People
238 historical figures
Category
Allen Ginsberg
Howl, Beat poet
Modern
influential
268
Arthur Schopenhauer
Pessimist philosophy
Modern
influential
231
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, humorist
Modern
influential
212
Benjamin Disraeli
British PM
Modern
influential
202
Andy Warhol
Pop art
Modern
influential
195
Harry Truman
US President, atomic bomb decision
Modern
influential
194
Alan Turing
Computer science, codebreaking
Modern
influential
192
Fidel Castro
Cuban revolutionary leader
Modern
influential
191
Simone de Beauvoir
Feminist existentialism
Modern
influential
187
Friedrich Nietzsche
God is dead, existentialism
Modern
influential
186
Edgar Allan Poe
Horror, detective fiction
Modern
influential
184
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of Russian Revolution
Modern
influential
172
Soren Kierkegaard
Father of existentialism
Modern
influential
172
Richard Feynman
Quantum electrodynamics
Modern
influential
171
Francisco Franco
Spanish dictator
Modern
influential
166
Queen Victoria
British monarch, Victorian era
Modern
influential
164
Pol Pot
Cambodian dictator, Khmer Rouge
Modern
influential
163
Stanley Kubrick
Filmmaker
Modern
influential
162
Charles de Gaulle
French leader, WWII resistance
Modern
influential
161
Erwin Schrodinger
Wave mechanics
Modern
influential
158