People
493 historical figures
Category
Sergey Brin
Google co-founder
Contemporary
influential
66
Roger Bacon
Early advocate of scientific method
Medieval
influential
65
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Prime Minister of India
Modern
influential
65
Antoine Lavoisier
Father of modern chemistry
Early Modern
influential
64
Amy Winehouse
Jazz-soul vocalist
Contemporary
influential
64
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights leader
Modern
influential
63
Qin Shi Huang
First Emperor of China
Ancient
influential
63
Shaka Zulu
Zulu Kingdom founder
Modern
influential
63
Jesus Christ
Founder of Christianity
Ancient
influential
62
Louis Pasteur
Germ theory, pasteurization
Modern
influential
62
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian playwright, Nobel laureate
Contemporary
influential
62
Albert Schweitzer
Missionary, Nobel laureate
Modern
influential
62
Marie Curie
Radioactivity research, Nobel laureate
Modern
influential
61
Werner Heisenberg
Quantum mechanics, uncertainty principle
Modern
influential
61
Edward Jenner
Smallpox vaccine
Early Modern
influential
61
Alexander the Great
Macedonian conqueror
Ancient
influential
61
Frederick the Great
Prussian king
Early Modern
influential
61
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov
Modern
influential
61
Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy
Medieval
influential
60
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Gulag Archipelago
Modern
influential
59