Famous People Of The 20th Century

List of famous people of the 20th century who changed the world with their great deeds. Check out their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

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The 20th century was a highly dynamic period in the human history. The period saw tremendous growth in scientific accomplishments, explorations of new regions, discovery of new elements and minerals, advancement in technology, and the emergence of several social justice movements. Many great souls were born in the 20th century in different parts of the world which helped in giving a new direction to world history through their contributions. In world politics, one of the most influential figures to emerge was Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and an anti-apartheid activist, revolutionary and politician. The recipient of more than 100 awards and honors, he was indeed one of the most influential people in the 20th century. Talking of science and technology, the 20th century saw the invention of the most revolutionary concept in human history: the internet. Tim Berners Lee, the man who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web (WWW) is another major figure born in this era. Martin Luther King, Elvis Presley, Desmond Tutu, Mother Teresa, Muhammad Ali, and Richard Attenborough are among the other famous figures of the 20th century. Read on to discover more about these amazing people and their contributions to the world.

Adele
(Singer-songwriter)

05 May 1988

Tottenham

British

Taurus

The Weeknd
(Singer)

16 February 1990

Scarborough

Canadian

Aquarius

Barack Obama
(44th U.S. President)

04 August 1961

Honolulu, Hawai, USA

American

Leo

Justin Trudeau
(23rd Prime Minister of Canada)

25 December 1971

Ottawa, Canada

Canadian

Capricorn

Fetty Wap
(Rapper, Singer)

07 June 1991

Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.

American

Gemini

Hedy Lamarr
(Inventor)

09 November 1914

19 January 2000

Vienna

American

Scorpio

Donald Trump

14 June 1946

New York City, New York, U.S.

American

Gemini

Michael Jackson
(Singer)

29 August 1958

25 June 2009

Gary

American

Virgo

William Gibson
(Speculative Fiction Writer)

17 March 1948

Conway, South Carolina, USA

Canadian,American

Pisces

Paul Walker
(Actor)

12 September 1973

30 November 2013

Glendale

American

Virgo

Michael J. Fox
(Actor)

09 June 1961

Edmonton, Canada

Canadian

Gemini

Pablo Escobar
(Colombian Drug Lord)

01 December 1949

02 December 1993

Rionegro

Colombian

Sagittarius

Cara Delevingne
(Model, Actress)

12 August 1992

Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom

British

Leo

Steve Jobs
(Co-founder of Apple)

24 February 1955

05 October 2011

San Francisco

American

Pisces

Hillary Clinton

26 October 1947

Chicago

American

Scorpio

Lionel Messi
(Football Player)

24 June 1987

Argentine

Cancer

Augusto Pinochet
(Former President of Chile)

25 November 1915

10 December 2006

Valparaíso

Chilean

Sagittarius

Ronda Rousey
(Mixed Martial Artist)

01 February 1987

Riverside County

American

Aquarius

Ben Carson
(Neurosurgeon)

18 September 1951

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

American

Virgo

Bernie Sanders
(Politician)

08 September 1941

Brooklyn

American

Virgo

Chris Pratt
(Actor)

21 June 1979

Virginia, Minnesota, United States

American

Gemini

Kendall Jenner
(Model, Reality Television Star)

03 November 1995

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

American

Scorpio

Holly Holm
(Mixed Martial Artist)

17 October 1981

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

American

Libra

Ted Bundy
(Serial Killer)

24 November 1946

24 January 1989

Burlington

American

Sagittarius

Shah Rukh Khan
(Film actor)

02 November 1965

New Delhi

Indian

Scorpio

Jennifer Lawrence
(Actress)

15 August 1990

Indian Hills, Kentucky, U.S.

American

Leo

Lil Wayne
(Hip-hop artist)

27 September 1982

New Orleans

American

Libra

Cristiano Ronaldo
(Football Player)

05 February 1985

Santo António

Portuguese

Aquarius

Daniel Craig

02 March 1968

Chester, Cheshire, England

British

Pisces

Taylor Swift
(Singer-songwriter)

13 December 1989

Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.

American

Sagittarius

Whitey Bulger
(American convicted murderer and former organized crime figure)

03 September 1929

Dorchester

American

Virgo

Charlie Sheen
(American actor)

03 September 1965

New York City

American

Virgo

Kim Zolciak
(Television personality)

19 May 1978

Pensacola, Florida, United States

American

Taurus

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(Former President of India)

15 October 1931

27 July 2015

Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu

Indian

Libra

Evan Peters
(Actor)

20 January 1987

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

American

Capricorn

Eminem
(Rapper)

17 October 1972

Saint Joseph

American

Libra

Johnny Depp
(Actor)

09 June 1963

Owensboro

American

Gemini

Vladimir Putin
(President of Russia)

07 October 1952

Saint Petersburg

Soviet Russian,Russian

Libra

Elon Musk

28 June 1971

Pretoria

South African

Cancer

Mark Zuckerberg
(Co-founder of Facebook, Computer Programmer)

14 May 1984

White Plains

American

Taurus

Elizabeth Olsen
(Actress)

16 February 1989

Sherman Oaks

American

Aquarius

Bill Gates
(Co-Founder of Microssoft)

28 October 1955

Seattle

American

Scorpio

Jessica Alba
(Actress)

28 April 1981

Pomona, California, United States

American

Taurus

Alexandra Daddario
(Actress)

16 March 1986

New York City, New York, United States

American

Pisces

Ariana Grande
(Singer, Actress)

26 June 1993

Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.

American

Cancer

Rachel Weisz
(Actress)

07 March 1970

Westminster, United Kingdom

British

Pisces

Shailene Woodley
(Actress, Activist)

15 November 1991

San Bernardino County, California, U.S.

American

Scorpio

Young Thug
(Rapper)

16 August 1991

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

American

Leo

Pierre Trudeau
(15th Prime Minister of Canada)

18 October 1919

28 September 2000

Montreal, Quebec

Canadian

Libra

River Phoenix
(Actor)

23 August 1970

31 October 1993

Madras, Oregon, United States

American

Leo

Pia Mia
(Singer, Songwriter, Model)

19 September 1996

Guam, United States

American

Virgo

Selena Gomez
(Actress)

22 July 1992

Grand Prairie

American

Cancer

Ronald Reagan
(40th President of the United States)

06 February 1911

05 June 2004

Tampico

American

Aquarius

Frank Sinatra
(Singer and Actor)

12 December 1915

14 May 1998

Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S

American

Sagittarius

Bashar al-Assad
(President of Syria)

11 September 1965

Damascus

Syrian

Virgo

Pope Francis

17 December 1936

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentine

Sagittarius

Dwayne Johnson
(Actor)

02 May 1972

Hayward

American

Taurus

Rose Byrne
(Actress)

24 July 1979

Balmain, Sydney, Australia

Australian

Leo

Iggy Azalea
(Rapper)

07 June 1990

Sydney, Australia

Australian

Gemini

Stephen Hawking
(Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist)

08 January 1942

Oxford

British

Capricorn

Shawn Mendes
(Singer-Songwriter)

08 August 1998

Canadian

Leo

Russell Wilson
(American Football Player)

29 November 1988

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

American

Sagittarius

Pope Benedict XVI
(Pope)

16 April 1927

Marktl, Germany

German

Aries

Oscar Isaac
(Actor)

09 March 1979

Guatemala

Guatemalan

Pisces

Ted Cruz
(Politician)

22 December 1970

Calgary

American

Sagittarius

Carrie Fisher

21 October 1956

27 December 2016

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

American

Libra

Viola Davis
(Actress)

11 August 1965

St. Matthews, South Carolina, United States

American

Leo

Kobe Bryant
(Basketball player)

23 August 1978

Philadelphia

American

Leo

Janet Jackson
(Singer-Songwriter)

16 May 1966

Gary, Indiana, U.S.

American

Taurus

Kanye West
(Rapper, Singer-Songwriter, Record Producer)

08 June 1977

Atlanta

American

Gemini

Kim Kardashian
(Reality TV Star, Model, Socialite)

21 October 1980

Los Angeles

American

Libra

Gwen Stefani
(Singer, Songwriter, Fashion Designer, Actress)

03 October 1969

Fullerton

American

Libra

Jonah Lomu
(Rugby Player)

12 May 1975

18 November 2015

Greenlane, Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealander

Taurus

J. Cole
(Rapper, Record Producer, Singer-Songwriter)

28 January 1985

Frankfurt, Germany

American

Aquarius

Carly Fiorina
(Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard)

06 September 1954

Austin

American

Virgo

Michael Jordan
(Basketball player)

17 February 1963

Brooklyn

American

Aquarius

Ed Gein
(Murderer)

27 August 1906

26 July 1984

La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States

American

Virgo

Zoë Kravitz
(Actress)

01 December 1988

Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States

American

Sagittarius

Priyanka Chopra
(Film actress)

18 July 1982

Jamshedpur

Indian

Cancer

Leonardo DiCaprio
(Actor, Film Producer)

11 November 1974

Hollywood, California, U.S.

American

Scorpio

Bill Clinton

19 August 1946

Hope, Arkansas, U.S.

American

Leo

Sundar Pichai
(CEO of Google Inc)

12 July 1972

Chennai

Indian

Cancer

Peyton Manning
(American Football Quarterback)

24 March 1976

New Orleans, Louisiana

American

Aries

Elvis Presley
(The King of Rock and Roll, Singer Actor)

08 January 1935

16 August 1977

Tupelo

American

Capricorn

John Lennon
(Co-founder of 'The Beatles')

09 October 1940

08 December 1980

Liverpool, England, UK

British

Libra

Tom Hanks
(Academy Award Winning Actor)

09 July 1956

Concord, California, U.S.

American

Cancer

Bridget Moynahan
(Actress)

28 April 1971

Binghamton, New York, United States

American

Taurus

Muhammad Ali

17 January 1942

03 June 2016

Louisville

American

Capricorn

Katey Sagal
(Actress)

19 January 1954

Los Angeles, California, United States

American

Capricorn

Andy Warhol
(Pop Artist)

06 August 1928

22 February 1987

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

American

Leo

Lady Gaga
(Singer-songwriter)

28 March 1986

New York City

American

Aries

Arnold Schwarzenegger
(Former Governor of California)

30 July 1947

Thal

Austrian

Leo

Norman Reedus
(Model, Actor, Photographer)

06 January 1969

Hollywood, Florida, USA

American

Capricorn

Jussie Smollett
(Actor)

21 June 1982

Santa Rosa, California, U.S.

American

Gemini

Tupac Shakur

16 June 1971

13 September 1996

New York City, New York, U.S

American

Gemini

George W. Bush
(43rd U.S. President)

06 July 1946

New Haven

American

Cancer

Matt Damon
(Actor)

08 October 1970

Cambridge

American

Libra

Demi Lovato
(Film actress)

20 August 1992

Albuquerque

American

Leo

Angelina Jolie
(Actress, Filmmaker, Activist)

04 June 1975

Los Angeles, California, U.S

American

Gemini

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