Life's Top 100 people of the Millennium
(listed from 100 to 1)
100. Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Set the classification of class and genus for plants.
99. Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Triggered the de-colonization of Africa.
98. Ibn-Khaldun (1332-1406)
Wrote "Histry of the Muslim World" It's still used.
97. Catherine De Medicis (1519-1589)
Queen of France-Founder of the Ballet.
96. Jaques Cousteau (1910-1997)
Pioneer of modern undersea exploration-inventor of scuba gear.
95. Santiago Ramon 'Y Cajal (1852-1934)
Proved that the brain was made of individual nerve cells
94. John Von Neumann (1903-1952)
Gratest mathmetician of his time.
93. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Wrote "War and Peace".
92. Roger Banister (1929- )
Beat the 4 minute mile.
91. Nelson Mandella (1918- )
President of South Africa-Leader of apartide.
90. Walter Disney (1901-1966)
A multi-media visionary-King of animation.
89. Claudio Monterverdi (1567-1643)
Father of the modern opera.
88. Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
A highly skilled diplomat-Layed the foundation for the Brittish empire.
87. Theodor Herzl (1869-1904)
Father of the Zionists movement.
86. Hokusai (1760-1849)
Japanese impressionist painter-"36 views of Mt. Fugi".
85. Hellen Keller (1880-1968)
Perfected A.S.L (sign language)-overcame blindness & deafness to graduate from Rutgers.
84. Raphael (1483-1520)
The most ifluencial artist of the 1500's.
83. Susan B. Anthony (1829-1906)
Pioneer for woman's sufferage.
82. Edwin Hubble (1889-1953)
Discovered the Andromeda Nebula.
81. Phineus T. Barnum (1819-1891)
Founder of the circus-"The greatest show on earth!"
80. Antoine Laurent Lavoiser (1743-1794)
Founder of modern chemistry.
79. Louis Jaques Mande Daguerra (1789-1851)
Permantly reproduced an immage-Photography
78. Pablo Picasso (1881-1986)
Father of cubism art & lithography-Gratest 20th century artist
77. Peter the Great (1672-1725)
Forced Russia into the modern world-a great ruler and a great despot.
76. Andrae Palladio (1508-1580)
History's most imitated architect-the portico.
75. Marie Curie (187-1934)
First woman to win the Nobel prize-discovered and defined radioactivity.
74. Adam Smith (1723-1790)
Father of the free enterprize system.
73. Jalal Ad-Din Ar-Rumi (1207-1273)
Muslim poet the helped people find Allah in the world around them. Instrumental in the spread of Islam.
72. Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
A woman's rghts activist and author.
71. Ibn-Sina (980-1037)
Wrote the "Book of Healing" and "Cannon of Medicine".
70. Michael Farady (1791-1867)
Inventor of the electric motor-layed the groundwork for the electrical age.
69. Louis Armstrong (1900-1971)
Father of Jazz and Blues-defined them both.
68. Matteo Ricci (1552-1610)
Helped the west to understand Cina with his chronicals of Chinese life and philosophies.
67. Cao Xueqin (1715-1763)
Wrote "The story of the Stone"-the greatest Chinese novel ever written. It greatly influenced Chinese art.
66. Jane Addams (1860-1935)
Considered the "Mother of Social Work".
65. Hirum Maxim (1840-1916)
Inventor of the recoil rifle. (the machine gun)
64. Pope Innocent III (1160-1216)
Started the Crusades.
63. John Harrison (1693-1776)
Invented the Marine Chronometer for calculating longetude at sea.
62. Guido of Arezz (991-1033)
Devised the system of musical notation-do, re, mi, fa,....
61. William the Conqueror (1027-1087)
Started the Brittish empire with the Brittish isles and northern Europe.
60. Otto Von Bismarck (1815-1898)
The "Iron Chancellor" of Germany. He set the stage for fascism.
59. Fan Kuan (990-1030)
Chinese painter-paited "The Travelers in the Stream" -the "Taoist" of painting.
58. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Established the direction of modern philosophy.
57. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
Edison's apprentice. Second only yo Edison for farsighted iventions-ac/dc power.
56. Louis IVX (1638-1715)
Built the Palace at Versailles. Credited for making France a world power and blamed for settig the stage for France to decline.
55. Fredrick Douglass (1818-1895)
A selfeducated runaway slave that was first real activist fo emancipation.
54. Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
God's messanger to the French in the 100 years war.
53. Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
Developed and wrote the theory of quantum physics
52. Jean Jacques Rouseau (1712-1778)
Educator who rated emotional developement above learning.
51. John D Rockefeller (1839-1937)
America's first billionair and a great philanthropist.
50. Dante' Alighieri (1265-1321)
Wrote "Devine Comedy"-a walk through 1th century culture, politics, and religion.
49. Marco Polo (1254-1324)
First European in Kublai Khan's court. He opened trade with Asia.
48. Akbar (1542-1605)
The greatest of India's emporers. Built the Taj Mahal.
47. John Locke (1632-1704)
His political ideas were the foundation for the Declaration of Independene of the United States.
46. Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
Wrote the "Basic Laws of Herdity" thefirst on genetics.
45. Zhu Xi (11430-1200)
Recast and spread the works of 'Confucus'. Chalenged Budism in China.
44. Ibn-Battuta (1304-1377)
Traveled over 75,000 miles streatching from Spain to China spreading the Muslim faith. Wrote a "Book of Travels"
43. Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
First to regularly use carbolic acid for steralization of surgical items.
42. Herman Cortez (1485-1541)
Defeated Montezuma at Tenochtitian-Conquere the Aztecs.
41. Florence Nghtingale (1820-1910)Reformed the health care in the Brittish miitary.
40. John Calvin (1509-1564)
Spread the Protestant faith to england and Europe-introduced the idea of an elected representitive form of church government.
39. Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872)
Invented the tlegraph.
38. Suleyman the Magnificent (1494-1566)
Greatest ruler of the Ottoman Empire-created a cohesive government.
37. Vasco de Gama (1460-152)
First sailor to round Cape Horn of Africa to trade with the Indies.
36. Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Greatest sculpter and artist of the renaissance-sisteen chapel.
35. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
16th president of the U.S., freed the slaves, fought and won the Civil War.
34. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Oversaw the translations of religious and scientific documents from Arebic to Latin.
33. Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827)
Father of classical music- wrote and preformed music by mathmatical formula because he was deaf.
32. Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
Inventor of analytical geomentry.
31. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
Invented the telephone.
30. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)Called the father of the American civil rights movement.
29. Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)
Led the Bolshevik revolution.
28. Mao Zedong (1893-1976)
Overthrew the Kuomintang's and established the Peoples Republic of China.
27. Gugllelmo Marconi (1874-1937)
Invented the wireless radio.
26. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
Founder of Feminism in England.
25. Simon Bolivar (1783-1830)
"El Liberatur" Started the revolutions of Northern South America.
24. James Maddison (1751-1836)
Drafted U.S. Bill of Rights.
23. Kublai Kahn (1215-1294)
Grandson of Ghengus Kahn-First emporer of the Yunen Dynasty in China-ushered in China's "Golden Age">
22. Mohandus Ghandi (1869-1948)
Great philosopher-promoted non-violent protest and revolution.
21. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Established the theory of realativity-E=MC squared.
20. The Wright Brothers (Orvile 1871-1948) (Wilber !867-1912)
Invented mechanical flight.
19. Copernicus (1473-1543)
Established the theory that the Earth revolves around the sun. Wrote and published "on the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres."
18. Karl Marx (1818-1883)
Wrote the Communist Manifesto.
17. Richard Arkwright (1732-1792)
Founded the modern factory system in England.
16. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
First to use dream interpertation as a psycitric treatment.
15. Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Invented the horseless carriage. (automobile)
14. Zengh He (1371-1435)
Chinese Admiral that explored the Asia minor for the Ming Dynasty.
13. Adolf Htler (1889-1945)
Chancellor of Germany the Furer. Started the second world war. Institutionalized genocide against the Jewish peoples.Responsible for the greatest holocaust ever in the history of man.
12. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)French emporer following the revolution. Wanted to conquer the world.
11. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Englands 'Poet Lauriette' arguably the greatest playwrite of Europe, ever.
10. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Penned the declairation of Independence and the Constitution. 3rd president of the U.S. pushed for westword expansion. Purchased Louisianna territory from France.
9. Charles Darwn (1809-1882)
Established the theory of evolution. Wrote "Origin of a Species"
8. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Discoverd germs and developed a process of heating foods and liquid to kill them.
7. Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)
The first man to circumnavigate the earth.
6. Issac Newton (1642-1727)
Established the laws of gravity.
5. Leonardo De Vinci (1452-1591)
Artist and inventor-ushered in the renainssance.
4. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Established the Laws of Inertia, invented the pendulim, found the moons around Jupiter and provd Copernicus' theory that the Earth and the planets revolve around the sun.
3. Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Started the Refformation of the Church, transforming both church and political policies..
2. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
Discovered the Americas.
1. Thomas Edison (!847-1931)
Chaneled electric power in wires and invented the lightbulb.
Life seems to have left out several people who had great accomplishments. You will find most of them on the Top 100 Events of the Millennium List.