Biography
of the Millennium
 |
Below
are links to a brief online
biography
as well as books ,
dvds
& videos ,
music ,
and
audio cassettes
available
on the most influential
people
of the
last
1000 years |
A & E's Ranking of the top
100 most influential people of the millennium
| 1. Johan
Gutenberg, 1400-1468 |
51. Edward
Jenner,
1749-1823 |
| 2. Isaac
Newton, 1642-1727 |
52. Winston
Churchill,
1874-1965 |
| 3. Martin
Luther, 1483-1546 |
53. Marie
Curie, 1867-1934 |
| 4. Charles
Darwin,
1809-1882 |
54. Marco
Polo,
1254-1324 |
| 5. William
Shakespeare, 1564-1616 |
55. Ferdinand
Magellan,
1480-1521 |
| 6. Christopher
Columbus, 1451-1506 |
56. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, 1815-1902 |
| 7. Karl
Marx, 1818-1883 |
57. Elvis
Presley,1935-1977 |
| 8. Albert
Einstein, 1879-1955 |
58. Joan
of Arc, 1412-1431 |
| 9. Nicolaus
Copernicus, 1473-1543 |
59. Immanuel
Kant, 1724-1804 |
| 10. Galileo
Galilei, 1564-1642 |
60. Franklin
D. Roosevelt,
1882-1945 |
| 11. Leonardo
da Vinci,
1452-1519 |
61. Michael
Faraday, 1791-1867 |
| 12. Sigmund
Freud, 1856-1939 |
62. Walt
Disney,1901-1966 |
| 13. Louis
Pasteur,
1822-1895 |
63. Jane
Austen,1775-1817 |
| 14. Thomas
Edison,1847-1931 |
64. Pablo
Picasso,
1881-1973 |
| 15. Thomas
Jefferson,
1743-1826 |
65. Werner
Heisenberg, 1901-1976 |
| 16. Adolph
Hitler,1889-1945 |
66. D.W.
Griffith, 1875-1948 |
| 17. Mahatma
Gandhi,1869-1948 |
67. Vladimir
Zworykin, 1889-1982 |
| 18. John
Locke, 1632-1704 |
68. Benjamin
Franklin, 1706-1790 |
| 19. Michelangelo,1475-1564 |
69. William
Harvey, 1578-1657 |
| 20. Adam
Smith,
1723-1790 |
70. Pope
Gregory VII, 1020-1085 |
| 21. George
Washington, 1732-1799 |
71. Harriet
Tubman, 1820-1913 |
| 22. Genghis
Khan, 1162-1227 |
72. Simon
Bolivar,
1783-1830 |
| 23. Abraham
Lincoln,
1809-1865 |
73. Princess
Diana,
1961-1997 |
| 24. Saint
Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274 |
74. Enrico
Fermi,
1901-1954 |
| 25. James
Watt,
1736-1819 |
75. Gregory
Pincus,
1903-1967 |
| 26. W.
A. Mozart,
1756-1791 |
76. The
Beatles, 1959-1970 |
| 27. Napoleon
Bonaparte,
1769-1821 |
77. Thomas
Hobbes, 1588-1679 |
| 28. J.
S. Bach,
1685-1750 |
78. Isabella
I, 1451-1504 |
| 29. Henry
Ford, 1863-1947 |
79. Joseph
Stalin, 1879-1953 |
| 30. Ludwig
van Beethoven,
1770-1827 |
80. Elizabeth
I,
1533-1603 |
| 31. James
Watson,
1928- & Francis
Crick, 1916- |
81. Nelson
Mandela,
1918- |
| 32. Rene
Descartes, 1596-1650 |
82. Niels
Bohr, 1885-1962 |
| 33. Martin
Luther King Jr.,
1929-1968 |
83. Peter
the Great,
1672-1725 |
| 34. Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, 1712-1778 |
84. Gugliemo
Marconi, 1874-1937 |
| 35 Vladimir
Lenin,
1870-1924 |
85. Ronald
Reagan,
1911- |
| 36. Alexander
Fleming, 1881-1955 |
86. James
Joyce, 1882-1941 |
| 37. Voltaire,
1694-1778 |
87. Rachel
Carson, 1907-1964 |
| 38. Francis
Bacon,1561-1626 |
88. Robert
Oppenheimer, 1904-1967 |
| 39. Dante
Aligheri,
1265-1321 |
89. Susan
B. Anthony,
1820-1906 |
| 40. Wilbur
1867-1912 & Orville1871-1948
Wright |
90. Louis
Daguerre,
1787-1851 |
| 41. Bill
Gates,
1955- |
91. Steven
Spielberg,
1947- |
| 42. Gregor
Mendel, 1822-1884 |
92. Florence
Nightingale,
1820-1910 |
| 43. Mao
Zedong,
1893-1976 |
93. Eleanor
Roosevelt,
1884-1962 |
| 44. Alexander
Graham Bell, 1847-1922 |
94. Patient
zero, |
| 45. William
the Conqueror,
1027-1087 |
95. Charlie
Chaplin,
1889-1971 |
| 46. Niccolo
Machiavelli,
1469-1527 |
96. Enrico
Caruso,
1873-1921 |
| 47. Charles
Babbage,1791-1871 |
97. Jonas
Salk, 1914-1995 |
| 48. Mary
Wollstonecraft,
1759-1797 |
98. Louis
Armstrong,
1901-1977 |
| 49. Mikhail
Gorbachev,
1931- |
99. Vasco
da Gama,
1469-1524 |
| 50. Margaret
Sanger,1883-1960 |
100. Suleiman
the Magnificent,
1494-1566 |
