Life Magazine's 100 People Who Changed the World [2010]

Historical Accolades

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28

1

Abraham

Biblical Character

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

18

2

Buddha

Religious Figure

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

6

3

Confucius

Philosopher

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

53

4

Aristotle

Philosopher

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

48

5

Jesus Christ

Religious Figure

25.00% (295 of 1180 votes)

24

6

Muhammad

Biblical Character

45.16% (84 of 186 votes)

63

7

Pope Urban II

Religious Figure

0% (0 of 0 votes)

42

8

Joan of Arc

Religious Figure

30.59% (26 of 85 votes)

16

9

Mahatma Gandhi

Diplomat

51.43% (18 of 35 votes)

15

10

Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta)

Religious Figure

57.52% (88 of 153 votes)

34

11

Billy Graham

Religious Figure

34.00% (17 of 50 votes)

9

13

Osama Bin Laden

Terrorist

69.80% (1301 of 1864 votes)

17

14

Khufu

Monarch

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

64

15

Alexander the Great

Monarch

0% (0 of 1 votes)

35

16

Cleopatra

Monarch

32.95% (29 of 88 votes)

2

17

Constantine

Monarch

100% (1 of 1 votes)

55

18

Queen Isabella (Spain)

Monarch

5.56% (2 of 36 votes)

5

19

Catherine de' Medici

Monarch

81.82% (18 of 22 votes)

8

20

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

Monarch

77.78% (7 of 9 votes)

4

21

Tzarina Catherine II

Monarch

85.71% (12 of 14 votes)

29

22

George Washington

U.S. President

39.35% (61 of 155 votes)

13

23

Napoleon Bonaparte

Monarch

58.52% (79 of 135 votes)

27

24

Abraham Lincoln

U.S. President

40.57% (71 of 175 votes)

19

25

Queen Victoria

Monarch

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

37

26

Vladimir Illyich Lenin

World Leader

32.00% (112 of 350 votes)

25

27

Winston Churchill

World Leader

43.24% (16 of 37 votes)

10

28

Adolf Hitler

World Leader

69.55% (1124 of 1616 votes)

45

29

Mao ZeDong

World Leader

28.57% (4 of 14 votes)

33

30

Nelson Mandela

World Leader

34.50% (59 of 171 votes)

44

31

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Advocate

29.61% (106 of 358 votes)

54

32

Mikhail Gorbachev

World Leader

8.33% (3 of 36 votes)

65

33

Lech Walesa

Politician

0% (0 of 4 votes)

12

34

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

56

35

Johannes Gutenberg

Inventor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

57

36

Leonardo Da Vinci

Artist

0% (0 of 3 votes)

58

37

Nicolaus Copernicus

Astronomer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

59

38

Galileo Galilei

Scientist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

60

39

Isaac Newton

Scientist

0% (0 of 6 votes)

52

40

Joseph Nicephore Niepce

Inventor

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

61

41

Charles Darwin

Scientist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

62

42

Louis Pasteur

Scientist

0% (0 of 3 votes)

1

43

Wilhelm Roentgen

Scientist

100% (1 of 1 votes)

49

44

Thomas Alva Edison

Inventor

20.0% (2 of 10 votes)

43

45

Clara Barton

Nurse

30.56% (22 of 72 votes)

66

46

Louis Pasteur

Scientist

0% (0 of 3 votes)

40

49

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor

31.68% (32 of 101 votes)

20

50

Sigmund Freud

Doctor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

67

51

Henry Ford

Automaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

36

52

Madame Marie Curie

Scientist

32.63% (31 of 95 votes)

71

53

Guglielmo Marconi

Inventor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

32

54

Albert Einstein

Scientist

35.63% (31 of 87 votes)

68

55

Margaret Mead

Scientist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

69

58

Jonas Salk

Scientist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

70

59

Rosalind Franklin

Scientist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

3

60

Christiaan Barnard

Doctor

100% (2 of 2 votes)

7

61

Steve Jobs

Computer Tech

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

81

62

Homer

Poet

0% (0 of 1 votes)

82

63

Marco Polo

Explorer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

83

64

Michelangelo

Artist

0% (0 of 4 votes)

31

65

William Shakespeare

Playwright

36.00% (18 of 50 votes)

78

66

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

79

67

Adam Smith

Philosopher

0% (0 of 0 votes)

80

68

Mary Wollstonecraft

Philosopher

0% (0 of 0 votes)

30

69

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Composer

38.60% (22 of 57 votes)

72

70

P.T. Barnum

Circus Performer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

73

71

Charles Dickens

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

23

72

Karl Marx

Philosopher

47.39% (145 of 306 votes)

74

73

Jules Verne

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

75

74

Leo Tolstoy

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

76

75

Mother Jones

Advocate

0% (0 of 2 votes)

77

76

Richard W. Sears

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 2 votes)

14

78

Margaret Sanger

Sex Researcher

57.89% (77 of 133 votes)

39

79

Helen Keller

Advocate

31.71% (26 of 82 votes)

86

80

Pablo Picasso

Artist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

87

81

James Joyce

Poet

0% (0 of 1 votes)

50

82

Igor Stravinsky

Composer

20.0% (1 of 5 votes)

84

83

Coco Chanel

Designer

0% (0 of 2 votes)

22

84

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady

48.12% (141 of 293 votes)

85

85

Le Corbusier

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

47

86

Charlie Chaplin

Actor

26.32% (10 of 38 votes)

88

87

Martha Graham

Choreographer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

41

88

Louis Armstrong

Vocalist

31.43% (11 of 35 votes)

90

89

Charles Lindbergh

Aviator

0% (0 of 0 votes)

91

90

Ray Kroc

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 3 votes)

92

91

Dr. Benjamin Spock

Doctor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

93

92

Dr. Seuss

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

94

93

William Levitt

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

21

94

Rachel Carson

Advocate

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

89

95

Edmund Hillary

Explorer

0% (0 of 6 votes)

46

96

Elvis Presley

Vocalist

28.47% (39 of 137 votes)

51

97

Ted Turner

Philanthropist

17.50% (7 of 40 votes)

38

98

Muhammad Ali

Boxer

31.93% (53 of 166 votes)

11

99

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

61.61% (207 of 336 votes)

26

100

Beatles

Musicians

42.11% (72 of 171 votes)