List of Famous People

There are many people who have influenced the human civilization with their charisma, talent, and intelligence. Be it in the field of art, business, science and technology, social service or politics to name a few, there are some people who have changed the course of history and been a major influence on others. Many individuals look up to these famous people as role models and follow the example set by these people in their lives. Here is a list of famous people who have attained glory in their field of expertise. This also contains a list of famous people in 2010.

List of Famous People - Actors & Actresses

Given below is a list of some popular actors and actress, who have excelled in the field of showbiz.

    * Aamir Khan
    * Al Pacino
    * Amitabh Bachchan
    * Angelina Jolie
    * Anthony Hopkins
    * Ben Affleck
    * Ben Kingsley
    * Brad Pitt
    * Cameron Diaz
    * Catherine Zeta Jones
    * Charlie Chaplin
    * Denzel Washington
    * Elizabeth Taylor
    * Heath Ledger
    * Ingrid Bergman
    * Kate Winslet
    * Leonardo Di Caprio
    * Marilyn Monroe
    * Marlon Brando
    * Meryl Streep
    * Penelope Cruz
    * Pierce Brosnan
    * Robert De Niro
    * Sandra Bullock
    * Sean Connery
    * Shah Rukh Khan
    * Sylvester Stallone
    * Tom Cruise
    * Tom Hanks
    * Will Smith

List of Famous People - Entrepreneurs & Industrialists

Following is a famous entrepreneurs list, which consists of individuals who have fought against all odds to become the personality they are today.

    * Andrew Carnegie (Carnegie Steel)
    * Azim Premji (Wipro)
    * Bill Gates (Microsoft)
    * Carlos Slim Helú (American Movil, Telmex, Telcel)
    * Dhirubhai Ambani (Reliance Industries)
    * George Eastman (Eastman Kodak Company)
    * Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company)
    * Howard Hughes (Hughes Aircraft)
    * J. R. D. Tata (Tata Airlines, now known as Air India)
    * John D. Rockefeller (Standard Oil Company)
    * Lakshmi Mittal (ArcelorMittal)
    * Larry Page & Sergey Brin (Google)
    * Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
    * Richard Branson (Virgin Group of Companies)
    * Steve Jobs (Apple)
    * Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway)

List of Famous People - Painters

The list of famous artists below consists of some of the world famous painters, from the Renaissance era and later, who are popular for their masterpieces of art.

    * Caravaggio, (1573 -1610), Italian Renaissance Painter
    * Claude Monet, (1840 -1926), French Impressionist Painter
    * Edgar Degas, (1834 -1917), French Painter
    * Edouard Manet, (1832 -1883), French Painter
    * Edvard Munch (1863 -1944), Norwegian Painter
    * Francisco Goya (1746 -1828), Spanish Painter and Engraver
    * Jackson Pollock, (1912 -1956), US Abstract Expressionist Painter
    * Jacques Louis David, (1748 -1825), French Painter
    * Johannes Vermeer (1632 -1675), Dutch Painter
    * Leonardo da Vinci, (1452 -1519), Italian Painter, Sculptor and Inventor
    * Michelangelo Buonarroti, (1475 -1564), Italian Sculptor and Painter
    * Norman Rockwell (1894 -1978), Illustrator, Painter
    * Pablo Picasso, (1881-1973), Spanish Cubist Artist
    * Paul Cézanne, (1839 -1906), French Artist
    * Paul Gauguin, (1848 -1903), French Painter
    * Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (1841-1919), French Impressionist Painter
    * Peter Paul Rubens, (1577 -1640), Belgian Painter
    * Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525 -1569), Flemish Painter
    * Raphael, (1483 -1520), Italian Painter
    * Rembrandt, (1606 -1669), Dutch Painter
    * Salvador Dalí, (1904 -1989), Catalan Artist
    * Titian, (1488 -1576) (Italian Painter, Real Name Tiziano Vecelli)
    * Thomas Gainsborough, (1727-1788), English Painter
    * Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890), Dutch Painter
    * Wassily Kandinsky, (1866 -1944), Russian-born Artist
    * William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905), French Academic Painter

List of Famous People - Poets & Writers

These poets and writers have influenced the world with their famous works portraying life through the beauty of words. The below list is about the famous people in history of literature.

    * Adam Smith
    * Alfred Tennyson
    * Anton Chekhov
    * Arthur C. Clarke
    * Charles Dickens
    * Dante Alighieri
    * Emily Dickinson
    * Ernest Hemingway
    * George Byron
    * H. G. Wells
    * Hans Christian Anderson
    * Harper Lee
    * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    * J. K. Rowling
    * Jeffery Archer
    * John Keats
    * Khalil Gibran
    * Lewis Caroll
    * Mark Twain
    * Oscar Wilde
    * Paulo Coelho
    * Rabindranath Tagore
    * Robert Frost
    * Robert Louis Stevenson
    * Rudyard Kipling
    * Ruskin Bond
    * Salman Rushdie
    * Sidney Sheldon
    * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    * Sylvia Plath
    * T. S. Eliot
    * V. S. Naipaul
    * Virginia Woolf
    * Victor Hugo
    * W. H. Auden
    * William Butler Yeats
    * William Shakespeare
    * William Wordsworth

List of Famous People - Political Leaders

The following list of the world's greatest leaders, past and present, in the field of politics, consists of some eminent personalities who have made a huge difference to their respective countries.

    * Abraham Lincoln (United States of America)
    * Adolf Hitler (Germany)
    * Ariel Sharon (Israel)
    * Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
    * Franklin D Roosevelt (United States of America)
    * Fidel Castro (Cuba)
    * Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
    * Indira Gandhi (India)
    * Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka Mahatma Gandhi (India)
    * Napolean Bonaparte (France)
    * Nelson Mandela (South Africa)
    * Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
    * Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
    * Winston Churchill (United Kingdom)
    * Yasser Arafat (Palestine)

List of Famous People - Religious Icons

Here is a list of some of the most well known religious leaders, who have taught humanity about the virtues of life.

    * Ayatollah Khomeini
    * Confucius
    * Dalai Lama
    * Desmond Tutu
    * Lao tzu
    * Martin Luther
    * Martin Luther King Jr
    * Mother Teresa
    * Ramakrishna Paramhansa
    * Sri Aurobindo
    * Swami Vivekananda
    * The Pope
    * Zoroaster

List of Famous People - Scientists

The human race is living an easy life, thanks to the various inventions of these famous scientists. Women are not far behind in inventions as you can see in famous women inventors. Here is a list of famous inventors with their inventions..

    * Albert Einstein (Theory of Relativity)
    * Alexander Fleming (Penicillin)
    * Alexander Graham Bell (Telephone)
    * Alfred Nobel (Dynamite)
    * Charles Darwin (Theory of Evolution)
    * Galileo Galilei (Telescope)
    * Gregor Mendel (Genes)
    * Igor Sikorsky (Helicopter)
    * James Watt (Steam Engine)
    * John Logie Baird (Television)
    * Laszlo Jozsef Bíro (Ballpoint Pen)
    * Louis Pasteur (Pasteurization)
    * Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (Airplane)
    * Rudolf Diesel (Combustion Engine)
    * Sir Isaac Newton (Theory of Gravitation)
    * Stephen Hawking (Black Hole)
    * Thomas Alva Edison (Electric Bulb)
    * Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (X-ray)

Given below is a list of some more famous people from various walks of life.

    * Famous Archeologists
    * Famous Astronauts
    * Famous Child Models
    * Famous Doctors
    * Famous Economists
    * Famous Explorers
    * Famous Journalists
    * Famous Nurses
    * Famous People with Learning Disabilities
    * Famous Photographers List
    * Famous Singers
    * List of Famous Comedians
    * Most Famous Chefs

There are many more influential people in history who are famous for their achievements, which they have obtained through sheer hard work and dedication. But listing all those important people in history is a bit tough, due to constraint of time and space. Hope you found this article on list of famous people informative.