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List of Top 50 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. 
   John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) US President 1961 – 1963
   
5. 
   Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968)  American civil rights campaigner
   
6. 
   Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – ) British monarch since 1954
   
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. 
    Desmond Tutu (1931 – ) South African Bishop and opponent of apartheid
    
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