People

587 historical figures

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Xi Jinping

Chinese president

Contemporary influential
55

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)

Children's author

Modern influential
55

Yuri Gagarin

First man in space

Modern influential
55

Thomas Aquinas

Catholic philosopher and theologian

Medieval influential
54

Johannes Kepler

Laws of planetary motion

Early Modern influential
54

Nelson Mandela

Anti-apartheid leader, South African president

Contemporary influential
54

Baruch Spinoza

Rationalist philosophy

Early Modern influential
54

Louis XIV

Sun King of France

Early Modern influential
53

William Wordsworth

Romantic poet

Modern influential
53

Malcolm X

Civil rights leader

Modern influential
53

Rosalind Franklin

DNA structure X-ray crystallography

Modern influential
52

Cyrus the Great

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Ancient influential
52

Stevie Wonder

Musician, songwriter

Contemporary influential
52

John von Neumann

Computer architecture, game theory

Modern influential
51

Saladin

Sultan, recaptured Jerusalem

Medieval influential
51

Lindsay Lohan

Actress, troubled public life

Contemporary weird famous
51

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

Modern influential
50

Ferdinand Magellan

First circumnavigation

Early Modern influential
50

Roald Dahl

Children's author

Modern influential
49

James Clerk Maxwell

Electromagnetic theory

Modern influential
48