People

110 historical figures

Era

All Eras Ancient Contemporary Early Modern Medieval Modern

Category

All influential weird famous

Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Contemporary influential
115

Stephen King

Horror fiction

Contemporary influential
115

Bill Gates

Microsoft co-founder

Contemporary influential
114

Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder

Contemporary influential
112

John Rawls

Theory of justice

Contemporary influential
110

Whitney Houston

Vocalist

Contemporary influential
109

Jeff Bezos

Amazon founder

Contemporary influential
106

Peter Thiel

PayPal co-founder, investor

Contemporary influential
105

David Bowie

Musician, cultural icon

Contemporary influential
104

Notorious B.I.G.

Rapper

Contemporary influential
104

Eminem

Rapper

Contemporary influential
103

Jurgen Habermas

Public sphere, communicative action

Contemporary influential
102

Toni Morrison

Beloved, Nobel laureate

Contemporary influential
101

Desmond Tutu

South African anti-apartheid cleric

Contemporary influential
99

Ai Weiwei

Chinese artist, activist

Contemporary influential
98

Michael Jordan

Basketball legend

Contemporary influential
98

Edward Said

Orientalism, postcolonialism

Contemporary influential
97

Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO

Contemporary influential
97

Larry Page

Google co-founder

Contemporary influential
95

Serena Williams

Tennis champion

Contemporary influential
95