.
People Who Changed the World
- Muhammad - (570 – 632) Prophet of Islam
- St Paul (c AD 5 - AD 67) - Christian missionary
- 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 BC–399 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
- 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.
- Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924)- President of US during WWI
- William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833) - Campaigner against slavery
- Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) - Explorer
- Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180) - Roman Emperor and philosopher
- Galileo Galilei (1564 -1642) - Astronomer and physicist
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) - Indian nationalist and politician
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Genghis Kahn - Leader of Mongol Empire stretching from China to Europe.
- Haile Selassie - Ethiopian Leader
- George Orwell (1903 – 1950) - English author
- King Arthur - British King
- General Patton - US General during World War II
- Queen Elizabeth II - British Queen
- Plato - philosopher.
 | 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. |
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