Famous Golfers

The famous golfers of the world, and their achievements, is the topic of this article. Most of us don't know much about golfers except for few celebrities like Tiger Woods. This article presents information about few of the famous golfers and enlists names of some more.

Famous Golfers List

Legendary golfers who influenced the game of golf are enlisted below. The short descriptions presented below, should help in understanding more about their lives.

Tiger Woods
He is today's topmost golfer in the world of professional golf; Eldrick "Tiger" Woods was born in 1975 and started playing this game at an early age of 13; he has won the Junior Championships 6 times. In the year 1992, Tiger Woods was honored as the Amateur Golf World Player. He started playing professional golf in 1996. Tiger Woods has set an exceptional record of winning 61 PGA titles in his career. Apart from these PGA tour victories, he has also won 22 other golf tournaments at the professional level.

Jack Nicklaus
He is one the famous American golfers and also known as "The Golden Bear". Jack Nicklaus was ranked as the No.1 golfer in 'McCormack's World Golf Rankings' from 1968 to 1977. He managed to maintain the No. 1 rank by winning most number of major championships. The year, 1962 brought a major victory for Jack Nicklaus with a win over Arnold Palmer in the U.S. Open. In the year 1966, he became the first golfer to win 'Masters Tournament' for two successive years. In the period between 1971 and 1980, Jack Nicklaus won 9 major championships and overtook the record of winning 13 majors, that was set by Bobby Jones.

Arnold Palmer
Nicknamed as 'The King', Arnold Palmer is amongst the greatest golfers of all time. With sports television gaining popularity in the 1950s decade, Arnold Palmer enjoyed a large fan following. Arnold Palmer was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (10th September, 1929); he took golf lessons from his father Decon Palmer. In the year 1954, Palmer won the U.S. Amateur Championship and thereon, took the game of golf seriously. He won the Canadian Open in 1955, while the Masters Tournament in 1958 (his first major championship).

Famous Women Golfers
The profiles of few important and famous female golfers are presented below.

Annika Sorenstam:
One of the most successful and famous golfers, Annika Sorenstam belongs to Sweden; she has won 10 major tournaments and a total of 72 official LPGA tournaments in all. She has won the 'Player of the Year' trophy for a record eight times. Annika Sorenstam has represented Europe (8 times) between 1994 and 2007 for the Solheim Cup. In the year 2003, she became the first woman to participate in a men's PGA tour at 'Bank of America Colonial Tournament'.

Kathy Whitworth
Born in Monahans, Texas on 27th September, 1939, Kathy Whitworth started playing golf at the age of 15. She first tasted success by winning the 'New Mexico State Amateur Championship' in 1957 (and also in 1958). Kathy Whitworth's success in LPGA tour championships came in the form victory at the 'Kelly Girls Open' in 1962. She was honored as 'LPGA Player of the Year' from 1966-1973.

Mickey Wright
Born on 14th February, 1935 in San Diego, California, Mickey Wright is a former professional golf player. Winning the U.S. Girl's Junior title in 1952 was her first important achievement. Mickey Wright's LPGA tour began in 1955 and thereafter, she won as many as 82 titles. She is only behind Kathy Whitworth who won 88 tiles. Out of the 82 titles won by Mickey Wright, thirteen were major championships.

Famous Golfers Names
A short list of famous golfers, other than those mentioned above, is presented below.

    * Gary Player
    * Ben Hogan
    * Greg Norman
    * Babe Didrikson Zaharias
    * Nancy Lopez
    * Seve Ballesteros
    * Nick Faldo
    * Harry Vardon
    * Michelle Wie
    * Phil Mickelson
    * Peter Alliss
    * Tommy Armour
    * Willie Anderson
    * Tommy Bolt
    * David Duval
    * Vijay Singh
    * Jim Barnes
    * Padraig Harrington
    * Jack Burke Jr.
    * Ernie Els
    * James Braid
    * Gay Brewer
    * Julius Boros
    * Ben Crenshaw
    * Henry Cotton
    * Fred Couples
    * Bob Charles
    * Billy Casper
    * Craig Wood
    * Tom Watson
    * Tom Weiskopf
    * Lanny Wadkins
    * Art Wall
    * Doug Sanders
    * Denny Shute
    * Gene Sarazen
    * Sam Snead
    * Horton Smith
    * Payne Stewart
    * Mike Souchak
    * Curtis Strange

Information about famous golfers presented above, provides an overview of their career. The list provided at end of the article, also incorporates few important names.

Famous Economists

Studying, developing and applying theories and concepts of economics is no easy thing to do, and excellence in doing this is what it takes to become a good economist. Some of the famous people who would feature in any famous economists list owing to their contributions to this field would include John Keynes, Milton Friedman, David Hume, Thomas Malthus, etc. Even though they came from different parts of the world, these economists did play a key role in the development of world economy.

Famous Economists of the World

There is absolutely no denying to the fact that economists have an important role to play when it comes to the development of the economy of a nation, or the world for that matter. Going through the list of famous economists given below will put some light on the life of some economists, their achievements, and their contributions to the field of economics.

John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946)
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist, best known for spearheading the revolution in economic thinking, which overturned the then existent ideas of neoclassical economics. Keynes is also regarded by many as the founder of modern theoretical macroeconomics. It was his ideas that formed the basis of an independent school of thought - Keynesian economics. His contributions to the field include some of the most useful economic concepts such as Liquidity Preference, Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model, etc.

Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
Yet another renowned figure in the field of economics, Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician. An ardent advocate of laissez-faire capitalism, Friedman was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1976. He was best known for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy - a policy which was introduced to stabilize the economy. Some of his prominent contributions to this field include the concept of Monetarism, Price Theory, Applied Macroeconomics, Friedman Test, etc.

David Hume (1711 - 1776)
David Hume was a renowned philosopher and economist hailing from Scotland. Even though he was more of a philosopher, he is regarded as one of the famous economists of the world as his discussions on politics led to development of several ideas that are prevalent in the field of economics. For instance, Hume was of the opinion that foreign trade is a stimulus for economic growth, and therefore is very important for the development of the nation. David Hume's contribution to economics include The Bundle Theory, Is-Ought Problem, Utility, etc.

Irving Fisher (1867 - 1947)
One of the famous American economists, Irving Fisher is best known for economic concepts such as the Fisher equation and Fisher separation theorem. It was his work on quantity theory of money that became the basis for the development of Milton Friedman's concept of 'monetarism'. Other than the Fisher equation and Fisher separation theorem, he is also known for contributions such as the Price Index, Philip's Curve, Monetary Illusion, etc.

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766 - 1834)
Not many people would need an introduction to the English demographer and political economist Thomas Robert Malthus, best known for his popularization of the economic theory of rent. He was one of those economists who played a crucial role in the development of the the first modern school of economic thought - classical economics. Thomas Malthus was one of the most influential, as well as the most controversial figure in the field of economics and politics. His major contribution to this field came in the form of the Malthusian Growth Model.

Friedrich Hayek (1899 - 1992)
Friedrich Hayek was an Austrian-born economist and philosopher, best known for his support of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism. He was a member of the Austrian School of economics. The Hebbian Theory, Economic Calculation Problem, Price Signal, Spontaneous Order, etc. were some of his major contributions to economics. Hayek was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, which he shared with the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal.

Joan Robinson (1903 - 1983)
British economist Joan Robinson was one of the most famous women economists that the world has ever seen. She started off as a supporter of neoclassical economics, but eventually shifted bases to post-Keynesian economics. Robinson was best known for her knowledge about monetary economics and contributions to economic theory. Her major contributions to post-Keynesian economics came in form of Cambridge Growth Theory and Amoroso-Robinson Relation.

James Tobin (1918 - 2002)
James Tobin was an American economist, who was one of the prominent figures involved in the development of Keynesian economics. He is best known for the Tobit model, which describes the relationship between a non-negative dependent variable and an independent variable. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1981. Other noteworthy contributions by James Tobin to the field of macroeconomics include Portfolio Theory and Tobin's q.

Amartya Sen (1933 - present)
One of the most famous economists of the 20th century, Amartya Sen, hailing from India, is best known for his human development theory - which is a combination of ecological economics, sustainable development, welfare economics, and feminist economics. Dr. Sen's contributions to welfare economics earned him the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. He was listed as one of the 100 most influential persons in the world by Time Magazine in 2010.

Paul Krugman (1953 - present)
Paul Krugman is an American economist best known for his work on international economics. The biography of Paul Krugman tells you exactly why he is considered to be one of the famous economists today. His noteworthy contributions in the field of economics include the International Trade Theory, New Trade Theory, New Economic Geography, etc. In fact, it was his work on the New Trade Theory and New Economic Geography that earned him a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2008. A columnist for The New York Times, Krugman has 20 books and over 200 scholarly articles to his credit.

Those were some of the famous economists in history who made a mark in the field on economics with their brilliant contributions. Their works didn't just help the economy of their respective countries, but was quite beneficial for the world economy as well. If it were not for these economists, several key concepts of the subject would have been way more difficult for us to understand or explain.

List of Famous People

There are many people who have influenced the human civilization with their charisma, talent, and intelligence. Be it in the field of art, business, science and technology, social service or politics to name a few, there are some people who have changed the course of history and been a major influence on others. Many individuals look up to these famous people as role models and follow the example set by these people in their lives. Here is a list of famous people who have attained glory in their field of expertise. This also contains a list of famous people in 2010.

List of Famous People - Actors & Actresses

Given below is a list of some popular actors and actress, who have excelled in the field of showbiz.

    * Aamir Khan
    * Al Pacino
    * Amitabh Bachchan
    * Angelina Jolie
    * Anthony Hopkins
    * Ben Affleck
    * Ben Kingsley
    * Brad Pitt
    * Cameron Diaz
    * Catherine Zeta Jones
    * Charlie Chaplin
    * Denzel Washington
    * Elizabeth Taylor
    * Heath Ledger
    * Ingrid Bergman
    * Kate Winslet
    * Leonardo Di Caprio
    * Marilyn Monroe
    * Marlon Brando
    * Meryl Streep
    * Penelope Cruz
    * Pierce Brosnan
    * Robert De Niro
    * Sandra Bullock
    * Sean Connery
    * Shah Rukh Khan
    * Sylvester Stallone
    * Tom Cruise
    * Tom Hanks
    * Will Smith

List of Famous People - Entrepreneurs & Industrialists

Following is a famous entrepreneurs list, which consists of individuals who have fought against all odds to become the personality they are today.

    * Andrew Carnegie (Carnegie Steel)
    * Azim Premji (Wipro)
    * Bill Gates (Microsoft)
    * Carlos Slim Helú (American Movil, Telmex, Telcel)
    * Dhirubhai Ambani (Reliance Industries)
    * George Eastman (Eastman Kodak Company)
    * Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company)
    * Howard Hughes (Hughes Aircraft)
    * J. R. D. Tata (Tata Airlines, now known as Air India)
    * John D. Rockefeller (Standard Oil Company)
    * Lakshmi Mittal (ArcelorMittal)
    * Larry Page & Sergey Brin (Google)
    * Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
    * Richard Branson (Virgin Group of Companies)
    * Steve Jobs (Apple)
    * Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway)

List of Famous People - Painters

The list of famous artists below consists of some of the world famous painters, from the Renaissance era and later, who are popular for their masterpieces of art.

    * Caravaggio, (1573 -1610), Italian Renaissance Painter
    * Claude Monet, (1840 -1926), French Impressionist Painter
    * Edgar Degas, (1834 -1917), French Painter
    * Edouard Manet, (1832 -1883), French Painter
    * Edvard Munch (1863 -1944), Norwegian Painter
    * Francisco Goya (1746 -1828), Spanish Painter and Engraver
    * Jackson Pollock, (1912 -1956), US Abstract Expressionist Painter
    * Jacques Louis David, (1748 -1825), French Painter
    * Johannes Vermeer (1632 -1675), Dutch Painter
    * Leonardo da Vinci, (1452 -1519), Italian Painter, Sculptor and Inventor
    * Michelangelo Buonarroti, (1475 -1564), Italian Sculptor and Painter
    * Norman Rockwell (1894 -1978), Illustrator, Painter
    * Pablo Picasso, (1881-1973), Spanish Cubist Artist
    * Paul Cézanne, (1839 -1906), French Artist
    * Paul Gauguin, (1848 -1903), French Painter
    * Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841-1919), French Impressionist Painter
    * Peter Paul Rubens, (1577 -1640), Belgian Painter
    * Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525 -1569), Flemish Painter
    * Raphael, (1483 -1520), Italian Painter
    * Rembrandt, (1606 -1669), Dutch Painter
    * Salvador Dalí, (1904 -1989), Catalan Artist
    * Titian, (1488 -1576) (Italian Painter, Real Name Tiziano Vecelli)
    * Thomas Gainsborough, (1727-1788), English Painter
    * Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890), Dutch Painter
    * Wassily Kandinsky, (1866 -1944), Russian-born Artist
    * William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905), French Academic Painter

List of Famous People - Poets & Writers

These poets and writers have influenced the world with their famous works portraying life through the beauty of words. The below list is about the famous people in history of literature.

    * Adam Smith
    * Alfred Tennyson
    * Anton Chekhov
    * Arthur C. Clarke
    * Charles Dickens
    * Dante Alighieri
    * Emily Dickinson
    * Ernest Hemingway
    * George Byron
    * H. G. Wells
    * Hans Christian Anderson
    * Harper Lee
    * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    * J. K. Rowling
    * Jeffery Archer
    * John Keats
    * Khalil Gibran
    * Lewis Caroll
    * Mark Twain
    * Oscar Wilde
    * Paulo Coelho
    * Rabindranath Tagore
    * Robert Frost
    * Robert Louis Stevenson
    * Rudyard Kipling
    * Ruskin Bond
    * Salman Rushdie
    * Sidney Sheldon
    * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    * Sylvia Plath
    * T. S. Eliot
    * V. S. Naipaul
    * Virginia Woolf
    * Victor Hugo
    * W. H. Auden
    * William Butler Yeats
    * William Shakespeare
    * William Wordsworth

List of Famous People - Political Leaders

The following list of the world's greatest leaders, past and present, in the field of politics, consists of some eminent personalities who have made a huge difference to their respective countries.

    * Abraham Lincoln (United States of America)
    * Adolf Hitler (Germany)
    * Ariel Sharon (Israel)
    * Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
    * Franklin D Roosevelt (United States of America)
    * Fidel Castro (Cuba)
    * Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
    * Indira Gandhi (India)
    * Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka Mahatma Gandhi (India)
    * Napolean Bonaparte (France)
    * Nelson Mandela (South Africa)
    * Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
    * Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
    * Winston Churchill (United Kingdom)
    * Yasser Arafat (Palestine)

List of Famous People - Religious Icons

Here is a list of some of the most well known religious leaders, who have taught humanity about the virtues of life.

    * Ayatollah Khomeini
    * Confucius
    * Dalai Lama
    * Desmond Tutu
    * Lao tzu
    * Martin Luther
    * Martin Luther King Jr
    * Mother Teresa
    * Ramakrishna Paramhansa
    * Sri Aurobindo
    * Swami Vivekananda
    * The Pope
    * Zoroaster

List of Famous People - Scientists

The human race is living an easy life, thanks to the various inventions of these famous scientists. Women are not far behind in inventions as you can see in famous women inventors. Here is a list of famous inventors with their inventions..

    * Albert Einstein (Theory of Relativity)
    * Alexander Fleming (Penicillin)
    * Alexander Graham Bell (Telephone)
    * Alfred Nobel (Dynamite)
    * Charles Darwin (Theory of Evolution)
    * Galileo Galilei (Telescope)
    * Gregor Mendel (Genes)
    * Igor Sikorsky (Helicopter)
    * James Watt (Steam Engine)
    * John Logie Baird (Television)
    * Laszlo Jozsef Bíro (Ballpoint Pen)
    * Louis Pasteur (Pasteurization)
    * Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (Airplane)
    * Rudolf Diesel (Combustion Engine)
    * Sir Isaac Newton (Theory of Gravitation)
    * Stephen Hawking (Black Hole)
    * Thomas Alva Edison (Electric Bulb)
    * Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (X-ray)

Given below is a list of some more famous people from various walks of life.

    * Famous Archeologists
    * Famous Astronauts
    * Famous Child Models
    * Famous Doctors
    * Famous Economists
    * Famous Explorers
    * Famous Journalists
    * Famous Nurses
    * Famous People with Learning Disabilities
    * Famous Photographers List
    * Famous Singers
    * List of Famous Comedians
    * Most Famous Chefs

There are many more influential people in history who are famous for their achievements, which they have obtained through sheer hard work and dedication. But listing all those important people in history is a bit tough, due to constraint of time and space. Hope you found this article on list of famous people informative.

Famous Cartoonists

If you think cartoons are only for kids, then you are wrong. Some of the cartoons created by some famous cartoonists are ageless. Most of the homes you go, you will just notice the kids, sitting in front of the TV watching cartoons and laughing away to glory. But what you don't notice is the adults of the house who keep finding some lame excuses so that even they can watch the cartoons. I am a big time fan of Tom and Jerry and Johnny Bravo, and even though I am 'legally an adult', I never miss a single episode of it. Hats off to the cartoonists who had spend hours behind these cartoons. That people watch the same episode over and over again, irrespective of how old they are, is (I suppose) one of the best rewards for all the hard work and efforts put in it by these famous cartoonists.

Famous Cartoons and Cartoonists

David Remnick (American journalist, writer and magazine editor) has correctly pointed out that "98% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first - and the other 2% are lying." Reading something funny, something that tingles our funny bone early in the morning, is better than reading about murders and kidnappings and thefts etc. Let us meet those people who are responsible for making us laugh every single day. Let us meet some of these famous cartoonists in the famous cartoonist list given below.

Walter Elias Disney or Walt Disney
No list of famous cartoonists names can be complete without this one particular name, 'Walt Disney'. The magic that he created in the 40's has still not lost its uniqueness. He was an American film producer, a voice actor, an animator, an entertainer and a director. He, along with his brother, Roy O. Disney, founded the Walt Disney Production and created the famous Mickey Mouse character, with the help of his team. The first success of this famous cartoonist was not Mickey, but Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. But he had to let go of it due to some problems with the contracts. Mickey, as we all know, is a timeless and one of the most famous characters.

William Denby "Bill" Hanna
Tom and Jerry, The Flinstones, The Jetsons, Scooby Doo, The Smurfs, Yogi Bear, The Huckelberry Hound Show are some of the famous cartoons created by William Denby "Bill" Hanna. In the year 1937, while he was working with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, he met Joseph Barbera and these two men produced the evergreen animated cartoon (and my all time favorite) Tom and Jerry. The famous Hanna-Barbera TV animation studio was founded by them in the year 1957 and it was from this house that both of them produced cartoons like The Flinstones, The Jetsons etc. Their cartoons have won them 7 Academy Awards and 8 Emmy Awards.

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones
"Ehhhhh...What's up Doc?" Don't you just love this famous quote of Bugs Bunny? This fictional character was created by none other than Chuck Jones, the director of famous animated movies like "The Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies". Some of the other famous cartoon characters created by this famous cartoonist are Daffy Duck, Road Runner, Sylvester, Wile E to name a few. He had also produced some new series of Tom and Jerry. Later, he started his own studio called Chuck Jones Productions.

Daniel S. DeCarlo
Daniel Decarlo, was the creator of the famous teenage boy from Riverdale, Archie Andrews and his friends Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie and others. He also created Sabrina, the teenage witch, Josie and the Pussycats and the real hot girl, Cheryl Blossom. All these characters were created in the year 1950 but this comic book is read even today.

Pran Kumar Sharma
Pran Kumar Sharma or Pran (as he is popularly called), is a famous Indian cartoonist, known for his creation of Chacha Choudhury (a small white mustached, red turbaned, intelligent, old man) and his side kick and best friend Sabu (a tall and powerful man, who was said to have come from a different planet). Kids loved reading about Chacha and Sabu's adventures and how they uncovered various crimes and thefts.

Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
They are the ones who had created the famous and widely known Vikings, Asterix and Obelix and the famous, invincible Gaulish village. His creation has also been converted into movies and both are still read and watched widely by kids and adults across the world. Children loves to hear about the famous and funny adventures of these two Gauls and their dog, Dogamatix and the magic potion.

George Remi or Herge
"Aaaaah! My beauty, past compared, these jewels bright I wear", this song by the famous Milanese singer, Bianca Castafiore, is a song that we will never forget when we read the creation by this famous cartoonist, Tintin. People love to listen to the adventures of Tintin, Captain Haddock, Prof Calculus, the funny Thompson and Thomson and the rest of the crew.

Some Other Famous Cartoonists List

• Henry King "Hank" Ketcham (Dennis the Menace)
• Ronald "Carl" Giles
• Judy Horacek
• Robert Crumb
• Matt Groening
• R.K. Laxman
• John Leech
• Walt Kelly
• Osamu Tezuka
• Ralph Bakshi
• Jules Bass
• Arthur Davis
• Eric Goldberg
• Bud Fisher
• Mike Petters
• Bill Watterson
• Ben Caldwell
• Adolf Hitler (I know you must be surprised by this name, but it's true. He was a great cartoonist)

Now to have the names of famous cartoonists and also their creations. These cartoonist have done a a lot more than one can imagine; they have made so many laugh. Some people say that it's a good deed if you make at least three people laugh everyday. If that is the case, then these cartoonists are half angels as the make not three but three thousand people laugh everyday.

Influential People of the 20th Century

   7. olution and the Chinese Communist Party.
   8. Henry Ford: He was neither a leader, nor a politician. However, he invented a car that transformed the face of the automobile world. In 1999, from a survey conducted among Americans, Henry Ford made his place among the Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. He was also the innovator of welfare capitalism.
   9. John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Another influential president of USA, John F. Kennedy was a phenomenal and liberal leader of the 20th century. He was often criticized for dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was killed in dubious situations which are still far-fetched.
  10. Nelson Mandela: A former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela has received more than 100 awards and honors. However, the most notable achievement of Mandela was the Nobel Prize he received in 1993, which made him one of the most influential people in the 20th century.

Other Influential People of the 20th Century

The above people were the most important people in the 20th century which was flourished by scientists, leaders, politicians, and artists. However, there are many others who were the most influential people of the 20th century, but not as prominent as the ones discussed above. The following is a compilation of 100 most influential people of the 20th century who molded the era with their phenomenal achievements and beliefs.

100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century
Leaders and Politicians
Sr. No.	Name	Occupation/Influence
1.	Ayatullah R. Khomeini	Leader of Iran's Revolution
2.	Bill Clinton	Former U.S. President
3.	David Ben-Gurion	Israel's 1st Prime Minister
4.	Eleanor Roosevelt	Former U.S. First Lady
5.	Fidel Castro	Dictator of Cuba
6.	Harry Truman	Former U.S. President
7.	Ho Chi Minh	First President of North Vietnam
8.	Joseph Stalin	Soviet Politician
9.	Lech Walesa	Polish Union Organizer
10.	Mao Zedong	Leader of Communist China
11.	Margaret Sanger	Birth Control Crusader
12.	Margaret Thatcher	British Prime Minister
13.	Martin Luther King Jr.	Civil Rights Leader
14.	Mikhail Gorbachev	Soviet Reformer
15.	Pope John Paul II	Religious Leader
16.	Ronald Reagan	Former U.S. President
17.	Theodore Roosevelt	Former U.S. President and Environmentalist
18.	Tony Blair	Former U.K. Prime Minister
19.	Unknown Rebel	Photographer of Tiananmen Square protests
20.	Vladimir Ilyich Lenin	Founder of Soviet Union
Scientists and Thinkers
Sr. No.	Name	Occupation/Influence
1.	Alan Turing	Computer Scientist
2.	Alexander Fleming	Bacteriologist
3.	Edwin Hubble	Astronomer
4.	Enrico Fermi	Atomic Physicist
5.	James Watson and Francis Crick	Molecular Biologists
6.	Jean Piaget	Child Psychologist
7.	John Maynard Keynes	Economist
8.	Onas Salk	Virologist
9.	Kurt Godel	Mathematician
10.	Leo Baekeland	Plastics Pioneer
11.	Ludwig Wittgenstein	Philosopher
12.	Marie Curie	Scientist and Discoverer of Radium
13.	Niels Bohr	Physicist
14.	Philo Farnsworth	Inventor of Electronic Television
15.	Rachel Carson	Environmentalist
16.	Robert Goddard	Rocket Scientist
17.	Sigmund Freud	Psychoanalyst
18.	The Leakey Family	Anthropologists
19.	Tim Berners-Lee	Internet Designer
20.	William Shockley	Solid-state Physicist
Artists and Entertainers
Sr. No.	Name	Occupation/Influence
1.	Aretha Franklin	Soul Musician
2.	Bart Simpson	Cartoon Character
3.	Bob Dylan	Folk Musician
4.	Charlie Chaplin	Comic Genius
5.	Coco Chanel	Designer
6.	Frank Sinatra	Singer
7.	Igor Stravinsky	Classical Musician
8.	James Joyce	Novelist
9.	Jim Henson	Puppeteer and Creator of TV's Muppets
10.	Le Corbusier	Architect
11.	Louis Armstrong	Jazz Musician
12.	Lucille Ball	TV Star
13.	Marlon Brando	Actor
14.	Martha Graham	Dancer and Choreographer
15.	Oprah Winfrey	TV Talk-show Host
16.	Pablo Picasso	Artist
17.	Rogers and Hammerstein	Broadway Showmen
18.	Steven Spielberg	Movie Maker
19.	The Beatles	Rock Musicians
20.	T.S. Eliot	Poet
Builders and Titans
Sr. No.	Name	Occupation/Influence
1.	A.P. Giannini	Architect of Nationwide Banking
2.	Akio Morito	Co-founder of Sony
3.	Bill Gates	Co-founder of Microsoft
4.	Charles Merill	Advocate of Small Investor
5.	David Sarnoff	Father of Broadcasting
6.	Estee Lauder	Cosmetics Tycoon
7.	Joseph Blatter	President of Fifa
8.	Juan Trippe	Aviation Entrepreneur
9.	Leo Burnett	Advertising Genius
10.	Louis B. Mayer	Hollywood Mogul
11.	Lucky Luciano	Criminal Mastermind
12.	Pete Rozelle	Football-league Commissioner
13.	Ray Kroc	Hamburger Meister
14.	Sam Walton	Wal-Mart Dynamo
15.	Stephen Bechtel	Construction Magnate
16.	Thomas Watson Jr.	IBM President
17.	Walt Disney	Creator of Animation and Multimedia
18.	Walter Reuther	Labor Reader
19.	William Levitt	Creator of Suburbia
20.	Willis Carrier	Maker of Air-conditioning systems
Icons and Heroes
Sr. No.	Name	Occupation/Influence
1.	Andrei Sakharov	Soviet Dissident
2.	Anne Frank	Diarist and Holocaust Victim
3.	Bill Wilson	Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
4.	Billy Graham	Evangelist
5.	Bruce Lee	Actor and Martial-arts Star
6.	Charles Lindbergh	Translantic Aviator
7.	Che Guevara	Guerrilla Leader
8.	Diana	Princess of Wales
9.	Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay	Conquerors of Mount Everest
10.	Emmeline Pankhurst	Suffragist
11.	Harvey Milk	Gay-rights Leader
12.	Helen Keller	Champion of the Disabled
13.	Jackie Robinson	Baseball Player
14.	Marilyn Monroe	Actress
15.	Mother Teresa	Missionary Nun
16.	Muhammad Ali	Heavyweight Boxing Champion
17.	Pele	Soccer Champion
18.	Rosa Parks	Civil Rights Torchbearer
19.	The American G.I.	Soldier for Freedom
20.	The Kennedys	Dynasty

Most Famous People in the World

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    * Pearl S Buck
    * Rudyard Kipling
    * Rabindranath Tagore
    * Samuel Coleridge
    * T S Elliot
    * Thomas Hardy
    * Victor Hugo
    * V. S. Naipaul
    * William Sydney Porter
    * William Makepeace Thackeray
    * William Wordsworth
    * William Shakespeare
    * William Blake
    * Walter Scott

Most Famous Painters in the World

Some of the most famous people in the world are painters and sculptures. A thing of beauty has the power to move us and these famous painters were capable of doing that through their paintings. Here is a list of the most famous painters and sculptures in the world.

    * Andy Warhol
    * Botticelli
    * Claude Monet
    * Edouard Manet
    * Francisco Goya
    * Gustav Klimt
    * Henri Rousseau
    * Henri Matisse
    * Jackson Pollock
    * Johannes Vermeer
    * John Constable
    * Leonardo Da Vinci
    * Michelangelo
    * Peter Paul Rubens
    * Pierre - Auguste Renoir
    * Pablo Picasso
    * Rembrandt van Rijn
    * Raphael
    * Salvador Dali
    * Vincent Van Gogh
    * Wassily Kandinsky

Most Famous Chefs in the World

Gourmet cooks are dime a dozen, but to be regarded as a great and famous chef is no mean feat. Here is a list of most famous chefs in the world who have created great dishes and mastered some of the most complicated cooking techniques.

    * Anthony Bourdain
    * Alton Brown
    * Bobby Flay
    * Curtis Stone
    * David Chang
    * Eric Ripert
    * Gordon Ramsay
    * Guillaume Brahimi
    * Guy Savoy
    * Hiroyuki Sakai
    * Jacques Pepin
    * Jamie Oliver
    * Jacques Torres
    * Julia Child
    * Justin Wilson
    * Koumei Nakamura
    * Keith Floyd
    * Lorenzo Delmonico
    * Luke Nguyen
    * Matthew Dillon
    * Matt Moran
    * Maria Hines
    * Michel Roux
    * Michael Barry
    * Ming Tsai
    * Martha Lloyd
    * Masaharu Morimoto
    * Neil Perry
    * Nigella Lawson
    * Nigel Slater
    * Nobu Matsuhisa
    * Paul Bocuse
    * Paula Deen
    * Perry Lang
    * Pierre Hermes
    * Rachel Ray
    * Raymond Blanc
    * Raffaele Esposito
    * Rocco DiSpirito
    * Susan Spicer
    * Tetsuya Wakuda
    * Todd English
    * Tom Colicchio
    * Tony Bilson
    * Wolfgang Puck

Most Famous Scientists and Inventors

Given below is a list of the most famous scientists as well as inventors who were instrumental in discovering new things that made life easier for us.

    * Albert Einstein
    * Archimedes
    * Alexander Graham Bell
    * Alexander Fleming
    * Alfred Nobel
    * Benjamin Franklin
    * Carl Gauss
    * C.V. Raman
    * Claude Bernard
    * Charles Darwin
    * Dmitri Mendeleev
    * Edwin Hubble
    * Enrico Fermi
    * Erwin Schrodinger
    * Euclid
    * Galileo Galilei
    * Issac Newton
    * James Watson
    * John Dalton
    * Louis Victor de Broglie
    * Louis Pasteur
    * Ludwig Boltzmann
    * Marie Curie
    * Max Planck
    * Michael Faraday
    * Neils Bohr
    * Nicolaus Copernicus
    * Thomas Edison
    * Tycho Brahe
    * Werner Heisenberg
    * Willard Libby

Most Famous Actors and Actresses in the World

Here is the list of the most famous actors and actresses in the world.

    * Angelina Jolie
    * Al Pacino
    * Amitabh Bachchan
    * Anthony Hopkins
    * Audrey Hepburn
    * Ava Gardner
    * Barbra Streisand
    * Brad Pitt
    * Cameron Diaz
    * Cate Blanchett
    * Catherine Zeta Jones
    * Clint Eastwood
    * Daniel Craig
    * Dustin Hoffman
    * Elizabeth Taylor
    * Gwyneth Paltrow
    * Grace Kelly
    * George Clooney
    * Greta Garbo
    * Harrison Ford
    * Hugh Jackman
    * Ingrid Bergman
    * Johnny Depp
    * Hugh Grant
    * Jennifer Aniston
    * Kate Beckinsale
    * Kate Hudson
    * Katharine Hepburn
    * Leonardo DiCaprio
    * Marilyn Monroe
    * Megan Fox
    * Mel Gibson
    * Meryl Streep
    * Nicole Kidman
    * Nicolas Cage
    * Reese Witherspoon
    * Robert De Niro
    * Sandra Bullock
    * Sean Penn
    * Scarlett Johansson
    * Shah Rukh Khan
    * Tom Cruise
    * Uma Thurman

Most Famous Singers in the World

Here is a list of the most famous people in the world of music. These famous singers are known by one and all, all over the world.

    * Amy Winehouse
    * Aaron Carter
    * Alanis Morissette
    * Beyonce Knowles
    * Bob Marley
    * Bryan Adams
    * Britney Spears
    * Carlos Santana
    * Christina Aguilera
    * Elvis Presley
    * Enrique Iglesias
    * Eminem
    * Gwen Stefani
    * Jennifer Lopez
    * Jay-Z
    * John Lennon
    * Kurt Cobain
    * Kylie Minogue
    * Lady Gaga
    * Lata Mangeskar
    * Lenny Kravitz
    * Madonna
    * Michael Jackson
    * Mick Jagger
    * Norah Jones
    * Paul McCartney
    * Pink Floyd
    * Rihanna
    * Shakira
    * Taylor Swift
    * Whitney Houston

Most Famous Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in the World

Given below is a famous entrepreneurs list, that features some of the most successful industrialists.

    * Andrew Carnegie
    * Bill Gates
    * Dhirubhai Ambani
    * Donald Trump
    * Howard Hughes
    * Henry Ford
    * John D. Rockefeller
    * Lakshmi Mittal
    * Richard Branson
    * Steve Jobs
    * Warren Buffet

Most Famous People in the World 2010

Do you want to know who were the most famous people in the world 2010. Here is the list of the most famous people for the year 2010. These people have garnered the most media attention this year and featured prominently in the news.

    * Barrack Obama
    * Emma Watson
    * Lady Gaga
    * Kim Yu-na
    * Marc Jacobs
    * Nicholas Sarkozy
    * Robert Pattinson
    * Simon Cowell
    * Taylor Swift
    * Temple Grandin
    * Tiger Woods

Famous Entrepreneurs

The 21st century is witnessing an upsurge of entrepreneurship. Be it the cradle of entrepreneurs, the US or the Asian countries India, China, Japan and several countries in the European continent, entrepreneurship is now a mainstream career that many people are not afraid of trying. Liberalization and globalization have made it possible for people to start their own businesses and expand it. Famous entrepreneurs who have redefined business rules and have changed the ways we look at life are an inspiration for working relentlessly to pursue our dreams. This article is dedicated to the spirit of entrepreneurship that has made significant contribution in creating employment and improving life around us.

Hall of Fame: Famous Entrepreneurs List

The list of famous entrepreneurs is endless. The 20th century has seen rise of some of the most amazing entrepreneurs all across the world especially in the US. Here is the list of some famous entrepreneurs of the 20th century and the 21st century who have been known for their sharp business acumen and sheer determination to prove their mettle in the business world.

Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)
The world famous scientist Thomas Edison was not only a scientific genius but a businessman with sharp understanding of consumer needs. He's credited for starting the concept of mass production and large teamwork for invention and innovation. He patented several path breaking inventions (1093 patents, to be precise!!) and started the first industrial research laboratory, the 'Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory Complex'.

John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)
Rockefeller is still hailed to be one of the richest person in history. An American oil magnate, Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company. His wealth soared as he became the king of petroleum industry. He is said to have spend 40 years of life in retirement owing to the wealth he amassed!

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
One of the greatest philanthropists in the history, and founder of Carnegie Steel Company, Andrew Carnegie is regarded to be one of the most famous American entrepreneurs. He sold his steel company to JP Morgan in 1911 and it came to be known as U.S. Steel.

Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Founder of the iconic Ford Motor Company and popular for his concept of assembly line technique of mass production, Henry Ford revolutionized the American transportation industry.

Warren Buffet (1930 till date)
The world's most successful investor, Warren Buffet, founder and CEO of the iconic investing company, Berkshire Hathaway, was rated as the 3rd richest person in the year 2010. With a net worth of US$45 billion (2010), Buffet has pledged to give 99% of his wealth to philanthropic causes.

Ted Turner (1938 till date)
A media tycoon and a living legend, Ted Turner is the founder of Cable News Network (CNN), the world's first 24 hour cable news channel. Like Buffet, Ted's philanthropic works are known worldwide.

Walt Disney (1901-1966)
One of the biggest motion pictures producers ever in the history of entertainment, Walt Disney co-founded Walt Disney Productions. Now, known as The Walt Disney Company, it is worth US$35 billion annually.

Some Most Famous Entrepreneurs List

Famous Entrepreneurs	Life Period	Founders
Bill Gates	1955 till date	One of the main founders of software company Microsoft. Ranked consistently among the wealthiest people in the world.
Ray Kroc	1902-1984	Founder - McDonald's. Need I say more?
Dhirubhai Ambani	1932 - 2002	Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian rags to riches story. He was the founder of iconic Reliance Industries in the Indian State of Mumbai. In 2007, the combined fortune of his sons (Anil and Mukesh) was 60 billion dollars, placing them 2nd to the legendary Walton's family. One of the greatest billionaires on the list of Forbes and biggest Asian Businessmen.
Steve Jobs	1955 till date	Co-founder, Apple Computers. He changed the way we thought about the word 'innovation'. In fact, Steve redefined innovation!
Richard Branson	1950 till date	One of the most famous British Industrialists and founder of the Virgin Group that has almost 360 subsidiary companies!
Sam Walton	1918-1992	Nothing bigger has ever been spotted in the world business than the legendary Wal Mart. Sam Walton is the founder of retail giant Wal-Mart stores.
Donald Trump	1946 till date	Chairman and CEO Trump Organization, a real estate giant.
Vijay Mallya	1955 till date	Known as the 'Liquor Baron', Vijay Mallya is the chairman of United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines. He has a net worth of US$1 billion.
Sergey Brin/Larry Page	1973 till date	As the Universe expands, so does the Google Search Engine! The founders of the biggest search engine of the world, Google, these two young entrepreneurs have changed the Internet world.
Mark Zuckerberg	1984 till date	At 26 years of age, Mark Zuckerberg, one of the co-founders of 'Facebook' is one of the youngest famous entrepreneurs. He has amassed wealth and success at such a tender age that it seems, he would be the next biggie of the Internet world.
Laxmi Niwas Mittal	1950 till date	Among the top 10 richest people in the world and a steel tycoon. He is the richest man in Europe and became more popular after the iconic Arcelor acquisition. He is the chairman of World Steel Association and hails from India.

This was just a glimpse into the famous entrepreneurs list of the world. Certainly, there are many other names that can be included in the successful entrepreneurs list but their names are not here. This doesn't undermine their contribution in any way. As readers, if you're reminded of some of the most popular and famous entrepreneurs whose names are not here, don't hesitate to comment in the column below.

Great Leaders

Great leaders are born not made. ~ William A. Cohen

Yes, the above mentioned quote is very true. And till today we remember them, we revere them. Such great was their caliber that they will forever be honored as great leaders. They have attained this position through struggle, hardships and possession of leadership qualities. In this article you shall come to know about the greatest leaders of all time.

List of Great Leaders

People have evolved from different backgrounds, ruling countries for ages and leaving a mark even after death. Check out names of the world's greatest leaders. The list shall include men and women both.

Great Female Leaders
The softer gender has gifted the world a different outlook. Such great female leaders possessed superb qualities to rule the entire country. And due to many more reasons they are still renowned as world's famous women leaders. Here we go with the list.

    * Wu Zetian
    * Hatshepsut
    * Elizabeth I
    * Queen Victoria
    * Indira Gandhi
    * Golda Meir
    * Margaret Thatcher
    * Catherine II
    * Janet Jagan
    * Benazir Bhutto
    * Queen Elizabeth II
    * Queen Margrethe 2
    * Queen Beatrix
    * Mary McAleese
    * President Pratibha Patil
    * Rosa Parks
    * Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed
    * President Dalia Grybauskaitė
    * Angela Merkel

Great American Leaders
The U.S is known for giving birth to famous leaders of all time. The qualities of a good leader could be best exemplified from the names of the figures mentioned below. They are included under the list of great American leaders.

    * Abraham Lincoln
    * Franklin Roosevelt
    * Benjamin Franklin
    * John F. Kennedy
    * Douglas Macarthur
    * General Dwight Eisenhower
    * Eleanor Roosevelt
    * Theodore Roosevelt
    * Martin Luther King. Jr.
    * Thomas Jefferson
    * George Washington
    * George W. Bush
    * Barack Obama

Great Military Leaders
Leaders have also proven their leadership qualities with strength and power. They have fought wars and have led the army to in the course of battles and war, as protective measures from foreign invasion and terror attacks. The names of such great military leaders are included in the list below.

    * Alexander the Great
    * Napoleon Bonaparte
    * Erwin Rommel
    * Hannibal
    * Genghis Khan
    * George S. Patton
    * Robert E. Lee
    * Julius Caesar
    * Richard the Lionheart
    * Mao Zedong
    * Stonewall Jackson
    * Georgi Zhukov
    * Adolf Hitler
    * Joan of Arc
    * Fidel Castro
    * Saddam Hussein
    * Ulysses S. Grant
    * Charlemagne
    * Hernando Cortes
    * Douglas Mac Arthur
    * George Patton
    * Georgi Zhukov
    * George Washington
    * Vladimir Putin
    * George W. Bush
    * Francisco Pizarro
    * Alexander Suvorov
    * Horatio Nelson

Other Great Leaders
Apart from the figures enlisted above, there are also many great leaders who have lead the country to victory and has established some of the greatest achievements. So who are the great leaders in history? Find out from the list written below.

    * Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
    * Joseph Stalin
    * Jawaharlal Nehru
    * Mahatma Gandhi
    * Idi Amin
    * Sun Yat Sen
    * Yitzhak Rabin
    * Mikhail Gorbachev
    * Kim Dae Jung
    * Sun Yat Sen
    * Nicolae Ceausescu
    * Benito Mussolini
    * Ho Chi Minh
    * Bill Clinton
    * Subhash Chandra Bose
    * Al Gore
    * Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
    * Tarja Halonen
    * Vaira Vikis-Freibergs
    * Nelson Mandela

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

The famous leadership quotes mentioned in the following content are from great leaders. They are actually words of wisdom, power, will and inspiration. There are also quotes about great leaders, that have horned them and enhanced their worth of being great leaders. Here they are.

    * Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry ~ Winston Churchill
    * Never give an order that can't be obeyed ~ General Douglas MacArthur
    * Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand ~ General Colin Powell
    * A leader is one who influences a specific group of people to move in a God-given direction ~ J. Robert Clinton
    * People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives ~ Theodore Roosevelt
    * Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil - the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be ~ William George Jordan
    * Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other ~ Abraham Lincoln
    * A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on ~ John F. Kennedy
    * Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man ~ Ronald Reagan
    * I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
    * Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession ~ George Washington
    * A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
    * If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the Revolution ~ Adolf Hitler

I'm sure you have derived useful information form this article, The 'Great Leaders'. You can find out their individual biographies from books or Internet to know their achievements.

Famous Leaders in History

"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand." - Colin Powell

Without a good leader, even the smallest of tasks can turn into a scenario of complete chaos. It is important to have someone at the helm of things who can be in charge and who can ensure that a group works towards a common goal. Christian Bovee very famously marked out six qualities of a good leader. These qualities included the ability to make other people feel important, the ability to promote a vision and objective, the ability to follow a rule, acceptance of mistakes committed by themselves, avoidance of criticism of others in public, and staying true to action. There is a reason that most leaders have a huge following. Following a good leader provides the follower to imitate those qualities that we find admirable. There are many famous leaders in history who have inspired others by setting an example.

Whether living in the ancient era, or in the modern day world, these leaders have been responsible for shaping the world as we know it today. The biggest events recorded in the annals of history are in some way or the other connected to these great leaders in history. In this article we give you a list of some of the most famous leaders in history. The names mentioned in the article include world famous women leaders and famous African American leaders.

Famous Women Leaders in History

The list below comprises the world's famous women leaders who have contributed hugely to the world as we know it. These women are inspirational to have fought for the various causes that they believed in and for also fighting gender prejudices along the way. There is not a single list of famous leaders in history that can be complete without a mention of these women.

    * Angela Merkel
    * Aung San Suu Kyi
    * Benazir Bhutto
    * Catherine II
    * Cleopatra
    * Dalia Grybauskaitė
    * Princess Diana of Wales
    * Eleanor Roosevelt
    * Elizabeth I
    * Golda Meir
    * Hatshepsut
    * Hillary Clinton
    * Hsiao-ch'in
    * Indira Gandhi

   

    * Janet Jagan
    * Saint Joan of Arc
    * Margaret Thatcher
    * Mary McAleese
    * Queen Beatrix
    * Queen Elizabeth II
    * Queen Isabella of Spain
    * Queen Margrethe 2
    * Queen Victoria
    * Rosa Parks
    * Sheikh Hasina Wajed
    * Sirimavo Bandaranaike
    * Vaira Vike-Freiberga
    * Wu Zetian

Famous Male Leaders in History

These men took up causes and rebellions that a majority had lost faith in. While there are also names of dictators in this list, it cannot be refuted that these men despite the widespread devastation that they caused, managed to garner huge support for their cause. These great leaders stayed true to their beliefs. This list of famous leaders in history comprises famous black leaders in history, leaders of ancient times, and political leaders of the modern world.

    * Abraham Lincoln
    * Adolf Hitler
    * Al Gore
    * Albert John Luthuli
    * Alexander Suvorov
    * Alexander the Great
    * Ariel Sharon
    * Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
    * Barack Obama
    * Benito Mussolini
    * Benjamin Franklin
    * Bill Clinton
    * Charlemagne
    * Dalai Lama
    * Desmond Tutu
    * Douglas MacArthur
    * Erwin Rommel
    * Fidel Castro
    * Francisco Pizarro
    * Franklin Roosevelt
    * Gamal Abdel Nasser
    * General Dwight Eisenhower
    * Genghiz Khan
    * George Patton
    * George W. Bush
    * George Washington
    * Henri La Fontaine
    * Henry Kissinger
    * Hernando Cortes
    * Ho Chi Minh
    * Horatio Nelson
    * Idi Amin
    * Jacques Chirac

   

    * Jawaharlal Nehru
    * John F. Kennedy
    * Joseph Stalin
    * Julius Caesar
    * Kim Dae Jung
    * Kofi Annan
    * Lech Walesa
    * Mahatma Gandhi
    * Mao Zedong
    * Martin Luther King, Jr.
    * Mikhail Gorbachev
    * Napoleon Bonaparte
    * Nelson Mandela
    * Oscar Arias Sanchez
    * Raul Castro
    * Richard Nixon
    * Richard the Lionheart
    * Ronald Reagan
    * Saddam Hussein
    * Stonewall Jackson
    * Subhash Chandra Bose
    * Sun Yat Sen
    * Tarja Halonen
    * Theodore Roosevelt
    * Thomas Jefferson
    * Tony Blair
    * Tunku Abdul Rahman
    * Ulysses S. Grant
    * Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
    * Vladimir Putin
    * Winston Churchill
    * Yasser Arafat
    * Yitzhak Rabin

These famous people are some of the world's greatest leaders. These famous leaders in history have motivated people and molded the place we live in. It is because of these leaders that the world has undergone the momentous changes it has witnessed.

Influential People

History has been a testimony to the fact there have been numerous religious leaders, spiritual gurus, political leaders, scientists, revolutionaries and social reformers who have shaped the destiny of the world. This article is dedicated to all those influential people whose contributions have given this world a new way to think and act.

World's Most Influential People

Here is some information about important people in history who shaped the world.

Issac Newton
One of the greatest physicists of all times, Sir Issac Newton proposed the laws of motion and laws of Gravitation. He is also known for his book, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), more commonly known as 'Principia'. This single book became a foundation stone for many of the fundamentals of classical mechanics. Besides Physics, he also contributed in the development of Calculus, a branch of higher mathematics.

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was one of the greatest theoretical physicist, the world has ever produced and he is known for widely known for his theory of relativity. Albert Einstein shook the physics world by proposing the magnificent law of relativity and mass energy relevance. In the year 1921, Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions and services to the physics world.

Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Edison, also known as the 'wizard of Menlo Park' invented the light bulb and made more than 1000 inventions in his lifetime. He is said to be one of the biggest inventors of all time and he has majorly contributed in the field of telecommunication management. Besides being a scientist, Edison also had a sharp business acumen and he is said to have started the concept of mass production and large teamwork to produce products in bulk.

Mahatma Gandhi
Known as the 'naked fakir' and 'father of the nation', Mahatma Gandhi was the key player in leading India to independence from the rule of British empire. He used non violence as a weapon to force the mighty British empire leave India. Known to be an inspiration for many people in the world, including, Martin Luther King Jr. and the present US president Barack Obama. He is rated to be at the top of world's greatest leaders.

Winston Churchill
A prominent British leader, a great prime minister and a statesman who emerged as the biggest source of indomitable will for British army in the second half of World war. Besides being a great diplomat and leader, he is the only prime minister in the world to have received a Nobel prize in literature. Owing to his charisma and leadership qualities, the US recognized him as the first honorary US citizen. He is known for his leading the British army brilliantly in the WWII.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
The 32nd president of the US is still rated to be among the best presidents in the list of presidents of USA. He is regarded to be one of the most influential people in US politics and leadership. He took over as president of the US in tumultuous times of Great Depression and recovered America's position. He brought hope to the country and he was the president who introduced the concept of social security to support people in old ages.

The Wright Brothers
The Wright brothers changed the world's transportation system and helped humans to fly high in the sky. Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) contributed to one of the most significant inventions of the 20th century - the airplanes. These two American brothers were passionate about machines and since their teenage years, they played with machines and made their own bicycles.

Adolf Hitler
The chief of Nazi German Army in second world war, Adolf Hitler has been one of the most influential people in the history of world and he is also infamous for his treachery as a barbaric leader. His autobiography, Mein Kampf, written while he was imprisoned for a year in 1923, is a story of how a child turns into one of the greatest military and political figures.

Karl Marx
A social philosopher, whose ideas and beliefs led to the Russian revolution, Karl Max works made a crucial contribution in the foundation stone of an equal society and balanced economy. Marxist philosophy had a great influence on social and economic world. His another famous work is 'The Das Capital'.

William Shakespeare
One of the greatest literary genius the world has ever seen, William Shakespeare was one of the most influential people in the world and made English literature popular world wide. 'Julius Caesar', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Macbeth' etc., are some of the best novels written by this literary genius.

Alexander Graham Bell
Bell's father and mother were deaf and this was the greatest influence in his life. His deep research and study on speech led the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876. History owes a lot to this man who gave the world one of the most fastest and easiest modes of communication, the telephone.

James Watson and Francis Crick
They changed the way of medical research by proposing first double helix structure of DNA molecule in the year 1953. DNA research got a great boost due to their efforts. They're regarded to be the most influential people of the 20th century.

Sigmund Freud
One of the most popular figures in the psychology field, known as Father of psychology, Sigmund Freud's work 'Interpretations of Dreams' is a world popular book. Sigmund Freud's work on psychoanalysis, dreams, sex, alter ego, consciousness revolutionized the field of psychology and he made a remarkable contribution in unraveling mysteries underlying human mind and thoughts.

President Barack Obama
The first African – American President of US, President Barack Obama created history in the US presidential elections. Obama was a US senator from Illinois since 2005 and he resigned from his senator post after the presidential elections. His book, 'Dreams from My Father' is an international best seller and an is an autobiographical narrative.

Here is a list of some of the most influential people in history:

    * Confucius
    * St. Paul
    * Johann Gutenberg
    * Christopher Columbus
    * Louis Pasteur
    * Galileo Galilei
    * Aristotle
    * Euclid
    * Moses
    * Charles Darwin
    * Shih Huang Ti
    * Augustus Caesar
    * Nicolaus Copernicus
    * Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
    * Constantine the Great
    * James Watt
    * Michael Faraday
    * James Clerk Maxwell
    * George Washington
    * Genghis Khan
    * Adam Smith
    * Edward de Vere
    * John Dalton
    * Alexander the Great
    * Napoleon Bonaparte
    * Antony van Leeuwenhoek
    * William T.G. Morton
    * Guglielmo Marconi
    * Plato
    * Oliver Cromwell
    * Alexander Fleming
    * John Locke
    * Beethoven
    * Werner Heisenberg
    * Louis Daguerre
    * Simon Bolivar
    * Rene Descartes
    * Michelangelo
    * Pope Urban II
    * 'Umar ibn al-Khattab
    * Asoka
    * St. Augustine
    * William Harvey
    * Ernest Rutherford
    * John Calvin
    * Gregor Mendel
    * Max Planck
    * Joseph Lister
    * Nikolaus August Otto
    * Francisco Pizarro
    * Hernando Cortes
    * Queen Isabella I
    * Joseph Stalin
    * Julius Ceasar
    * William the Conqueror
    * Edward Jenner
    * Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
    * Johann Sebastian Bach
    * Lao Tzu
    * Voltaire
    * Johannes Kepler
    * Enrico Fermi
    * Leonhard Euler
    * Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    * Nicoli Machiavelli
    * Thomas Malthus
    * John F. Kennedy
    * Gregory Pincus
    * Mani, Lenin
    * Sui Wen Ti
    * Vasco da Gama
    * Cyrus the Great
    * Peter the Great
    * Mao Zedong
    * Francis Bacon
    * Henry Ford
    * Mencius, Zoroaster
    * Queen Elizabeth I
    * Mikhail Gorbachev
    * Menes
    * Charlemagne, Homer
    * Justinian I

Influential People in American History

A list of the most influential people in the American history has been presented here.

    * Herman Melville
    * Abraham Lincoln
    * Thomas Jefferson
    * Alexander Hamilton
    * Benjamin Franklin
    * John Marshall
    * Martin Luther King Jr.
    * Woodrow Wilson
    * John D. Rockefeller
    * Ulysses S. Grant
    * James Madison
    * Theodore Roosevelt
    * Mark Twain
    * Ronald Reagan
    * Andrew Jackson
    * Thomas Paine
    * Andrew Carnegie
    * Harry Truman
    * Walt Whitman
    * John Adams
    * Walt Disney
    * Eli Whitney
    * Dwight Eisenhower
    * Earl Warren
    * Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    * Henry Clay
    * Ralph Waldo Emerson
    * Jonas Salk
    * Jackie Robinson
    * William Jennings Bryan
    * J. P. Morgan
    * Susan B. Anthony
    * Rachel Carson
    * John Dewey
    * Harriet Beecher Stowe
    * W. E. B. DuBois
    * Lyndon Baines Johnson
    * Samuel F. B. Morse
    * William Lloyd Garrison
    * Frederick Douglass
    * Robert Oppenheimer
    * Frederick Law Olmsted
    * James K. Polk
    * Margaret Sanger
    * Joseph Smith
    * Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
    * Bill Gates
    * John Quincy Adams
    * Horace Mann
    * Robert E. Lee
    * John C. Calhoun
    * Louis Sullivan
    * William Faulkner
    * Samuel Gompers
    * William James
    * George Marshall
    * Jane Addams
    * Henry David Thoreau
    * Elvis Presley
    * James D. Watson
    * James Gordon Bennett
    * Lewis and Clark
    * P.T. Barnum
    * Noah Webster
    * Sam Walton
    * Cyrus McCormick
    * Brigham Young
    * George Herman "Babe" Ruth
    * Frank Lloyd Wright
    * Betty Friedan
    * John Brown
    * Louis Armstrong
    * William Randolph Hearst
    * Margaret Mead
    * George Gallup
    * James Fenimore Cooper
    * Thurgood Marshall
    * Ernest Hemingway
    * Mary Baker Eddy
    * Benjamin Spock
    * Enrico Fermi
    * Walter Lippmann
    * Jonathan Edwards
    * Lyman Beecher
    * John Steinbeck
    * Nat Turner
    * George Eastman
    * Sam Goldwyn
    * Ralph Nader
    * Stephen Foster
    * Booker T. Washington
    * Richard Nixon

Influential Women in History

    * Susan B. Anthony
    * Marie Antoinette
    * Saint Joan of Arc
    * Aspasia of Miletus
    * Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor
    * Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
    * Jane Austen
    * Ella Baker
    * Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
    * Cleopatra
    * Juana Ines de la Cruz
    * Marie Curie
    * Agnes George de Mille
    * Emily Dickinson
    * Amelia Earhart
    * Marian Wright Edelman
    * Eleanor of Aquitane
    * Beatrix Jones Farrand
    * Edith Flanigen
    * Anne Frank
    * Rosalind Elsie Franklin
    * Betty Naomi Friedan
    * Elizabeth Gurney Fry
    * Margaret Fuller
    * Indira Gandhi
    * Sarah and Angelina Grimke
    * Caroline Lucretia Herschel
    * Judith E. Heumann
    * Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
    * Ariel Hollinshead
    * Mary Phelps Jacob
    * Helen Keller
    * Billie Jean King
    * Aleksandra Mikhaylovna Kollontai
    * Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
    * Susette La Flesche Tibbles
    * Maya Lin
    * Juliette Gordon Low
    * Anne Sullivan Macy
    * Wilma Mankiller
    * Barbara McClintock
    * Catherine de Medici
    * Oprah Winfrey
    * Lise Meitner
    * Rigoberta Menchu Tum
    * Maria Montessori
    * Mother Theresa
    * Baroness Murasaki Shikibu
    * Florence Nightingale
    * Georgia O'Keeffe
    * Vijaya Lakshimi Pandit
    * Emmeline Pankhurstv
    * Rosa Parks
    * Eva Peron
    * Christine de Pizan
    * Pocahontas
    * Queen Anne
    * Queen Elizabeth I
    * Queen Isabella
    * Queen Victoria
    * Jeannette Rankin
    * Sally Ride
    * Alexandra Romanov
    * Eleanor Roosevelt
    * Sakajawea
    * Margaret Sanger
    * Sappho
    * Rose Schneiderman
    * Gloria Steinem
    * Lucy Stone
    * Harriet Beecher Stowe
    * Harriet Russell Strong
    * Bertha von Suttner
    * Emma Tenayuca
    * Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova
    * Margaret Thatcher
    * Alexandrine Pieternella Francoise Tinne
    * Sojourner Truth
    * Harriet Tubman
    * Tz'u Hsi
    * Yoshiko Uchida
    * Phyllis Wheatley
    * Mary Wollstonecraft
    * Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
    * Clara Barton
    * Florence Bascom
    * Simone de Beauvoir
    * Aphra Behn
    * Ruth Fulton Benedict
    * Shirley Temple Black
    * Elizabeth Blackwell
    * Bonnie Kathleen Blair
    * Rosa Bonheur
    * Louise Arner Boyd
    * Pearl S. Buck
    * Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo
    * Rachel Carson
    * Catherine the Great
    * St. Catherine
    * Chien-shiung Wu
    * Michelle Obama
    * Indrya Nooyi
    * Sonia Gandhi
    * Mayawati

This was all about some of the most influential people in world. Hope you enjoyed reading about them. Reading autobiographies of influential people is always helpful, if you try to learn from their lives.

Famous People from Spain

If you asks me to name some of the famous people from Spain, the first name that comes into my is that of the Spanish striker, Raul Gonzalez Blanco. But besides him there are so many people from Spain, who have made a name for themselves in this world. These people are one of the main reasons why Spain has become popular. There are so many people from various fields who have contributed a lot to bring Spain where she is today and to name all these people, is bit of a problem. But still, for your benefit, I have tried making a list of a few famous Spanish people from various backgrounds.

Important People from Spain

Spain carved out an important position for itself in the world during the Middle Ages, with all her explorations, discoveries, cultural and religious ideas spreading across the world and various other things. There were also several people who contributed to this growth. The list of famous people from Spain, is given below.

Famous Spanish Explorers

Spanish people are mainly known for their voyages, their geographical discoveries, their colonies etc. Given below is a list of some of the very famous Spanish explorers who have made Spain proud with all their journeys and discoveries.

    * Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    * Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
    * Juan Sebastian Elcano
    * Hernan Cortes
    * Francisco Pizarro
    * Gasper de Portola
    * Hernanado de Soto
    * Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
    * Salvador Fidalgo
    * Diego de Almagro
    * Juan Bautista de Anza
    * Gabriel de Castilla
    * Fray Tomas de Berlanga

Famous Spanish People from Entertainment

Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Ana Belen, are some of the names that comes into our mind when we think of all the famous people from Spain, who have made a name for themselves in the field of entertainment. Be it as a director, or an actor or a model, these people have all worked hard to be where they are today; in our hearts and in history. Here are the names of some few people from the entertainment field.

    * Penelope Cruz
    * Gabino Diego
    * Juan Diego Botto
    * Fernando Fernan Gomez
    * Alfredo Landa
    * Pedro Amodovar (director)
    * Isabel Coixet
    * Victor Erice (director)
    * Julio Medem (director)
    * Santiago Segura (director)
    * Antonio Banderas
    * Fernando Rey
    * Fernando Sancho
    * Paz Vega
    * Elena Anaya
    * Mark Consuelos
    * Iciar Bollain (director)

Famous Spanish Artists, Authors and Musicians

While talking about the famous people in history from Spain, the list would be incomplete with talking about the Spanish people from who have made their names as authors, artists, musicians etc. Here's a list of famous people in history who have made Spain proud with their achievements.

    * Pablo Picasso (artist)
    * Salvador Dali (artist)
    * Gasper Sanz (classical musician)
    * Teresa Berganza (opera singer)
    * Miguel Bose (singers)
    * Enrique Iglesias (singer)
    * Joan Manuel Serrat (singer)
    * Miguel de Cervantes (literature)
    * Gerado Diego (literature)
    * Carlos Pacheco (artist)
    * David Aja (comic artist)
    * Juan Gris (artist)
    * Javier Marias (literature)
    * Jose Zorrilla Moral (poet)
    * Isaac Albeniz (musician)
    * Ignacio Zuloaga (artist)

Famous Spanish People from Sports

Here's a list of some of the most famous people in the world from the field of sports. Raul Gonzalez, Sergio Garcia, Rafael Nadal, and the list goes on. Let's see some of the famous people from Spain who have made a name in the sports field.

    * Carlos Checa (motor sports)
    * Marc Gene (motor sports)
    * Raul Gonzalez (no need to say what he is famous for)
    * Xavi Hernandez (football)
    * Iker Casillas (football)
    * Sergio Garcia (golf)
    * Rafael Nadal (need I say why he is famous?)
    * Carlos Moya (tennis)
    * Fernando Verdasco Carmona (tennis)
    * Galo Blanco (tennis)
    * Oriol Ripol (rugby)
    * Pedro Carrasco (boxing)
    * Federico Martin Bahamontes (cycling)
    * Abraham Olano (cycling)
    * Luis Ocana (cycling)
    * Antonio Diaz Miguel (basketball)
    * Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball)
    * David Villa (football)

Famous Spanish People from Science and Technology

Here are the names of some famous people from Spain who have made a name in the field of science and technology. These people are now for their great engineering works, scientific works, great inventions are other ways of contribution to science. Here are some of those people from this field.

    * Severo Ochoa (doctor and biochemist)
    * Pedro Duque (astronaut)
    * Joan Oro (biochemist)
    * Mateu Orfila (Father of modern toxicology, doctor and chemist)
    * Julio Palacios Martinez (physicist and mathematician)
    * Nicolas Cabrera (physicist)
    * Jose de Acosta (first naturalist and anthropologist)
    * Miguel Servet (scientist, surgeon and humanist)
    * Isaac Peral (engineer and sailor)
    * Leonardo Torres Quevedo (engineer and mathematician)
    * Gregorio Maranon (doctor and researcher)
    * Margarita Salas (biochemist, molecular genetist as well as researcher)
    * Eduardo Torroja (civil engineer and structural architect)
    * Josep Trueta (doctor)
    * Julio Rey Pastor (mathematician)
    * Wifredo Ricart (engineer and designer)

Famous Spanish People from History and Politics

There are also several people from the political background who have made Spain with their political activities. Here are the names of some leaders from Spain.

    * Isabella of Castile
    * Charles V
    * Philip II
    * Ferdinand VII
    * Charles III
    * Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
    * Adolfo Suarez
    * Juan Carlos I
    * Felipe Gonzalez
    * Joseph Borrell
    * Manuel Azana

These were some of the many famous people from Spain from some of the popular fields. Of course there are many more names to add to this list, but that would be a HUGE list. There are also some famous Spanish people in America today like the WWF champion, Kane, Enrique Iglesias to name a few. Hope this list of famous people from Spain, was of use to you.