TOP 20 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN HISTORY
LEADERS AND RULERS
- *1. ALEXANDER THE GREAT*: King of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history, spreading Greek culture across a vast territory.
- *2. JULIUS CAESAR*: Roman statesman and military general who transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
- *3. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE*: French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and its subsequent wars.
- *4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN*: 16th President of the United States who preserved the Union through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
- *5. MAHATMA GANDHI*: Indian independence activist who led India to independence through nonviolent civil disobedience.
SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS
- *6. ISAAC NEWTON*: English physicist and mathematician who laid the foundations for classical mechanics.
- *7. ALBERT EINSTEIN*: German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
- *8. GALILEO GALILEI*: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who pioneered the scientific method.
- *9. CHARLES DARWIN*: English naturalist who introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- *10. NIKOLA TESLA*: Serbian-American inventor and engineer who contributed to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.
PHILOSOPHERS AND THINKERS
- *11. SOCRATES*: Greek philosopher who laid the foundations for Western philosophy.
- *12. PLATO*: Greek philosopher who founded the Academy in Athens and made significant contributions to Western thought.
- *13. ARISTOTLE*: Greek philosopher who made lasting contributions to various fields, including philosophy, science, and ethics.
- *14. RENÉ DESCARTES*: French philosopher and mathematician who developed Cartesian coordinate system.
RELIGIOUS FIGURES
- *15. JESUS CHRIST*: Central figure of Christianity who profoundly influenced Western culture and ethics.
- *16. MUHAMMAD*: Founder of Islam who established the world's second-largest religion.
- *17. BUDDHA*: Founder of Buddhism who influenced philosophy and culture across Asia.
REVOLUTIONARIES AND ACTIVISTS
- *18. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.*: American civil rights activist who advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience.
- *19. VLADIMIR LENIN*: Russian revolutionary and politician who led the Bolshevik Revolution.
- *20. NELSON MANDELA*: South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who dismantled apartheid regime .
