"Ever Green" Powerful Personalities in History (General Knowledge)

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Here goes the easy form of useful historical general knowledge of famous men&women with military/political/philosophical background.
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln overcame many setbacks to become the most influential American President. In his famous Gettysburg speech, he inspired the nation with his noble words and helped to bring about the abolishment of slavery.

Benjamin Franklin
Great polymath and promoter of American ideals at home and in the US. A practical man of great dynamism and good character.

Mikhail Gorbachev
Had the courage, tenacity and strength of character to give up the absolute power of Soviet Communism. Moved the Soviet Union to democracy and respect for human rights. Gorbachev enabled the Berlin Wall to come down giving freedom to Eastern Europe.


William Wilberforce
Fought tirelessly for ending the slave trade, at a time when many accepted it as an ‘economic necessity’. He awakened the conscience of many of his fellow countryman and made slavery appear unacceptable.


Nelson Mandela
Campaigned for justice and freedom in his South Africa. Spent 20 years in jail for his opposition to apartheid. On release he healed the wounds of apartheid by his magnanimous attitude to his former political enemies.

Albert Einstein
His theories of relativity were a very significant scientific breakthrough. As well as being a genius scientist, Einstein was also a champion of human rights and campaigned for a more peaceful world.

Marie Curie
Marie Curie was awarded a Nobel Prize for both Chemistry and Physics. Her discoveries with radiation helped advance medical science. Also, her achievements were even more remarkable at a time when few women gained education.

Thomas Jefferson
One of America’s founding fathers, Jefferson helped draft the Declaration of Independence and foster a belief in human rights. Amongst other achievements, Jefferson passed one of the first bills on religious tolerance in his state of Virginia.

Martin Luther King
Inspiring leader of the non-violent civil rights movement. Inspired millions of people black and white to aspire for a more equal society.

William Shakespeare
Shakespeare remains the King of English literature. His plays and poetry captured the richness and diversity of human existence in the most powerful and poetic way.

Leonardo da Vinci
One of the greatest minds in human history. There were few areas, Leonardo didn’t delve into. In many areas he was a couple of centuries ahead of scientific discovery. He helped make great advances in anatomy, astronomy, physics, science and others. He also painted the most iconic picture in history – The Mona Lisa.

Muhammad Ali
Champion boxer and great character. Refused to fight in Vietnam war and became a champion of civil rights and African interests.

Helen Keller
Despite disability of both deafness and blindness, she learned to read and write, becoming a champion of social issued and helping to improve the welfare of deaf people.

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks became a well respected figurehead of the American civil rights movement. Rosa showed what ordinary people can do when they stick fast to their beliefs in testing conditions.

Mother Teresa
Lived a life of poverty to try an ameliorate the conditions of others. Her devotion and compassion inspired the lives of many thousands she came into contact with.

Winston Churchill
In the worst moments of 1940, the Nazi war machine looked invincible as it swept through Europe. Churchill inspired the free nations to keep alive the fight against the tyranny of Hitler’s Germany.

Buddha
The Buddha was a young prince who gave up the comforts of palace life to seek the meaning of life meditating in the forests. After gaining realisation, the Buddha spent the remainder of his life travelling around India teaching a middle path of meditation and inner peace.

Socrates
Socrates showed the power and integrity of independent thought. Socrates taught by encouraging people to honestly question their pre-conceptions. His method of self-enquiry laid the foundations of Western Philosophic thought.

Tom Paine
Free thinking radical who passionately argued for greater democracy and representation for ordinary people. Influential in American and French revolutions, though narrowly escaped with his life after falling foul of Robespierre.

Jane Goodall
Made ground-breaking study into the behaviour of chimpanzee’s. Became a noted campaigner and activist for environmental protection and kindness to animals.

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale helped to revolutionise the treatment of patients after her experience of treating wounded soldiers in the Crimean war.

Anne Frank
Anne Frank was nobody special, just an ordinary teenage girl. But, she became a symbol of how ordinary people can get caught up in man’s inhumanity. But, despite the most testing of conditions Anne retained an optimistic spirit.

Galileo
Scientist who helped make great strides in Astronomy and helped challenge ruling religious orthodoxy.

George Orwell
George Orwell was a democratic socialist who fought in the Spanish civil war on the side of the republicans. He gave up his privileged education to spend time with the unemployed of the Great Depression. His greatest contribution was warning of the dangers of totalitarian regimes – whatever the ideology may be behind them.

John M Keynes
The greatest economist of the twentieth century. Keynes laid the framework for modern macroeconomics offering solutions to the dreadful calamity of the Great Depression

Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor and philosopher.

William Blake
Poet and artist. –
“To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.”

Princess Diana
Involved in many humanitarian charities. Helped to de-stigmatise issues such as AIDS.

Confucius
Influential Chinese philosopher who laid ground work for much of Chinese philosophy and society.

Mozart
A musical genius who gives joy to millions of people

John Keats
Romantic Poet. Keats lived a short life, but the intensity of his poetry, has left a deep and lasting legacy. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” – Keats.

Raisa Gorbachev
Wife of Mikhail Gorbachev. Engaged in humanitarian works and supported her husband during great change of his Presidency.

Eleanor Roosevelt
A supporter of the rights of women and committed to the oppressed in society, Eleanor also helped to draft the UN Declaration of human rights.

Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson had a vision for a League of Nations – a forum where nations could come together to solve disputes. The League of Nations struggled to make an impact before the Second World War, but, became more effective.

Leo Tolstoy
Influential Russian author, whose great epics include War and Peace. His philosophy of non-violence and a return to rural simplicity inspired other politicians such as Gandhi.


Louis Pasteur
French scientist who found many important improvements in medical science, e.g. vaccination for Rabies – and a safe way to pasteurise milk.

Rumi
Sufi poet. His mystical poetry has a universal appeal.

Charles Darwin
Darwin published his Origin of Species detailing a belief in evolution at a time when such a decision was very controversial.

Akbar
The Great Moghul Emperor who went a long way to uniting India under his rule. Though a great warrior Akbar was also known for his love of culture, music and philosophy. He introduced enlightened laws on religious tolerance in his kingdom and encouraged representatives of different religions to come to his court.

C S Lewis
Author of best selling ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ and Christian apologist.

Sophie Scholl (1921-1943)
German student who took part in resistance to Hitler and the Nazi party. She helped distribute leaflets criticising the war and the Nazi ideology. She was executed for ‘ treason’ and became an important symbol of German resistance to Hitler.

Oprah Winfrey
US talk show host who became an important figurehead for women in America. Encouraged belief in self-improvement.


Edward Jenner
led pioneering work on the development of an inoculation against the deadly smallpox. Opened up the way to more immunisations, arguably saving the lives of millions of people around the world.

Sir Isaac Newton
One of the greatest scientists of all time. Isaac Newton led the foundation of modern physics with his development of theories on gravity and mechanics

St Francis of Assisi
Christian mystic who founded new order committed to essence of Christian gospels.

14th Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader of Tibetan people. Helped to popularise principles of Buddhism around the world

Pablo Picasso
Iconic twentieth century artist, known for his commitment to peace.

John Lennon
Iconic singer song writer. Member of the Beatles.

Desmond Tutu
South African anti-apartheid campaigner. Sought to heal wounds after end of apartheid through Truth and Reconciliation committee.

Michelangelo
Never suffering from false modesty, Michelangelo referred to himself as ‘God’s own artist’. But, in the case of Michelangelo his self-belief was well justified. During his lifetime, he produced some of the greatest works of art ever produced – The Pieta, The Sistine Chapel, the Statue of David.

Lord Baden Powell
Founder of the Scout Movement

Jesse Owens
Jesse Owen’s four gold medals at Hitler’s 1936 Olympics in Berlin was one of the great moments of sport, which helped to puncture the Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy. Jesse Owens was a modest hero who remained a great ambassador for the sport.

John F. Kennedy
US President who offered new vision for his country.

Pope John Paul II
Polish pope who played a role in transition from Communist to a more democratic Eastern Europe.


Raphael
Artist. Raphael was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.

Beethoven
Great Classical Composer.


St Teresa of Avila
16th Century Spanish mystic and poet. Helped re-vitalise religious life in Spain, despite the Inquisition and patriarchal nature of society.

Pele
One of world’s greatest ever footballers. Became international sporting icon.

Abbe Pierre
French humanitarian who set up charity for the homeless.


Annie Besant
Involved in representing women and workers in 19th Century Britain. Became leading member of Theosophy society and supported Indian independence

Emile Zatopek
Greatest long distance runner. Winning three gold medals at the 1954 Olympics. Principled supporter of Czech democracy, being sent to work in mines for his opposition to the Communist government.

St Therese Lisieux
A Carmelite nun, who died aged 24, unknown to the world. Yet, after her death her simple writings had a profound effect becoming one of the best selling spiritual writings. Her approach was a deceptively simple approach of doing the smallest acts with love.

J R R Tolkien
Oxford professor and writer of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

Audrey Hepburn
Actress later involved in working for UNESCO


Bob Geldof
Musician and charity campaigner. Launched ‘Band Aid’ in 1984 to help African famine.

Eva Peron
Argentinian ‘First Lady’ Founded influential charity and helped create more equal society.

Sir Titus Salt
Victorian industrialist who was also concerned for welfare of workers. Helped to build model village and insist on better working conditions.

Augn San Suu Kyi
Leader of opposition in Myanmar. Recently released from house arrest, she has been awarded the Nobel Peace prize for her fight for democracy and human rights.


Steve Jobs
Charismatic founder of Apple. Helped create new standards of design in technology.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German pastor and pacifist who was executed for his opposition to Hitler in Nazi Germany.

Harriet Beecher Stow
American writer and campaigner against slavery. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Kofi Annan
Secretary General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2001

Lech Walesa
Polish opposition leader who became symbolic figure in efforts to end Communist rule.

Millicent Fawcett
English suffragist who campaigned for equal rights and votes for women. Leader of the largest Suffrage movement the NUWSS, who advocated peaceful, constitutional change.

Dwight Eisenhower (1890 – 1969)
A five star General in US army, Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander for the D-Day invasion of occupied Europe (1944-45). Also, successfully oversaw invasion of North Africa (1942). First Supreme Commander of NATO.


Napoleon (1769 – 1821)
As Emperor of France 1804-1815, Napoleon’s forces swept across Europe, gaining a hegemony over most of Europe. In many battles, Napoleon overcame numerical inferiority through use of tactics.

Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC)
As King of Macedonia, he established an Empire from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas in India. Alexander the Great remained undefeated in battle.

Genghis Khan – (1162 – 1227)
From humble beginnings, Genghis Khan conquered Mongolia and China and then created an Empire stretching into Central Europe. His Mongol hordes were unstoppable.

Akbar (1542 – 1605)
The third Moghul Emperor, Akbar consolidated his Empire across India, through a series of striking military victories, in the early part of his reign, creating one of most affluent empires of the age.

Erwin Rommel (1891 – 1944)
‘The Desert Fox’ was admired by both his troops and enemies developing a reputation for invincibility. He was a commander during the invasion of France (1940) and achieved striking victories in the North Africa desert war.

Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC)
Under Caesar, the Roman Empire stretched to its furthers points – crossing the Rhine and into Britain for the first time.


Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940, when Great Britain alone stood against Hitler. With stirring speeches, Churchill rallied the population and quashed those who wanted to make a deal with Hitler.


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