People

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

H.G. Wells

Science fiction pioneer

Modern influential

59

Gustav Klimt

Art Nouveau painter

Modern influential

59

Moses

Prophet and lawgiver of Judaism

Ancient influential

58

R. Kelly

Singer, notorious crimes

Contemporary weird famous

58

Adolf Hitler

Nazi dictator, WWII

Modern influential

57

Langston Hughes

Harlem Renaissance poet

Modern influential

57

Charlemagne

Holy Roman Emperor

Medieval influential

56

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet, Nobel laureate

Modern influential

56

Rembrandt

Dutch Golden Age painter

Early Modern influential

56