100 People who changed the world

This is a list of 100 people who have changed the world. This list is not a judgement about who is ‘best’.

People who changed the world

1. Jesus Christ (c.5BC – 30AD) Spiritual Teacher, central figure of Christianity.

2. Muhammad – (570 – 632) Prophet of Islam

3. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – ) Leader of Soviet Union. Oversaw transition from Communism in Eastern Europe.

4. Lord Buddha (c 563 – 483 BC) Spiritual Teacher and founder of Buddhism.

5. Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) Prime Minister of Great Britain during Second World War.

6. William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright.

7. Thomas Jefferson
 (1743 – 1826) 3rd President of US. Principle author of Declaration of Independence

8. Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) Non-violent civil rights leader.

9. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) President of US during civil war, helped end slavery.

10. Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) Anti-apartheid leader. First President of democratic South Africa in 1994.

11. St Paul (5 – AD 67) – Christian missionary
12. Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) – Dictator of Nazi Germany.
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 – 399 BC) – Greek philosopher
18. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) – Indian nationalist and politician
19. Karl Marx (1818 -– 1883) – German philosopher, founder of Marxism
20. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 –- 1821) – French military and political leader
21. Simon Bolivar (1783 – 1830) – Liberator of Latin American countries
22. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) US President 1932-1945
23. Charles Darwin (1809 -– 1882) – Developed theory of evolution
24. Sir Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) – English mathematician and scientist.
25. Confucius (551 – – 479 BC) – Chinese philosopher.
26. Akbar (1542 – 1605) – Moghul Emperor
27. Queen Victoria (1819 –- 1901) – Queen of Great Britain during Victorian age.
28. Konrad Adenauer (1876 – 1967) – German Chancellor post WWII.
29. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964) – First Indian Prime Minister
30. Ramses II (1279 – 1213 BC) – Powerful Egyptian king.
31. Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) – US writer and polymath
32. Alexander the Great (356 -– 323 BC) – King of Macedonia.
33. Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) – President of US during WWI
34. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) – Italian explorer landed in America.
35. Marcus Aurelius (121 –- 180)  – Roman Emperor and philosopher
36. Galileo Galilei (1564 -1642) – Astronomer and physicist
37. Plato (424 –- 348 BC) – philosopher.
38. Joan of Arc  (1412 – 1431) – French saint.
39. Charlemagne (742 – 814) – King of Franks and Emperor of the Romans.
40. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) – Greek philosopher.
41. Saladin (1138 –- 1193) – Leader of Arabs during Crusades.
42. Babur (1483 – 1531) – Founder of Moghul Empire
43. Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 – 1618) – English explorer.
44. Voltaire (1694 – – 1778)  – French philosopher.
45. Catherine the Great (1729 -– 1796) – Russian Queen.
46. Mozart (1756 –- 1791) – Austrian Music composer.
47. Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539) – Founder of Sikhism
48. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) – Italian scientist, artist, polymath.
49. Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895) – French chemist and Biologist.
50. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) – Russian writer and philosopher
51. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) – German physicist.
52. Ataturk (1881-1938) – founder of the Turkish Republic.
53. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) – Spanish painter and sculptor
54. Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) – Polish Pope from 1978-2005
55. Margaret Thatcher (1925 – ) – British Prime Minister
56. Mohammed Ali (1942 – ) American boxer
57. John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) – US President.
58. Boris Yeltsin (1931 – 2007) – Russian President
59. Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) – Third Prime Minister of India.
60. William Tyndale (1494 – 1536) – Translated Bible into English
61. Tim Berners Lee (1955 – ) Credited with founding World Wide Web
62. Rosa Parks (1913-2005) – Civil Rights activist
63. Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) – Prime Minister of Pakistan
64. J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) – German composer
65. 14th Dalai Lama (1938 – ) Spiritual and political leader of Tibetans
66. Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) Black nationalist leader
67. Lech Walesa (1943 – ) Leader of Polish solidarity movement.
68. Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970) French politician.
69. Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953) Leader of the Soviet Union.
70. Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) – Chemist and Physicist
71. Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 – 1882) – Independence leader in Italy and Latin America
72. Johann Gutenberg (1395 – 1468) – Inventor of printing press.
73. Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658) – British Parliamentarian.
74. V.Lenin (1870 – 1924) – Leader of Russian Revolution in 1917.
75. Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) – Austrian neurologist / psychoanalyst.
76. Mother Teresa – (1910-1997) – Nun who served the poor.
77. Bill Gates (1955 – ) Founder of Microsoft
78. Ernest Hemingway ( 1899 – 1961) US writer
79. John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British pop-star and Beatle
80. Genghis Kahn (1162 – 1227) – Leader and creator of Mongol Empire.
81. Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) – Ethiopian leader
82. John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) Influential economist.
83. Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906). American political activist.
84. George Orwell (1903 – 1950) – English author
85. Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) – Inventor and businessman.
86. Kofi Annan (1938 – ) United Nations Secretary General
87. Dwight Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) – Supreme Allied Commander
88. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) – helped to draft UN declaration of human rights
89. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891 – 1956) – Indian political activist and social reformer who drafted Indian constitution
90. Lyndon Johnson (1908 –- 1973)  US President 1963-69
91. William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833) – Campaigner against slavery
92. Nikola Tesla (1856 –1943) – Scientist, inventor
93. Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) – Scientist who discover penicillin
94. Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784) – British author and creator of dictionary.
95. Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) – First Lady of Argentina
96. Henry Ford (1864-1947) US Industrialist
97. Princess Diana (1961 –- 1997) – Humanitarian
98. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) – Irish writer.
99. Beethoven (1770 1827) – German composer
100. Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 – ) Burmese opposition leader