RANK

INDIVIDUAL

LIFESPAN

DESCRIPTION

1

Jesus

c. 4 BC – c. AD 30/33

Central figure of Christianity; religious leader.

2

Napoleon

1769 – 1821

French military leader; Emperor of the French.

3

Muhammad

c. 570 – 632

Founder of Islam; considered the last prophet.

4

William Shakespeare

1564 – 1616

Renowned English playwright and poet.

5

Abraham Lincoln

1809 – 1865

16th President of the United States; led during Civil War.

6

George Washington

1732 – 1799

First President of the United States; Founding Father.

7

Adolf Hitler

1889 – 1945

German dictator; led Nazi Germany during WWII.

8

Aristotle

384 – 322 BC

Greek philosopher; contributions to various fields.

9

Alexander the Great

356 – 323 BC

King of Macedonia; created one of the largest empires.

10

Thomas Jefferson

1743 – 1826

3rd President of the United States; principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

11

Henry VIII of England

1491 – 1547

King of England; known for his six marriages.

12

Charles Darwin

1809 – 1882

Naturalist; proposed the theory of evolution.

13

Elizabeth I of England

1533 – 1603

Queen of England; known as the Virgin Queen.

14

Karl Marx

1818 – 1883

Philosopher; co-authored The Communist Manifesto.

15

Julius Caesar

100 – 44 BC

Roman general; key figure in the transition from Roman Republic to Empire.

16

Queen Victoria

1819 – 1901

Queen of the United Kingdom; era marked by industrial expansion.

17

Martin Luther

1483 – 1546

Theologian; key figure in the Protestant Reformation.

18

Joseph Stalin

1878 – 1953

Leader of the Soviet Union; known for his totalitarian regime.

19

Albert Einstein

1879 – 1955

Theoretical physicist; known for the theory of relativity.

20

Christopher Columbus

1451 – 1506

Explorer; credited with discovering the Americas.

21

Isaac Newton

1642 – 1727

Mathematician and physicist; known for laws of motion.

22

Charlemagne

c. 742 – 814

King of the Franks; united much of Western Europe.

23

Theodore Roosevelt

1858 – 1919

26th President of the United States; known for progressive policies.

24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756 – 1791

Classical composer; influential in Western music.

25

Plato

c. 427 – c. 347 BC

Philosopher; student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle.

26

Louis XIV of France

1638 – 1715

King of France; known as the Sun King.

27

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 – 1827

Composer; crucial figure in the transition between Classical and Romantic music.

28

Ulysses S. Grant

1822 – 1885

18th President of the United States; Civil War general.

29

Leonardo da Vinci

1452 – 1519

Renaissance artist and inventor; known for works like the Mona Lisa.

30

Augustus

63 BC – AD 14

First Roman emperor; established the Pax Romana.