The most influential people

24/02/2021

Socrates
Socrates was a Greek philosopher and was one of the founders of Western philosophy. He helped students such as Plato and Xenophon. Plato’s dialogues are one of the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity.

08/02/2021

Abraham Lincoln


Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He led the United States and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis. Lincoln preserved the Union and strengthened the federal government.

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George Washington


George Washington was the first President of the United States. He was also one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and he presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation.

08/02/2021

Moses


Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a former Egyptian prince later turned prophet, religious leader and lawgiver. The existence of Moses is disputed among archaeologists and Egyptologists, with experts in the field of biblical criticism citing logical inconsistencies.

08/02/2021

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American electrical engineer, inventor, physicist, and mechanical engineer. Tesla is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system. He gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before immigrating to the United States.

04/02/2021

Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama or simply ‘The Buddha’, was a sage on whose teachings Buddism was founded. Buddha lived and taught mostly in eastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries. The name ‘Buddha’ means “awakened one” or “the enlightened one”.

04/02/2021

Julius Caesar


Gaius Julias Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, Consul and notable author of Latin prose. Caesar played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic. Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several years.

04/02/2021

Karl Marx


Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and socialist. His work in economics laid the basis for much of the current understanding of labor and its relation to capital. He has published numerous books during his lifetime.

He studied at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin, where he became interested in the philosophical ideas of the Young Hegelians.

29/01/2021

Martin Luther


Martin Luther was a German friar, priest, and professor of theology. He is best known as the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. He came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Luther disputed the claim that freedom from God’s punishment for sin could be purchased with money.

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Napoleon Bonaparte


Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. Bonaparte was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814.

He dominated European affairs for nearly two decades while leading France against a series of coalitions.

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Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. Gutenberg’s invention of mechanical movable type printing began the Printing Revolution.

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