A list of famous people, chosen mainly from the Nineteenth, Twentieth or Twenty First Century. This list includes famous actors, politicians, entrepreneurs, writers, artists and humanitarians.
Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) American actress / singer / model.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) US President during American civil war
Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Catholic missionary nun / charity worker
John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) US President
Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) – American civil rights campaigner
Nelson Mandela (1918 – ) – South African President anti-apartheid campaigner.
Winston Churchill (1874- 1965) – British Prime Minister during WWII
Bill Gates (1955 – ) American businessman, founder of Microsoft
Muhammad Ali (1942 – ) American Boxer and civil rights campaigner.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Leader of Indian independence.
Margaret Thatcher (1925 – ) British Prime Minister.
Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970) French resistance leader and President.
Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) – Italian explorer
George Orwell (1903 – 1950) British author of 1984, Animal farm
Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) British scientist proposed theory of evolution.
Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) American pop singer.
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German scientist – theory of relativity.
Paul McCartney (1942 – ) British musician, member of Beatles.
Plato (423 BC – 348 BC) Greek philosopher
Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – ) British monarch since 1954.
Queen Victoria ( 1819 –1901) British Queen during Nineteenth Century
John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) British economist.
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – ) Russian President during end of Cold War.
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian Prime Minister
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) Italian, painter, scientist, polymath
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) – French chemist and microbiologist.
Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910 ) – Russian author and philosopher.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) – Spanish modern artists
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) Dutch artist
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) – US President 1932 – 1945.
Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) Polish Pope.
Thomas Edison ( 1847 – 1931) – American inventor
Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) – American civil rights activist
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 – ) Burmese opposition leader.
Lyndon Johnson (1908 – 1973) – US President 1963-69
Ludwig Beethoven (1770 – 1827) – German composer
Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) US media celebrity.
Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) – Third Prime Minister of India.
Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) – First Lady of Argentina
Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) – Prime Minister of Pakistan
Desmond Tutu (1931 – ) South African Bishop and opponent of apartheid
Dalai Lama (1938 – ) Spiritual and political leader of Tibetans
Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) American film producer
Neil Armstrong (1930 – 2012) US Pilot , first person to land on moon.
Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980) British film actor and comedian
Barack Obama (1961- ) US President
Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) American Black nationalist leader
J.K.Rowling (1965 – ) British author of Harry Potter series.
Richard Branson (1950 – ) British entrepreneur founder of Virgin.
Pele (1940 – ) Brazilian footballer, considered greatest of 20th Century.
Angelina Jolie (1975 – ) Actress, director, humanitarian.
Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US track athlete won 4 golds at 1936 Olympics.
Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) American author
John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British popstar and member of the Beatles.
Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) US Industrialist
Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) head of state of Ethiopia
Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953) Soviet leader from 1924-1953.
Lord Baden Powell (1857 – 1941) British Founder of scout movement
Michael Jordon (1963 – ) US Basketball star.
George Bush jnr (1946 – ) US President 2000-2008.
V.Lenin (1870-1924) – Leader of Russian Revolution 1917.
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Swedish actress. Featured in Casablanca.
Fidel Castro (1926-) Cuban revolutionary leader.
Oscar Wilde (1854- 1900) Irish author, poet, playwright.
Coco Chanel (1883-1971) – French Fashion designer
Pope Francis (1936 – ) – First pope from the Americas.
Amelia Earhart (1897– 1937) – Female aviator
Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) – leader of Nazi Germany 1933-45.
Sting (1951 – ) British musician.
Mary Magdalene (4 BC – 40AD) – devotee of Jesus Christ
Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) – English / American film producer
Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) – American Pop singer
Madonna (1958 – ) American Pop singer
Mata Hari (1876-1917) Dutch exotic dancer, executed as spy.
Cleopatra (69 -30 BC) Queen of Egypt.
Grace Kelly (1929-1982) American actress and later Princess of Monaco.
Steve Jobs (1955 – 2012) Key figure in Apple computers
Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) – US President (1981-1989).
Lionel Messi (1987- ) Argentinian footballer
Babe Ruth (1895 – 1948) American baseball player
Bob Geldof (1951 – ) – Irish musician, charity worker
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian Marxist revolutionary
Roger Federer (1981 – ) Swiss Tennis player
Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) Austrian psychoanalyst
Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) US president.
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) Leader of Chinese Communist revolution
Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003) – American actress.
Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) British actress and humanitarian.
David Beckham (1975 – ) English footballer
Tiger Woods (1975 – ) American golfer
Usain Bolt (1986 – ) – Jamaican athlete. Record holder at 100m and 200m
Carl Lewis (1961 – ) – US athlete and Olympian
Prince Charles (1948 – ) Heir to British throne
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929 – 1994) – American wife of JF Kennedy
C.S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) – British author
Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) American jazz singer.
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973) – British author of Lord of the Rings
Tom Cruise (1962 ) – American actor
Billie Jean King (1943 – ) – American tennis players and campaigner for equality.
Anne Frank (1929-1945) – Dutch Jewish author who died in Holocaust.
