List of Top 100 Famous People

 

A list of famous people, chosen mainly from the nineteenth, twentieth or twenty-first centuries. 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. Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013)  South African President anti-apartheid campaigner
4. Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022) British monarch since 1954
5. John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) US President 1961 – 1963
6. Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968)  American civil rights campaigner
7. Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) British Prime Minister during WWII
8. Donald Trump (1946 – ) Businessman, US President.
9. Bill Gates (1955 – ) American businessman, founder of Microsoft
10. Muhammad Ali (1942 – 2016) American Boxer and civil rights campaigner
11. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Leader of Indian independence movement
12. Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Macedonian Catholic missionary nun
13. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) Italian explorer
14. Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) British scientist, theory of evolution
15. Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) American musician
16. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German scientist, theory of relativity
17. Paul McCartney (1942 – ) British musician, member of Beatles
18. Queen Victoria ( 1819 – 1901) British monarch 1837 – 1901
19. Pope Francis (1936 – ) First pope from the Americas
20. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964) Indian Prime Minister 1947 – 1964
21. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) Italian, painter, scientist, polymath
22. Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) Dutch artist
23. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) US President 1932 – 1945
24. Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) Polish Pope
25. Thomas Edison ( 1847 – 1931) American inventor
26. Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005)  American civil rights activist
27. Lyndon Johnson (1908 – 1973) US President 1963 – 1969
28. Ludwig Beethoven (1770 – 1827) German composer
29. Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) American TV presenter, actress, entrepreneur
30. Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) Prime Minister of India 1966 – 1977
31. Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) First Lady of Argentina 1946 – 1952
32. Benazir Bhutto (1953 – 2007) Prime Minister of Pakistan 1993 – 1996
33. George Orwell (1903 – 1950) British author
34. Vladimir Putin (1952 – ) Russian leader
35. Dalai Lama (1938 – ) Spiritual and political leader of Tibetans
36. Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) American film producer
37. Neil Armstrong (1930 – 2012) US astronaut
38. Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980) British actor and comedian
39. Barack Obama (1961 – ) US President 2008 – 2016
40. Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) American Black nationalist leader
41. J.K.Rowling (1965 – ) British author
42. Richard Branson (1950 – ) British entrepreneur
43. Pele (1940 – ) Brazilian footballer, considered greatest of 20th century.
44. Angelina Jolie (1975 – ) Actress, director, humanitarian
45. Jesse Owens (1913 – 1980) US track athlete, 1936 Olympics
46. John Lennon (1940 – 1980) British musician, member of the Beatles
47. Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) US Industrialist
48. Haile Selassie (1892 – 1975) Emperor of Ethiopia 1930 – 1974
49. Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953) Leader of Soviet Union 1924 – 1953
50. Lord Baden Powell (1857 – 1941) British Founder of scout movement
51. Michael Jordon (1963 – ) US Basketball star
52. Vladimir Lenin (1870 – 1924) Leader of Russian Revolution 1917
53. Ingrid Bergman (1915 – 1982) Swedish actress
54. Fidel Castro (1926 – ) President of Cuba 1976 – 2008
55. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) Russian author and philosopher
56. Greta Thunberg (2003 – ) Environmentalist activist)
57. Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) Spanish modern artist
58. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish author, poet, playwright
59. Coco Chanel (1883 – 1971) French fashion designer
60. Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970) French resistance leader and President 1959 – 1969
61. Amelia Earhart (1897 – 1937) Aviator
62. John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) British economist
63. Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895) French chemist and microbiologist
64. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – ) Leader of Soviet Union 1985 – 1991
65. Plato (423 BC – 348 BC) Greek philosopher
66. Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) leader of Nazi Germany 1933 – 1945
67. Sting (1951 – ) British musician
68. Elon Musk (1971 – ) Business magnate, and entrepreneur.
69. Mary Magdalene (4 BCE – 40CE) devotee of Jesus Christ
70. Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) English / American film producer, director
71. Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) American musician
72. Madonna (1958 – ) American musician, actress, author
73. Mata Hari (1876 – 1917) Dutch exotic dancer, executed as spy
74. Cleopatra (69 – 30 BCE) Queen of Egypt
75. Grace Kelly (1929 – 1982) American actress, Princess of Monaco\
76. Malala Yousafzai (1997 – ) Pakistani human rights activist
77. Steve Jobs (1955 – 2012) co-founder of Apple computers
78. Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) US President 1981-1989
79. Lionel Messi (1987 – ) Argentinian footballer
80. Babe Ruth (1895 – 1948) American baseball player
81. Bob Geldof (1951 – ) Irish musician, charity worker
82. Roger Federer (1981 – ) Swiss Tennis player
83. Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) Austrian psychoanalyst
84. Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) US president 1913 – 1921
85. Mao Zedong (1893 – 1976) Leader of Chinese Communist revolution
86. Katherine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) American actress
87. Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) British actress and humanitarian
88. David Beckham (1975 – )  English footballer
89. Tiger Woods (1975 – ) American golfer
90. Usain Bolt (1986 – ) Jamaican athlete and Olympian
91. Carl Lewis (1961 – ) US athlete and Olympian
92. Prince Charles (1948 – )  Heir to British throne
93. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929 – 1994) American wife of JF Kennedy
94. Joe Biden (1942 – ) US President
95. Kim Kardashian (1980 – ) American socialiate
96. C.S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) British author
97. Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) American jazz singer
98. J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973) British author
99. Billie Jean King (1943 – ) American tennis player and human rights activist
100. Margaret Thatcher (1925 – 2013) British Prime Minister 1979 – 1990