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

Historical Accolades

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54

1

Abraham

Biblical Character

34.15% (14 of 41 votes)

45

2

Buddha

Religious Figure

42.31% (11 of 26 votes)

61

3

Confucius

Philosopher

31.25% (20 of 64 votes)

86

4

Aristotle

Philosopher

0% (0 of 8 votes)

63

5

Jesus Christ

Religious Figure

28.73% (1183 of 4118 votes)

14

6

Muhammad

Biblical Character

63.91% (781 of 1222 votes)

33

7

Pope Urban II

Religious Figure

47.98% (83 of 173 votes)

52

8

Joan of Arc

Religious Figure

34.73% (607 of 1748 votes)

35

9

Mahatma Gandhi

Diplomat

47.06% (8 of 17 votes)

38

10

Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta)

Religious Figure

46.31% (157 of 339 votes)

29

11

Billy Graham

Religious Figure

49.02% (25 of 51 votes)

8

13

Osama Bin Laden

Terrorist

72.31% (4233 of 5854 votes)

24

14

Khufu

Monarch

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)

23

15

Alexander the Great

Monarch

50.29% (88 of 175 votes)

64

16

Cleopatra

Monarch

28.38% (42 of 148 votes)

30

17

Constantine

Monarch

48.94% (46 of 94 votes)

28

18

Queen Isabella (Spain)

Monarch

49.19% (61 of 124 votes)

25

19

Catherine de' Medici

Monarch

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

34

20

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

Monarch

47.33% (62 of 131 votes)

46

21

Tzarina Catherine II

Monarch

41.11% (37 of 90 votes)

41

22

George Washington

U.S. President

44.00% (370 of 841 votes)

32

23

Napoleon Bonaparte

Monarch

48.09% (63 of 131 votes)

39

24

Abraham Lincoln

U.S. President

46.25% (271 of 586 votes)

20

25

Queen Victoria

Monarch

52.25% (58 of 111 votes)

9

26

Vladimir Illyich Lenin

World Leader

67.70% (197 of 291 votes)

19

27

Winston Churchill

World Leader

53.49% (46 of 86 votes)

6

28

Adolf Hitler

World Leader

76.53% (1148 of 1500 votes)

11

29

Mao ZeDong

World Leader

65.59% (183 of 279 votes)

81

30

Nelson Mandela

World Leader

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

44

31

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Advocate

42.73% (97 of 227 votes)

47

32

Mikhail Gorbachev

World Leader

40.0% (40 of 100 votes)

78

33

Lech Walesa

Politician

9.09% (1 of 11 votes)

5

34

Barack Obama

U.S. President

77.11% (23071 of 29920 votes)

85

35

Johannes Gutenberg

Inventor

0% (0 of 7 votes)

53

36

Leonardo Da Vinci

Artist

34.29% (12 of 35 votes)

89

37

Nicolaus Copernicus

Astronomer

0% (0 of 14 votes)

79

38

Galileo Galilei

Scientist

8.33% (1 of 12 votes)

66

39

Isaac Newton

Scientist

27.54% (65 of 236 votes)

3

40

Joseph Nicephore Niepce

Inventor

100% (1 of 1 votes)

71

41

Charles Darwin

Scientist

26.38% (67 of 254 votes)

69

42

Louis Pasteur

Scientist

27.27% (6 of 22 votes)

62

43

Wilhelm Roentgen

Scientist

30.0% (3 of 10 votes)

65

44

Thomas Alva Edison

Inventor

28.00% (7 of 25 votes)

50

45

Clara Barton

Nurse

37.24% (404 of 1085 votes)

68

46

Louis Pasteur

Scientist

27.27% (6 of 22 votes)

72

49

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

12

50

Sigmund Freud

Doctor

65.55% (78 of 119 votes)

60

51

Henry Ford

Automaker

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

77

52

Madame Marie Curie

Scientist

9.09% (1 of 11 votes)

88

53

Guglielmo Marconi

Inventor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

59

54

Albert Einstein

Scientist

32.01% (437 of 1365 votes)

87

55

Margaret Mead

Scientist

0% (0 of 5 votes)

80

58

Jonas Salk

Scientist

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

57

59

Rosalind Franklin

Scientist

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

92

60

Christiaan Barnard

Doctor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

75

61

Steve Jobs

Computer Tech

22.50% (9 of 40 votes)

91

62

Homer

Poet

0% (0 of 5 votes)

58

63

Marco Polo

Explorer

33.33% (2 of 6 votes)

94

64

Michelangelo

Artist

0% (0 of 6 votes)

67

65

William Shakespeare

Playwright

27.37% (52 of 190 votes)

93

66

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Author

0% (0 of 5 votes)

56

67

Adam Smith

Philosopher

33.33% (2 of 6 votes)

90

68

Mary Wollstonecraft

Philosopher

0% (0 of 3 votes)

51

69

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Composer

36.84% (14 of 38 votes)

26

70

P.T. Barnum

Circus Performer

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

55

71

Charles Dickens

Author

34.04% (16 of 47 votes)

7

72

Karl Marx

Philosopher

76.49% (1155 of 1510 votes)

76

73

Jules Verne

Author

10.53% (2 of 19 votes)

17

74

Leo Tolstoy

Author

57.14% (4 of 7 votes)

43

75

Mother Jones

Advocate

42.86% (3 of 7 votes)

1

76

Richard W. Sears

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

78

Margaret Sanger

Sex Researcher

77.34% (1396 of 1805 votes)

37

79

Helen Keller

Advocate

46.43% (13 of 28 votes)

18

80

Pablo Picasso

Artist

55.43% (51 of 92 votes)

48

81

James Joyce

Poet

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

27

82

Igor Stravinsky

Composer

50.0% (35 of 70 votes)

10

83

Coco Chanel

Designer

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

31

84

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady

48.72% (19 of 39 votes)

2

85

Le Corbusier

Architect

100% (1 of 1 votes)

16

86

Charlie Chaplin

Actor

58.49% (62 of 106 votes)

73

87

Martha Graham

Choreographer

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

82

88

Louis Armstrong

Vocalist

4.55% (1 of 22 votes)

22

89

Charles Lindbergh

Aviator

51.56% (33 of 64 votes)

15

90

Ray Kroc

Entrepreneur

60.0% (3 of 5 votes)

84

91

Dr. Benjamin Spock

Doctor

0% (0 of 3 votes)

70

92

Dr. Seuss

Author

26.87% (72 of 268 votes)

83

93

William Levitt

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

74

94

Rachel Carson

Advocate

25.00% (2 of 8 votes)

36

95

Edmund Hillary

Explorer

46.88% (45 of 96 votes)

42

96

Elvis Presley

Vocalist

43.30% (181 of 418 votes)

40

97

Ted Turner

Philanthropist

44.83% (13 of 29 votes)

21

98

Muhammad Ali

Boxer

52.14% (61 of 117 votes)

13

99

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

64.56% (878 of 1360 votes)

49

100

Beatles

Musicians

39.68% (98 of 247 votes)