People
493 historical figures
Category
William Shakespeare
Greatest playwright in English
Early Modern
influential
138
Geoffrey Chaucer
Canterbury Tales
Medieval
influential
138
Edvard Munch
The Scream
Modern
influential
138
Hedy Lamarr
Actress and frequency-hopping inventor
Modern
influential
138
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Modern
influential
137
Virgil
Aeneid
Ancient
influential
137
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana, grunge
Contemporary
influential
137
Pope Urban II
Launched the First Crusade
Medieval
influential
136
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian leader
Contemporary
influential
136
Ayn Rand
Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged
Modern
influential
136
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels
Early Modern
influential
136
Lord Byron
Romantic poet
Modern
influential
136
Claude Monet
Impressionism founder
Modern
influential
136
Kanye West
Rapper, producer, fashion
Contemporary
influential
136
Machiavelli
The Prince, political philosophy
Early Modern
influential
135
William Randolph Hearst
Media mogul, yellow journalism
Modern
influential
135
Thomas Aquinas
Catholic philosopher and theologian
Medieval
influential
134
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Railroad magnate
Modern
influential
134
Charles Lindbergh
Transatlantic flight
Modern
influential
134
Mahavira
Founder of Jainism
Ancient
influential
133