A list of famous people, chosen mainly from the Ninenteenth, Twentieth or Twenty First Century. This list includes famous actors, politicians, entrepreneurs, writers, artists and humanitarians.

1. Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) American actress / singer / model.
2. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) US President during American civil war
3. Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Catholic missionary nun / charity worker
4. John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) US President
5. Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) – American civil rights campaigner
6. Nelson Mandela (1918 – ) – South African President anti-apartheid campaigner.
7. Winston Churchill (1874- 1965) – British Prime Minister during WWII
8. Bill Gates (1955 – ) American businessman, founder of Microsoft
9. Muhammad Ali (1942 – ) American Boxer and civil rights campaigner.
10. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Leader of Indian independence.
11. Margaret Thatcher (1925 – ) British Prime Minister.
12. Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970) French resistance leader and President.
13. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) – Italian explorer
14. George Orwell (1903 – 1950) British author of 1984, Animal farm
15. Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) British scientist proposed theory of evolution.
16. Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) American pop singer.
17. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German scientist – theory of relativity.
18. Paul McCartney (1942 – ) British musician, member of Beatles.
19. Plato (423 BC – 348 BC) Greek philosopher
20. Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – ) British monarch since 1954.
21. Queen Victoria ( 1819 –1901) British Queen during Nineteenth Century
22. John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) British economist.
23. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – ) Russian President during end of Cold War.
24. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian Prime Minister
25. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) Italian, painter, scientist, polymath
26. Louis Pasteur
    (1822-1895)
    - French chemist and microbiologist.
27. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910 ) – Russian author and philosopher.
28. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) – Spanish modern artists
29. Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) Dutch artist
30. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) – US President 1932 – 1945.
31. Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) Polish Pope.
32. Thomas Edison ( 1847 – 1931) – American inventor
33. Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) – American civil rights activist
34. Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 – ) Burmese opposition leader.
35. Lyndon Johnson (1908 – 1973) – US President 1963-69
36. Ludwig Beethoven (1770 – 1827) – German composer
37. Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) US media celebrity.
38. Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) – Third Prime Minister of India.
39. Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) – First Lady of Argentina
40. Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) – Prime Minister of Pakistan
41. Desmond Tutu (1931 – ) South African Bishop and opponent of apartheid
42. Dalai Lama (1938 – ) Spritual and political leader of Tibetans
43. Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) American film producer
44. Neil Armstrong (1930 – 2012) US Pilot , first person to land on moon.
45. Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980) British film actor and comedian
46. Barack Obama (1961- ) US President
47. Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) American Black nationalist leader
48. J.K.Rowling (1965 – ) British author of Harry Potter series.
49. Richard Branson (1950 – ) British entrepreneur founder of Virgin.
50. Pele (1940 – ) Brazilian footballer, considered greatest of 20th Century.
51. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) US track athlete won 4 golds at 1936 Olympics.
52. Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) American author
53. John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British popstar and member of the Beatles.
54. Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) US Industrialist
55. Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) head of state of Ethiopia
56. Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953) Soviet leader from 1924-1953.
57. Lord Baden Powell (1857 – 1941) British Founder of scout movement
58. Michael Jordon (1963 – ) US Basketball star.
59. George Bush jnr (1946 – ) US President 2000-2008.
60. V.Lenin (1870-1924) – Leader of Russian Revolution 1917.
61. Osama Bin Laden (1957-2011) Leader of Al Qaeda
62. Fidel Castro (1926-) Cuban revolutionary leader.
63. Oscar Wilde (1854- 1900) Irish author, poet, playwright.
64. Coco Chanel (1883-1971) – French Fashion designer
65. Pope Francis (1936 – ) – First pope from the Americas.
66. Amelia Earhart (1897– 1937) – Female aviator
67. Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) – leader of Nazi Germany 1933-45.
68. Sting (1951 – ) British musician.
69. Mary Magdalene (4 BC – 40AD) – devotee of Jesus Christ
70. Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) – English / American film producer
71. Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) – American Pop singer
72. Madonna (1958 – ) American Pop singer
73. Mata Hari (1876-1917) Dutch exotic dancer, executed as spy.
74. Cleopatra (69 -30 BC) Queen of Egypt.
75. Steve Jobs (1955 – 2012) Key figure in Apple computers
76. Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) – US President.
77. Lionel Messi (1987- ) Argentinian footballer
78. Babe Ruth (1895 – 1948) American baseball player
79. Bob Geldof – Irish musician, charity worker
80. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian Marxist revolutionary
81. Roger Federer (1981 – ) Swiss Tennis player
82. Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) Austrian psychoanalyst
83. Woodrow Wilson ( 1856 – 1924) US president.
84. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) Leader of Chinese Communist revolution
85. Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003) – American actress.
86. Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) British actress and humanitarian.
87. David Beckham – English footballer
88. Tiger Woods – American golfer
89. Usain Bolt – Jamaican athlete. Record holder at 100m and 200m
90. Bill Cosby (1937 – ) – US entertainer
91. Carl Lewis (1961 – ) – US athlete and Olympian
92. Prince Charles – Heir to British throne
93. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – American wife of JF. Kennedy
94. C.S. Lewis – British author
95. Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) American jazz singer.
96. J.R.R. Tolkien – British author of Lord of the Rings
97. Tom Cruise (1962 ) – American actor
98. Billie Jean King – American tennis players and campaigner for equality.
99. Simon Bolivar (1783 – 1830) ‘Liberator’ of Latin America.
100. Anne Frank (1929-1945) – Dutch Jewish author who died in Holocaust.