Important People of the 20th century

Not essentially most impactful, but some of the most famous/infamous.Tried to get equal-ish representation across countries and cultures. Some answers require full names, but you are usually good using last names only. Enjoy!
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Father of the atomic bomb
Robert Oppenheimer
Led the march on Washington D.C
Martin Luther King
First Communist leader of Russia
Vladimir Lenin
British Prime Minister at the beginning of WWll
Neville Chamberlain
Italian leader in WWll
Benito Mussolini
Father of the Prohibition Movement
Wayne Wheeler
Last emperer of China
Puyi
First President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Man who brought McDonalds to worldwide fame
Ray Kroc
Track and Field star who won 4 Gold medals at the 1936 Olympics
Jesse Owens
British Princess who died in a car crash
Princess Diana
First Woman in space
Valentina Tereshkova
Inventor of the "Cubism" art style
Pablo Picasso
Inventor of Penicillin
Alexander Fleming
Discovered radiation emitted by black holes
Stephen Hawking
First chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zedong
Filmmaker who directed movies such as "Jurassic Park" and "Schindlers List"
Stephen Spielberg
Woman who famously refused to move her seat on the bus
Rosa Parks
German physicist who invented the theory of relativity
Albert Einstein
Native American athlete who won 2 gold medals in the 1912 olympics
Jim Thorpe
Children's author famous for his clever rhyme schemes and wacky invention names
Dr. Seuss
Japanese game designer who created Super Mario
Shigeru Miyamoto
Longest tenured monarch in English history
Queen Elizabeth
Famous escape artist and magician
Harry Houdini
Author of The Lord of The Rings
J.R.R Tolkien
Catholic nun who founded Missionaries of Charity
Mother Teresa
Famous muscian and activist who wrote "Imagine"
John Lennon
First person to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
Last Czar of Russia
Czar Nicholas
Tallest man to ever live
Robert Wadlow
Communist leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Famous Brazilian soccer/football player who performed the "Bicycle Kick"
Pele
Two Time Nobel Peace Prize winner who discovered how to isolate radium
Marie Curie
Martial Artist/Actor behind movies such as "Enter the Dragon"
Bruce Lee
American president most famous for the Watergate scandal
Richard Nixon
Famous basketball player who won 6 NBA championships and starred for the "Dream Team"
Michael Jordan
Chicago mobster during Prohibition who received the largest punishment for Tax Evasion in history
Al Capone
Canadian Prime Minister who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in resolving the Suez Canal crisis
Lester B Pearson
American actor famous for starring in "Taxi Driver" and "The Godfather ll"
Robert De Niro
American animator who founded a popular theme park and movie studio under his name
Walt Disney
First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdon
Margaret Thatcher
Famous child-star turned global sensation who wrote hits such as "Thriller" and "Billie Jean"
Michael Jackson
Nine time Olympic champion swimmer with 82 medals
Mark Spitz
Co Founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world
Bill Gates
Heavyweight boxer who acted as an activist for civil rights and against the Vietnam War
Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay
Illustrator/author behind characters like "Spider-Man" and "The Fantastic 4"
Stan Lee
Actress behind movies such a as "Some Like it Hot"
Marilyn Monroe
American president during WWll who battled polio for much of his adult life
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Russian game designer who created "Tetris"
Alexey Pajitnov
Brothers who invented the first airplane
The Wright Brothers
Austrian archduke who's assasination led to WWl
Franz Ferdinand
2nd Head of State in Russia who acted as a leader during WW2
Joseph Stalin
American Oil Tycoon widely considered one of the richest people ever
John. D Rockefeller
Famous directing duo behind "Oklahoma"
Rodgers and Hammerstein
American inventor credited with the invention of the Assembly Line
Henry Ford
Captain of the Titantic
Edward Smith
American astronomer with a world famous telescope to his name
Edwin Hubble
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5 Comments
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Level 73
May 2, 2025
1. You mispelled "Houdini" as "Houndini"

2. Can you accept the monarchs without the regnal numbers?

Otherwise, great quiz!

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Level 23
May 2, 2025
Of course! Thanks for th feedback, this was my first attempt.
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Level 73
May 2, 2025
Thanks for fixing the quiz
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Level 63
May 18, 2025
Stalingrad wasn't the capital city of USSR; De Niro is not italian, but american
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Level 23
May 19, 2025
Thanks for letting me know! I apologize for any mistakes, I did most of these off the top of my head.