150 Historical Figures

Central figure of Christianity

6/4 BC - 30/33 AD

Founder of Islam

571 - 632

Supposedly wrote "The Iliad"

8th century BC

Roman general, killed on the Ides of March

100 - 44 BC

King of ancient Greek who conquered Persia

356 - 323 BC

Carthaginian general, led his elephants across the Alps

247 - 181 BC

First Holy Roman Emperor, considered the "Father of Europe"

768 - 814

French Emperor, 1804-1815

1769 - 1821

English mathmatician, physicist and astronomer, his laws of motion explain how the planets move

1643 - 1727

German pianist and composer of "Moonlight Sonata"

1770 - 1827

English poet, wrote "Hamlet"

1564 - 1616

English naturalist, wrote "On the Origin of Species"

1809 - 1882

King of England, had six wives

1491 - 1547

First U.S President

1732 - 1799

First Soviet leader

1870 - 1924

German inventor, invented the mechanical printing press

1406 - 1468

Italian artist and polymath, painted the "Mona Lisa"

1452 - 1519

English writer, wrote "Great Expectations"

1812 - 1870

Chinese president, his "Great Leap Forward" killed over 30 million

1893 - 1976

U.S Civil War President

1809 - 1865

Fuehrer of Nazi Germany, dictator in World War II

1889 - 1945

Led the effort to create the first practical light bulb

1847 - 1931

Theoretical physicist, creator (more accurately proposer or discoverer) of the Theory of Relativity

1879 - 1955

Gave the "I Have a Dream" speech

1929 - 1968

Virgin Queen of England

1533 - 1603

French woman who led troops in the Hundred Years War

1412 - 1431

U.K. Prime Minister during WWII

1874 - 1965

Premier of the USSR, involved in World War II

1878 - 1953

Started the Protestant Reformation

1483 - 1546

Greek philosopher and teacher, sentenced to death by hemlock

470 – 399 BC

Philosopher, wrote the "Communist Manifesto"

1818 - 1883

First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1925 - 2013

Italian explorer who "discovered" the New World

1451 - 1506

Queen of Britain, Victorian era

1819 - 1901

Austrian composer, wrote "Don Giovanni"

1756 - 1791

American Founding Father, 3rd U.S. President

1743 - 1826

Queen of Egypt, last active ruler

51 - 30 BC

Central figure of Buddhism

564 BC

King of Spain, organized the Spanish Armada

1527 - 1598

Creator of psychoanalysis

1856 - 1939

Father of the nation of India

1869 - 1948

Japanese Emperor during World War II

1926 - 1989

Greek philosopher, wrote "The Republic"

428 - 348 B.C

Called the "Liberator" of Latin America

1783 - 1830

Explorer and discoverer of Hawaii and Australia

1728 - 1779

Greek philosopher and polymath

384 - 322 BC

Post-impressionist painter, painted "Starry Night"

1853 - 1890

26th U.S President, Progressive Movement

1858 - 1919

King of France, executed in the French Revolution

1754 - 1793

First president of South Africa, brought peace to a racially divided country and led the fight for human rights

1918 - 2013

American Founding Father, scientist, captured lightning

1706 - 1790

Astronomer, theorized a heliocentric cosmology

1473 - 1543

King of England, Norman Conquest

1028 -1087

First emperor of Rome, Pax Romana

63 BC - 14 AD

Italian dictator and journalist, founded the National Fascist Party

1883 - 1945

Philosopher, wrote "On the Social Contract"

1712 - 1778

Lord Protector of England, involved in the English Civil War

1599 - 1658

First man on the moon

1930 - 2012

English novelist, wrote "Pride and Prejudice"

1775 - 1817

35th U.S president, Cuban Missile Crisis

1917 - 1963

Spanish military general during the Spanish Civil War and ruled over Spain as a dictator

1892 - 1975

German philosopher, "God is Dead"

1844 - 1900

Greatest writer in the Spanish language

1547 - 1616

Last Russian Emperor, executed during Russian revolution

1868 - 1918

Early Christian leader

64 - 68 AD

American author, wrote "Huckleberry Finn"

1835 - 1910

Spanish painter, painted "Guernica"

1881 - 1973

Emperor of Rome, allowed toleration of Christianity

272 - 337 AD

32nd U.S President during the Great Depression and World War II

1882 - 1945

American religious leader and the founder of Mormonism

1805 - 1844

The "king of rock and roll"

1935 - 1977

Founder of the Mongol Empire

1162 - 1227

King of England, responsible for the KJV Bible

1566 - 1625

American writer, wrote "The Raven"

1809 - 1849

King of England, involved in the English Civil War

1600 - 1649

Italian physicist and astronomer

1564 - 1642

Final leader of the Soviet Union, allowed freedom to Eastern Europe countries, awarded Nobel Peace Prize

1931 - 2022

Founded the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1950

1910 - 1997

4th U.S President, involved in War of 1812

1751 - 1836

Christian apostle and missionary

5 - 65 AD

English king, lost the American colonies and went mad

1738 - 1820

French Enlightenment philosopher, wrote "Candide"

1694 - 1778

Spanish painter, painted "Las Meninas"

1599 - 1660

French philosopher, coined the term "I think, therefore I am" (cogito ergo sum)

1596 - 1650

German Jewish girl who kept a diary in which she documented life in hiding under Nazi persecution

1929 - 1945

Russian controversial figure who gained influence in the court of Tsar Nicholas II and his family

1869 - 1916

Cuban revolutionary, who served as Cuba's Prime Minister

1926 - 2016

Antepenultimate pharaoh of ancient Egypt, his tomb was the only royal burial found intact in modern times

1332 - 1323 BCE

German philosopher, one of the central Enlightenment thinkers

1724 - 1804

American Founding Father and 2nd U.S President

1735 - 1826

Greek mathematician, contributed to the mathematical constant pi (π)

287 - 212 BC

First ruling queen of England and attempted to restore the Catholic faith

1516 - 1558

U.S general, served in both World Wars

1880 - 1964

Scottish economist, wrote "On the Wealth of Nations"

1723 - 1790

American singer, became known as the "King of Pop"

1958 - 2009

Member of the British royal family, died in a car crash

1961 - 1997

Chinese philosopher known as the first teacher in China who wanted to make education broadly available

551 - 479 BC

Polish-born physicist and chemist, had groundbreaking research on radioactivity

1867 - 1934

Last German emperor and king of Prussia

1859 - 1941

English Enlightenment philosopher, theorized "tabla rasa"

1632 - 1704

British officer, battle of Trafalgar admiral

1758 - 1805

American jazz trumpeter, regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz

1901 - 1971

33rd U.S. President, ordered the dropping of the Atomic bombs

1884 - 1972

English singer, member of The Beatles, assassinated by a fan

1940 - 1980

American entrepeneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company

1901 - 1966

Most prolific serial killer in modern day by abusing his powers as a doctor

1946 - 2004

Cambodian political leader, who caused the "Cambodian genocide"

1925 - 1998

First Chancellor and unifier of modern Germany

1815 - 1898

Swedish biologist, father of Taxonomy

1707 - 1778

Spanish poet, murdered by Nationalist forces

1898 - 1936

Serbian-American inventor, discovered alternating current

1856 - 1943

American singer, widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation

1958 - 2016

British singer and lead vocalist of rock band "Queen"

1946 - 1991

Saudi-Arabian terrorist, caused the attacks of 9/11

1957 - 2011

Last queen of France before the French revolution, and was executed during it

1755 - 1793

American actress and model, known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters

1926 - 1962

American professional boxer, nicknamed "The Greatest"

1942 - 2016

Brazilian football player, regarded as the greatest of his time

1940 - 2022

Chinese military general who never lost a battle

771 - 256 BC

Jamaican singer and songwriter, considered one of the pioneers of reggae

1645 - 1981

Co-founder and CEO of Apple, chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar

1955 - 2011

American singer and actor, nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board"

1915 - 1998

Occupied an iconic status in the civil rights movement for refusing to give up her bus seat

1913 - 2005

Italian sculptor and Renaissance man, sculpted "David"

1475 - 1564

Founder of Ford Motor Company

1863 - 1947

Mexican painter known for her self-portraits, pain and passion, and bold, vibrant colors

1907 - 1954

American writer and professor of biochemistry, considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers

1920 - 1992

American criminal and cult leader whose followers carried out several murders in the late 1960s

1960 - 1994

Colombian drug lord and one of the most notorious criminals in history

1949 - 1993

Alsatian polymath, gave lectures in Europe to fundraise for his hospital back in Africa

1875 - 1965

One of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution

1758 - 1794

Australian operatic soprano and one of the most influential opera singers of the 20th century

1926 - 2010

After escaping slavery and using the Underground Railroad, she rescued many enslaved people

1822 - 1913

German composer of the late Baroque period.

1685 - 1750

American activist, author and chief philosopher of the woman's rights and suffrage movements

1815 -1902

Scottish inventor, invented the telephone

1847 - 1922

American singer, songwriter, and actor, played Chef on "South Park"

1942 - 2008

Founded software giant Microsoft

1955 - ALIVE

Founded the social media website Facebook

1984 - ALIVE

Founder and CEO of SpaceX, product architect of Tesla

1971 - ALIVE

Founder and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest cloud computing company

1964 - ALIVE

Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and martial artist, known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style

1954 - ALIVE

American actor, known for his distinctive deep voice and various roles in a wide variety of film genres

1937 - ALIVE

Canadian actor "John Wick"

1964 - ALIVE

American actor and retired professional wrestler "The Rock"

1972 - ALIVE

One of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time

1966 - ALIVE

Argentine professional football player widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time

1987 - ALIVE

Most successful swimmer in history

1985 - ALIVE

Fastest man of all time

1986 - ALIVE

Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time

1963 - ALIVE