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.
(1918 – 2013) South African President anti-apartheid campaigner
(1913 – 1980) US track athlete, 1936 Olympics
(1809 – 1865) US President during American civil war
(1926 – 1962) American actress, singer, model
(1917 – 1963) US President 1961 – 1963
(1929 – 1968) American civil rights campaigner
II (1926 – ) British monarch since 1954
(1874 – 1965) British Prime Minister during WWII
(1946 – ) Businessman, US President.
(1955 – ) American businessman, founder of Microsoft
(1942 – 2016) American Boxer and civil rights campaigner
(1869 – 1948) Leader of Indian independence movement
(1925 – 2013) British Prime Minister 1979 – 1990
(1451 – 1506) Italian explorer
(1809 – 1882) British scientist, theory of evolution
(1935 – 1977) American musician
(1879 – 1955) German scientist, theory of relativity
(1942 – ) British musician, member of Beatles
( 1819 – 1901) British monarch 1837 – 1901
(1936 – ) First pope from the Americas
(1889 – 1964) Indian Prime Minister 1947 – 1964
(1452 – 1519) Italian, painter, scientist, polymath
(1853 – 1890) Dutch artist
(1882 – 1945) US President 1932 – 1945
(1920 – 2005) Polish Pope
( 1847 – 1931) American inventor
(1913 – 2005) American civil rights activist
(1908 – 1973) US President 1963 – 1969
(1770 – 1827) German composer
(1954 – ) American TV presenter, actress, entrepreneur
(1917 – 1984) Prime Minister of India 1966 – 1977
(1919 – 1952) First Lady of Argentina 1946 – 1952
(1953 – 2007) Prime Minister of Pakistan 1993 – 1996
(1903 – 1950) British author
(1931 – ) South African Bishop and opponent of apartheid
(1938 – ) Spiritual and political leader of Tibetans
(1901 – 1966) American film producer
(1930 – 2012) US astronaut
(1925 – 1980) British actor and comedian
(1961 – ) US President 2008 – 2016
(1925 – 1965) American Black nationalist leader
(1965 – ) British author
(1950 – ) British entrepreneur
(1940 – ) Brazilian footballer, considered greatest of 20th century.
(1975 – ) Actress, director, humanitarian
(1940 – 1980) British musician, member of the Beatles
(1863 – 1947) US Industrialist
(1892 – 1975) Emperor of Ethiopia 1930 – 1974