Legend of Our World

Legend of Our World:Powerful People On Earth

Those are actually most powerful people on earth that change the world with their great knowledge and mind.The are some achievements that so  notable, so ground-shaking, that even within the short space of a few decades we can feel their impact. Few examples of this revolutionary people are :


Jesus Christ (c.5BC - 30AD) Spiritual Teacher, central figure of Christianity.
Thomas Jefferson (1743- 1826) 3rd President of US. Principle author of Declaration of Independence
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 - ) Leader of Soviet Union. Oversaw transition from Communism in Eastern Europe.
Muhammad - (570 – 632) Prophet of Islam

St Paul (5 - AD 67) - Christian missionary
George Washington (1732 – 1799) - 1st President of US
Sri Krishna (c. BC) - Spiritual Teacher of Hinduism
Emperor Constantine (272 – 337) First Roman Emperor to embrace Christianity
Martin Luther (1483 – 1546) - Key figure in Protestant Reformation.
Socrates (469 BC–399 BC) - Greek philosopher
Karl Marx (1818 – 1883) - German philosopher, founder of Marxism
Charles de Gaulle (1890- 1970) French politician.

 Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) Non-violent civil rights leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - ) Anti-apartheid leader. First President of democratic South Africa in 1994.
 Lord Buddha (c 563 - 483BC) Spiritual Teacher and founder of Buddhism.
 Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) Prime Minister of Great Britain during Second World War.
 William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright.
 Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) Dictator of Nazi Germany.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) President of US during civil war, helped end slavery.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) US President 1932-1945
Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) - Developed theory of evolution
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) - English mathematician and scientist.
Akbar (1542 – 1605) - Moghul Emperor
Queen Victoria (1819 – 1901) - Queen of Great Britain during Victorian age.
Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) - German Chancellor post WWII.
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) - First Indian Prime Minister
Ramses II (1279 - 1213 BC) - Powerful Egyptian king.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) - US writer and polymath
Confucius (551 – 479 BC) - Chinese philosopher.
Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC) - King of Macedonia.
Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) - President of US during WWI
William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833) - Campaigner against slavery
Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) - Explorer
Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180) - Roman Emperor and philosopher
Galileo Galilei (1564 -1642) - Astronomer and physicist

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) - Indian nationalist and politician
Joan of Arc - (1412-1431) - French saint
Charlemagne (742 - 814) - King of Franks and Emperor of the Romans
Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) - Greek philosopher
Mother Teresa - (1910-1997) - Nun who served the poor
Saladin (1138 – 1193) - Leader of Arabs during Crusades.
Babur (1483 - 1531) - Founder of Moghul Empire
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 – 1618) - English explorer.
Voltaire (1694 – 1778 - French philosopher.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) - British author and creator of dictionary.
Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796) - Russian Queen
Mozart (1756 – 1791) - Austrian Music composer.
Princess Diana (1961 – 1997) - Humanitarian
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) - Irish writer.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) - French military and political leader
Beethoven (1770 1827) - German composer
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881) - British Prime Minister.
Leonardo da Vinci ( 1452 – , 1519) - Italian scientist, artist, polymath.
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) - French chemish and Biologist.
Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) - Russian writer and philosopher
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) - German physicist.
Ataturk (1881-1938) - founder of the Turkish Republic.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Spanish painter and sculptor
Pope John Paul II (1920 - 2005) - Polish Pope from 1978-2005
Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ) - British Prime Minister
Mohammed Ali (1942- ) American boxer
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 - ) Burmese opposition leader
John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) - US President.
Lord Nelson (1758 – 1805) - Admiral in British navy
Rosalind Franklin-discovery of the structure of DNA
Boris Yeltsin (1931 – 2007) - Russian President
Lyndon Johnson (1908 – 1973) - US President 1963-69
Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) - Third Prime Minister of India.
Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) - First Lady of Argentina
William Tyndale (1494 – 1536) - Translated Bible into English
Tim Berners Lee (1955 - ) Credited with founding World Wide Web
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) - Civil Rights activist
Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) - Prime Minister of Pakistan
Schubert (1797 – 1828) - Austrian Composer
Tim Berners Lee (1955 ) - Creator of World Wide Web
Kofi Annan (1938 - ) United Nations Secretary General
14th Dalai Lama (1938 - ) Spritual and political leader of Tibetans
Barack Obama (1961 - ) 44th President of United States
Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) - Humanitarian, philosopher.
Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) Black nationalist leader
Lech Walesa (1943 - ) Leader of Polish solidarity movement.
John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) Influential economist.
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) - Feminist, author
Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) - Chemist and Physicist
Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) - Rock star.
Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658) - British Parliamentarian
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ) US media celebrity.
Boudicca ( - 60AD) - British leader against Roman rule
Swami Vivekananda (1863 - 1902) Hindu monk and Indian nationalist
Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US Sprinter
Bill Gates (1955 - ) Founder of Microsoft
Ernest Hemingway ( 1899 – 1961) US writer
John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British popstar and Beatle
Henry Ford (1864-1947) US Industrialist
Genghis Kahn - Leader of Mongol Empire stretching from China to Europe.
Haile Selassie - Ethiopian Leader
George Orwell (1903 – 1950) - English author
Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) - Inventor and businessman.
Dwight Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) - Supreme Allied Commander.
Queen Elizabeth II (193- British Queen
Plato (424 – 348 BC) - philosopher.
Osama bin Ladens -terrorism (bad example actually)
Mahathir Mohamad-ex malaysian prime minister who change country
Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield- invention, magnetic resonance imaging
Susan B Anthony - Human Rights (Women's Suffrage), Democracy.