| Rank | Historical Figure | Occupation | Birth/Death | Country | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. | Jesus Christ | Religious Figure | 4 BC-33 AD | Israel | 99%
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| 1. | Muhammad | Religious Figure | 570-632 | Saudi Arabia | 95%
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| 16. | Christopher Columbus | Explorer | 1451-1506 | Italy | 94%
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| 14. | Adolf Hitler | Politician | 1889-1945 | Austria | 93%
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| 2. | Isaac Newton | Physicist | 1643-1726 | United Kingdom | 93%
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| 5. | Leonardo da Vinci | Inventor | 1452-1519 | Italy | 93%
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| 12. | Napoleon | Politician | 1769-1821 | France | 93%
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| 8. | Ludwig van Beethoven | Composer | 1770-1827 | Germany | 92%
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| 4. | Genghis Khan | Military Personnel | 1162-1227 | Mongolia | 91%
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| 19. | Julius Caesar | Politician | 100 BC-44 BC | Italy | 91%
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| 7. | Plato | Philosopher | 427 BC-347 BC | Greece | 91%
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| 13. | Socrates | Philosopher | 470 BC-399 BC | Greece | 91%
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| 15. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Composer | 1756-1791 | Austria | 91%
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| 11. | Galileo Galilei | Astronomer | 1564-1642 | Italy | 89%
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| 37. | Joseph Stalin | Politician | 1879-1953 | Georgia | 89%
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| 57. | Muhammad Ali | Boxer | 1942-2016 | United States | 89%
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| 17. | Albert Einstein | Physicist | 1879-1955 | Germany | 88%
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| 6. | Aristotle | Philosopher | 384 BC-321 BC | Greece | 87%
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| 49. | Vladimir Lenin | Politician | 1870-1924 | Russia | 86%
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| 21. | Martin Luther | Religious Figure | 1483-1546 | Germany | 85%
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| 10. | Alexander the Great | Military Personnel | 356 BC-323 BC | Greece | 84%
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| 42. | Charles Darwin | Biologist | 1809-1882 | United Kingdom | 84%
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| 32. | Michelangelo | Painter | 1475-1564 | Italy | 83%
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| 20. | Johann Sebastian Bach | Composer | 1685-1750 | Germany | 82%
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| 70. | Mahatma Gandhi | Social Activist | 1869-1948 | India | 81%
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| 62. | Pablo Picasso | Painter | 1881-1973 | Spain | 81%
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| 100. | Winston Churchill | Politician | 1874-1965 | United Kingdom | 80%
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| 48. | Cleopatra | Politician | 69 BC-30 BC | Egypt | 79%
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| 23. | Confucius | Philosopher | 551 BC-479 BC | China | 79%
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| 18. | Moses | Religious Figure | 1393 BC-1273 BC | Egypt | 79%
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| 47. | Vincent van Gogh | Painter | 1853-1890 | Netherlands | 79%
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| 36. | William Shakespeare | Writer | 1564-1616 | United Kingdom | 79%
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| 31. | Karl Marx | Economist | 1818-1883 | Germany | 78%
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| 9. | Marco Polo | Explorer | 1254-1324 | Italy | 78%
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| 40. | Marie Curie | Physicist | 1867-1934 | Poland | 78%
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| 38. | Gautama Buddha | Philosopher | 566 BC-452 BC | Nepal | 77%
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| 28. | Homer | Writer | 800 BC-750 BC | Greece | 77%
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| 41. | Nikola Tesla | Inventor | 1856-1943 | Croatia | 77%
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| 45. | Queen Elizabeth II | Nobleman | 1926-2022 | United Kingdom | 76%
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| 54. | Sigmund Freud | Psychologist | 1856-1939 | Czechia | 75%
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| 72. | Nelson Mandela | Social Activist | 1918-2013 | South Africa | 74%
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| 26. | Nicolaus Copernicus | Astronomer | 1473-1543 | Poland | 74%
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| 34. | Thomas Edison | Inventor | 1847-1931 | United States | 72%
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| 53. | Augustus | Politician | 63 BC-14 AD | Italy | 71%
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| 51. | Thomas Jefferson | Politician | 1743-1826 | United States | 71%
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| 27. | Adam Smith | Economist | 1723-1790 | United Kingdom | 69%
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| 46. | Vasco da Gama | Explorer | 1460-1524 | Portugal | 69%
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| 52. | Pope Francis | Religious Figure | 1936- | Argentina | 67%
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| 65. | Vladimir Putin | Politician | 1952- | Russia | 67%
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| 59. | Charlemagne | Politician | 748-814 | Germany | 66%
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| 25. | Ferdinand Magellan | Explorer | 1480-1521 | Portugal | 66%
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| 60. | Paul the Apostle | Religious Figure | 5-66 | Turkey | 66%
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| 22. | Abraham | Religious Figure | 1813 BC-1638 BC | Iraq | 64%
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| 43. | Che Guevara | Social Activist | 1928-1967 | Argentina | 63%
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| 55. | Joan of Arc | Military Personnel | 1412-1431 | France | 63%
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| 61. | Johannes Gutenberg | Inventor | 1394-1468 | Germany | 63%
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| 78. | Saint Peter | Religious Figure | 1 BC-67 AD | Israel | 61%
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| 35. | René Descartes | Philosopher | 1596-1650 | France | 59%
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| 81. | David | Politician | 1010 BC-970 BC | Israel | 58%
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| 24. | Archimedes | Mathematician | 287 BC-212 BC | Italy | 57%
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| 85. | John the Baptist | Religious Figure | 20 BC-31 AD | Israel | 56%
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| 76. | Rembrandt | Painter | 1606-1669 | Netherlands | 56%
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| 39. | Immanuel Kant | Philosopher | 1724-1804 | Russia | 55%
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| 30. | Louis XIV of France | Politician | 1638-1715 | France | 55%
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| 29. | Pythagoras | Philosopher | 570 BC-495 BC | Greece | 55%
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| 69. | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Writer | 1821-1881 | Russia | 53%
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| 33. | Mary, mother of Jesus | Religious Figure | 18 BC-100 AD | Israel | 53%
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| 82. | Friedrich Nietzsche | Philosopher | 1844-1900 | Germany | 52%
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| 68. | Raphael | Painter | 1483-1520 | Italy | 51%
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| 92. | Voltaire | Writer | 1694-1778 | France | 51%
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| 93. | Jimmy Carter | Politician | 1924- | United States | 49%
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| 71. | Solomon | Religious Figure | 1011 BC-931 BC | Israel | 46%
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| 77. | Niccolò Machiavelli | Philosopher | 1469-1527 | Italy | 45%
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| 64. | Frédéric Chopin | Composer | 1810-1849 | Poland | 43%
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| 74. | John Locke | Philosopher | 1632-1704 | United Kingdom | 42%
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| 90. | Louis Pasteur | Chemist | 1822-1895 | France | 42%
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| 75. | Antonio Vivaldi | Composer | 1678-1741 | Italy | 41%
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| 58. | Herodotus | Historian | 484 BC-425 BC | Turkey | 41%
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| 50. | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Philosopher | 1712-1778 | Switzerland | 39%
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| 63. | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Politician | 1881-1938 | Greece | 39%
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| 66. | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Writer | 1749-1832 | Germany | 37%
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| 79. | Hippocrates | Physician | 460 BC-370 BC | Greece | 36%
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| 84. | Hans Christian Andersen | Writer | 1805-1875 | Denmark | 35%
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| 91. | Alfred Nobel | Chemist | 1833-1896 | Sweden | 34%
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| 97. | Johannes Kepler | Astronomer | 1571-1630 | Germany | 34%
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| 87. | Saladin | Politician | 1138-1193 | Iraq | 34%
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| 73. | Suleiman the Magnificent | Politician | 1494-1566 | Turkey | 32%
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| 99. | Freddie Mercury | Musician | 1946-1991 | Tanzania | 30%
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| 67. | Blaise Pascal | Mathematician | 1623-1662 | France | 29%
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| 89. | Elizabeth I of England | Politician | 1533-1603 | United Kingdom | 29%
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| 88. | Francis Bacon | Philosopher | 1561-1626 | United Kingdom | 29%
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| 86. | Timur | Military Personnel | 1336-1405 | Uzbekistan | 27%
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| 94. | Augustine of Hippo | Philosopher | 354-430 | Algeria | 26%
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| 80. | J.R.R. Tolkien | Writer | 1892-1973 | South Africa | 25%
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| 98. | Thomas Aquinas | Philosopher | 1225-1274 | Italy | 24%
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| 95. | Carl Linnaeus | Biologist | 1707-1778 | Sweden | 21%
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| 56. | Avicenna | Philosopher | 980-1037 | Uzbekistan | 20%
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| 83. | Carl Friedrich Gauss | Mathematician | 1777-1855 | Germany | 19%
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| 44. | Dante Alghieri | Writer | 1265-1321 | Italy | 7%
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| 96. | Thales of Miletus | Philosopher | 623 BC-546 BC | Turkey | 4%
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