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
(1879 – 1953) Leader of Soviet Union 1924 – 1953
(1857 – 1941) British Founder of scout movement
(1963 – ) US Basketball star
(1946 – ) US President 2000-2008
(1870 – 1924) Leader of Russian Revolution 1917
(1915 – 1982) Swedish actress
(1926 – ) President of Cuba 1976 – 2008
(1828 – 1910) Russian author and philosopher
(2003 – ) Environmentalist activist)
(1881 – 1973) Spanish modern artist
(1854 – 1900) Irish author, poet, playwright
(1883 – 1971) French fashion designer
(1890 – 1970) French resistance leader and President 1959 – 1969
(1897 – 1937) Aviator John M Keynes (1883 – 1946) British economist
(1883 – 1946) British economist
(1822 – 1895) French chemist and microbiologist
(1931 – ) Leader of Soviet Union 1985 – 1991
(423 BC – 348 BC) Greek philosopher
(1889 – 1945) leader of Nazi Germany 1933 – 1945
(1951 – ) British musician
(4 BCE – 40CE) devotee of Jesus Christ
(1899 – 1980) English / American film producer, director
(1958 – 2009) American musician
(1958 – ) American musician, actress, author
(1876 – 1917) Dutch exotic dancer, executed as spy
(69 – 30 BCE) Queen of Egypt
(1929 – 1982) American actress, Princess of Monaco
(1955 – 2012) co-founder of Apple computers
(1911 – 2004) US President 1981-1989
(1987 – ) Argentinian footballer
(1895 – 1948) American baseball player
(1951 – ) Irish musician, charity worker
(1879 – 1940) Russian Marxist revolutionary
(1981 – ) Swiss Tennis player
(1856 – 1939) Austrian psychoanalyst
(1856 – 1924) US president 1913 – 1921
(1893 – 1976) Leader of Chinese Communist revolution
(1907 – 2003) American actress
(1929 – 1993) British actress and humanitarian
(1975 – ) English footballer
(1975 – ) American golfer
(1986 – ) Jamaican athlete and Olympian
(1961 – ) US athlete and Olympian
(1948 – ) Heir to British throne
(1929 – 1994) American wife of JF Kennedy
(1898 – 1963) British author
(1915 – 1959) American jazz singer
(1892 – 1973) British author
(1943 – ) American tennis player and human rights activist
(1929 – 1945) Dutch Jewish author who died in Holocaust
(1783 – 1830) Venezuelan independence activist in South America.
(1755 – 1793) French Queen, executed during the French revolution
(1985 – ) Portuguese footballer.
(1858 – 1928) English suffragette.
(1922 – 2000) Czech athlete
(1943 – ) Polish leader of Solidarity movement
(1935 – ) British singer, actress
(1820 – 1910) British nurse
(1942 – ) British scientist
(1955 – ) English creator of World Wide Web
(1945 – ) Burmese opposition leader
(1971 – ) American cyclist
(1977 – ) Colombian singer
(1962 – ) American comedian
Orville (1871 – 1948) and Wilbur (1867 – 1912) American inventors, aviation pioneers
(1899 – 1961) American author
(1966 – ) Russian oligarch
(1962 – ) American actor
(1931 – ) Media
(1948 – ) US presidential candidate and environmental campaigner
(1971 – ) English comedian
(1961 – ) American actor and political activist
(1953 – ) American Nobel Prize winning economist
(1966 – ) American creator of Wikipedia
(1963 – ) Actor
(1968 – ) Australian singer and actress
(1997 – ) Pakistani human rights activist
(1947 – ) American author