Charles M. SchwabUnited States 
James J. HillCanada 
Leo BurnettUnited States 
Ray KrocUnited States |
Isaac NewtonUnited Kingdom 
William OslerCanada 
Lord KelvinUnited Kingdom 
Ernest RutherfordNew Zealand |
Lord ByronUnited Kingdom 
Jonathan SwiftIreland 
Kingsley AmisUnited Kingdom 
Elie WieselRomania |
Jimi HendrixUnited States 
Percy GraingerAustralia 
Karl Lawrence KingUnited States 
Anton WebernAustria |
Abebe BikilaEthiopia 
Lance ArmstrongUnited States 
Alex FergusonScotland 
Alex RodriguezUnited States |
John RuskinUnited Kingdom 
Rabindranath TagoreIndia 
John James AudubonUnited States 
Albrecht AltdorferGermany |
Jim MorrisonUnited States 
Louis ArmstrongUnited States 
Dizzy GillespieUnited States 
Aaron CarterUnited States |
Britney SpearsUnited States 
Isadora DuncanUnited States 
Martha GrahamUnited States 
Alvin AileyUnited States |
Abe VigodaUnited States 
Aaron EckhartUnited States 
Abel FerraraUnited States 
Adam SandlerUnited States |
Victor HugoFrance 
Betty WilliamsIreland 
Abbie HoffmanUnited States 
Alice PaulUnited States |
Khalil GibranLebanon 
Leo TolstoyRussia 
ConfuciusChina 
Albert CamusFrance |
AaliyahUnited States 
Alexis BledelUnited States 
Blake LivelyUnited States 
Calvin KleinUnited States |
Al CaponeUnited States 
John GottiUnited States 
Osama Bin LadenSaudi Arabia 
Paul CastellanoUnited States |
Abraham LincolnUnited States 
Adolf HitlerGermany 
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Ariel SharonIsrael |
Blaise PascalFrance 
Alexander Graham BellUnited Kingdom 
An WangChina 
Charles F. KetteringUnited States |
Joseph StalinRussia 
Mahatma GandhiIndia 
ZoroasterIran (islamic Republic Of) 
Vladimir LeninRussia |
Cameron DallasUnited States 
Bethany MotaUnited States 
Phil LesterUnited Kingdom 
Tyler OakleyUnited States |
Sydel CurryUnited States 
Camila CabelloUnited States 
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Human civilization has seen numerous people who have changed the course of history and influenced their sphere of living by their charisma, intelligence and talent. Be it geographical expansion, art & entertainment, science & technology, literature, politics, statesmanship or games and sports, these individuals have created history by their work.
Great explorers like Vasco Da Gama and Columbus discovered new lands while Alexander- the Great almost conquered the whole world. Similarly, geniuses like Aristotle, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Albert Einstein expanded the horizon of knowledge by bringing to light new thoughts and inventions. We have had similar great talents in the field of art & entertainment and sports, who have amused us all with their extra-ordinary talent.
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