People

Isaac Newton

Laws of motion and gravity

Early Modern influential

89

Charles Darwin

Theory of evolution

Modern influential

89

Thomas Edison

Light bulb, phonograph, inventor

Modern influential

89

Seneca

Stoic philosopher

Ancient influential

89

Ernest Hemingway

Novelist, journalist

Modern influential

89

Golda Meir

Israeli Prime Minister

Modern influential

88

Rasputin

Russian mystic

Modern influential

88

Leonardo da Vinci

Polymath, artist, inventor, scientist

Early Modern influential

87

Simon Bolivar

Liberator of South America

Early Modern influential

87

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Unified Japan, Tokugawa shogunate

Early Modern influential

87

Jules Verne

Science fiction pioneer

Modern influential

87

Jesse Owens

Olympic athlete, Berlin 1936

Modern influential

87

Winston Churchill

British PM during WWII

Modern influential

86

Indira Gandhi

Indian PM

Modern influential

86

Adam Smith

Wealth of Nations, capitalism

Early Modern influential

86

Edmund Burke

Conservatism founder

Early Modern influential

86

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

Contemporary influential

86

Steven Spielberg

Filmmaker

Contemporary influential

86

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian independence leader, nonviolence

Modern influential

85

Sun Yat-sen

Father of modern China

Modern influential

85