Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Mahatma Gandhi was the chief minister of Porbandar and he did not have a formal education. Gandhi was an Indian freedom struggle leader and a prominent Hindu religious. He led Indian to independence with politeness rather than being harsh. He inspired movement of civil rights and freedom across the world. He showed that violence is not the answer. Gandhi was nominated for the Novel Peace prize 5 times and was responsible for the civil rights movement in 4 continent and 12 countries.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) Martin Luther king was an African American. He was the most visible commander and leader in the civil right movement. He helped organized a nonviolence protest and led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He was inspired by Gandhi. Martin Luther King Jr. Fought for the right of African Americans. He also led another march where he gave his famous speech “I have a dream”.
For his good doing to help African American and fighting for their right, he won a noble peace prize. He gave his life for justice and fairness. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who was credited for finding America.
He was the greatest explorer who ever lived, and the major figure who started the European colonization of the New World He first sailed when he was a teenager. He sailed a lot trying to find lands. Columbus is widely regarded as the founder of what we know and define today as the United States of America. Columbus was the sailor who found San Salvador. He brought horse to the new world on his second voyage.
He also visited other islands in the Caribbean such as Cuba and Hispaniola. Nelson Mandel (1918-2013) Nelson Mandela was a political leader, peace activist and a philanthropist. He was a former president of South Africa. Mandela helped bring an end to apartheid. He was also a leader of peaceful protest. Nelson Mandela’s government focused on destroying the Apartheid government in the country, which had focused on racial segregation enforced by the law.
He was imprisoned for treason and conspiracy against the government, sentenced to life in prison but was released early when the ANC became legal again. Bill Gates (1955-present) Bill Gates is an American investor, author, principal founder, and a business magnate. He and his partner Paul Allen founded and built the world’s largest software Microsoft. He became the world richest person. He then donated large amount of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs. His foundation worked to help improve lives for people around the world. He was imprisoned for treason and conspiracy against the government but was released early when the ANC became legal again.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Albert Einstein was a German mathematician and physicist who made special theories of relativity. He won the Novel Prize for physics. He made many discoveries like light, energy, gravity, and matter were connected. E=MC2 is a familiar formula designed by Einstein. He discovered how the photoelectric effect worked.
This discovery was a major leap forward for developments in electronics, particularly for radio and television. Einstein’s work on light also led to the foundation of quantum theory. George Washington George Washington was considered to be one of the most significant and prominent American historical figures of Independence. Washington was the first president of the United States. He was also the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and contributed the most to the country’s freedom.
Washington was also one of the men who helped replace the outdated Article of Confederations with the Constitution that remains the supreme law of the nation. He’s one of the most influential and famous American presidents even though his general rank here is quite disappointing. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of US, an investor, lawyer, writer, and a philosopher. He was famous for because he wrote the declaration of Independent and kept America out of the Napoleonic war. Jefferson is the president on the two-dollar bill.
He loved to study the natural word and science. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of America. He was also a lawyer and a legislator.
Lincoln led America through the Civil war. He was also famous for his speech “Gettysburg Address”. Lincoln was a strong supporter to the thirteenth amendment. He spoke against slavery because he didn’t want it to spread. He fought for the equality of all race.
Lincoln is the president on the penny and on the five-dollar bill. Willian Shakespeare (1564-1616) William Shakespeare was an English playwriter, actor and poet. He was an important member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men company of theatrical player. He was the greatest English writer in history. He wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets and some poems. William created a lot of word that are used in English, phrases and ideas. He changed how people write, think and wrote amazing stories.
Willian also provided billions of man-hours of enjoyment to people all over the world . George Washington George Washington was the first president of the United States and led Americans to victory in the Revolutionary War. He served as the Commander in chief of the continental Army and a strong supporter of freedom of religion. Washington was called “The Father of United States”. He was wise and sensible Jesus Christ Jesus Christ started a religious movement within the Jewish faith that later became known as Christianity. He was a spiritual teacher and central figure of Christianity. His teachings on a saving faith, forgiveness, grace, and humility in the gospels have had a tremendous influence on world theology and philosophy.
Jesus is the most famous religious figure in history. People or even I consider his as the Son of God. Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Andrew Jackson was an American Soldier, lawyer and a statesman that served as the 7th president of the US. He joined the military at the age of 13 and was the only president that was held as a prisoner by the British and was asked to polish one officer’s shoe.
Jackson also led America to victory in the Battle of New Orleans and was nicknamed “Old History’ because of his toughness. He resigned from senate when he was elected as the judge of Tennessee’s superior. He vetoed more bills than all the previous presidents. Jackson is the president on the 20 dollar-bill. Muhammad (AD 570-632) Muhammad is the founder of Islam and is considered a chief prophet by Muslims.
His name means “highly praised”. He was born in Mecca. He received his first revelation from God through the Angel Gabriel when he was forty years old. Muhamad recited the Quran and preached the truth which God had revealed to him. Though he was man, he was removed from all evil characteristics. He was important to Muslim because he was the one who revealed the Islamic religion to Muslims. Muslim consider him to be the last prophet to be sent by Allah. Moses (1857-1908) Moses was an Israelite, a Hebrew, a man of faith and the grandson of Jacob.
He was also prophet in the Abrahamic religions. He was abandoned as a baby by his parents and was found by an Egyptian princess. Moses became the greatest of all prophet according to Jewish. He was sent or chosen by God to take the Israelites out of Egypt by crossing the red sea. Moses was brave enough to go to the pharaoh and told his to release the Jewish slave and God told his to do. He also gave the people the ten commandments.
Michelangelo (1475-1654) Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect ad a poet. He was widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Pieta and David are two of his known best work. He spends his life discovering new creations. Michelangelo was the Renaissance man and he was called II Divine which means “the divine one”. He influenced the world through his art which presented his knowledge for painting, engineering and architecture. John Calvin Calvin was a French Christian theologian, pastor and reformer who developed a strict brand of Protestant Christianity which stressed doctrine of predestination.
Calvin wrote his Magnum Opus at the age of 27. He preached over two thousand sermons during his ministry in Geneva. Calvin wanted no veneration after he died so nobody knows where his body is buried. Queen Elizabeth (1533-1603) Queen Elizabeth was the queen of England from 1558 to her death.
She cemented England as a Protestant country and defeated Spanish Armada. She was the most powerful and influential leader of her time. Elizabeth was hard work and he priority was the safety and the wellbeing of her commonwealth. She ruled for longer than any other Monarch in the British history.
Lastly, she was the 5th and the last ruler of the Tudor reign. John F. Kennedy Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He served at the height of the gold War and helped defuse Cuban Missile Crisis. He served in both the Us. House of representatives and the US. Senate before becoming president. Adam Smith (1723-1790) Smith was an English poet, a playwriter, a Scottish philosopher and the initiator of political economy.
Smith was known as “the father of economics” and is considered one of the most influential figures in economics at the present. He was the first to develop the theory of supply and demand. Mith believed that everything could be explained rationally. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonian and was in the military. He studies under the great philosopher Aristotle at the age of 13. Alexander achieved his victory at Issus and Gaugamela Alexander was also known for having the largest empire in history.
He named more than 70 cities after himself and one after his horse.
