People

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Modern influential

101

Toni Morrison

Beloved, Nobel laureate

Contemporary influential

101

Ludwig van Beethoven

Composer, deaf genius

Early Modern influential

101

Florence Nightingale

Nursing pioneer

Modern influential

101

Ada Lovelace

First computer programmer

Modern influential

100

Robert Boyle

Father of modern chemistry

Early Modern influential

100

Geronimo

Apache leader

Modern influential

100

Agatha Christie

Mystery novelist

Modern influential

100

Henry Ford

Ford Motor Company, assembly line

Modern influential

100

Lenny Bruce

Provocative comedian

Modern influential

100

Wernher von Braun

Rocket engineer, space program

Modern influential

99

Desmond Tutu

South African anti-apartheid cleric

Contemporary influential

99

Garibaldi

Italian unification hero

Modern influential

99

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science fiction, fantasy

Modern influential

99

Thomas More

Utopia

Early Modern influential

98

Frantz Fanon

Postcolonial theory

Modern influential

98

Ai Weiwei

Chinese artist, activist

Contemporary influential

98

Michael Jordan

Basketball legend

Contemporary influential

98

Rachel Carson

Silent Spring, environmentalism

Modern influential

97

Edward Said

Orientalism, postcolonialism

Contemporary influential

97