People
587 historical figures
Category
Chelsea Manning
Military whistleblower
Contemporary
influential
139
John McAfee
Antivirus creator, fugitive, conspiracy
Contemporary
weird famous
139
William Harvey
Blood circulation
Early Modern
influential
138
Napoleon Bonaparte
French Emperor and conqueror
Early Modern
influential
138
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi dictator
Contemporary
influential
138
Epicurus
Epicurean philosophy
Ancient
influential
138
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
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Wu-Tang member, wildly unpredictable
Contemporary
weird famous
138
Phil Spector
Music producer, convicted murderer
Contemporary
weird famous
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