Rank | Name | Time Frame | Image | Occupation | Influence |
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1 | Muhammad | c. 570–632 | Secular and religious leader | The central human figure of Islam, regarded by Muslims as a prophet of God and the last messenger. Active as a social reformer, diplomat,merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator, military leader, humanitarian, philanthropist. | |
2 | Isaac Newton | 1643–1727 | Scientist | English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion laid the groundwork for classical mechanics. | |
3 | Jesus Christ | 7–2 BC – 26–36 AD | Spiritual leader | The central figure of Christianity, revered by Christians as the Son of Godand the incarnation of God. | |
4 | Buddha | 563–483 BC | Spiritual leader | Spiritual teacher and philosopher from ancient India. Founder of Buddhismand is also considered an Gautama Buddha in Hinduism. | |
5 | Confucius | 551–479 BC | Philosopher | Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese andIndonesian thought and life. Founded Confucianism, and influenced Neo-Confucianism and New Confucianism. | |
6 | St. Paul | 5–67 AD | Christian apostle | One of the most notable of early Christian missionaries, credited withproselytizing and spreading Christianity outside of Palestine (mainly to theRomans) and author of numerous letters of the New Testament of the Bible. | |
7 | Cài Lún | 50–121 AD | Political official in imperial China | Widely regarded as the inventor of paper and the papermaking process. | |
8 | Johannes Gutenberg | 1398–1468 | Inventor | German printer who invented the mechanical printing press. | |
9 | Christopher Columbus | 1451–1506 | Explorer | Italian navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages led to generalEuropean awareness of the American continents. | |
10 | Albert Einstein | 1879–1955 | Scientist | German theoretical physicist, best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass–energy equivalence, expressed by the equationE = mc2. |
10 most influential persons in history
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Most influential persons in history
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