221 Influential People Around The World

Ashoka Maurya, popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was born in 304 BC in Pataliputra, Patna, India, and passed away in 232 BC. Do you know that Ashoka killed his 6 brothers (and not 99 as exaggerated in stories) to ascend the throne? An Indian emperor, Ashoka was from the Maurya Dynasty. His rule extended […]

Popularly known as the King of Asia or the King of Babylon, Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia, on the 20th of July 356 BC and passed away in June of 323 BC. Do you know that at the age of 19, after his father’s death, Alexander attempted and succeeded in attaining the throne?

Popularly known as the Father of Political Science, Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Greece and passed away in 322 BC. Do you know that Aristotle was a student of Plato, and is known to have tutored Alexander the Great? A philosopher, Aristotle is known to be the first genuine scientist in history. His

Aristocles Platon, popularly known as Plato, was born in Athens, Greece, between 428 and 424 BC and passed away in 348 BC. Do you know that historians believe ‘Plato’ was a nickname given to this great philosopher and writer, due to his broad physical build? Plato was not only the student of Socrates but also

Hippocrates was born around 460 BC in Kos, Ancient Greece, and passed away in 370 BC. Do you know that Hippocrates was the first person to believe that diseases were caused by natural imbalances in the human body, rather than as an act of God or superstition? Hippocrates was a Greek physician in the Age

A philosopher, Socrates was born in 470 BCE in Athens, Greece, and passed away in 399 BC. Do you know that before he became a philosopher and teacher, Socrates had taken up masonry and sculpting as his profession to sustain a livelihood? Known as the Father of Western Philosophy, Socrates was an enigmatic yet controversial

Aryabhatta was born around 476 AD in or around the region, which is in between the Narmada and Godavari rivers in India, and passed away in 550 AD. Do you know that Aryabhatta was the first person to state that the earth was round? He had also discovered that the earth rotates and revolves around

Kong Qiu or Kong Fuzi (meaning grand master Kong), popularly known as Confucius, was born on the 28th of September 551 BC in Zou, Lu State, near present-day Shandong Province, China, and passed away in 479 BC. Do you know that Confucius has 2 million known and registered descendants with most of them living outside

Gautama Buddha, popularly known as the Buddha, was born in Lumbini, which is now in present-day Nepal. The exact date of his birth was never recorded, and hence is estimated to be around 563 BC to 483 BC and passed away in 300 BC. Do you know that the Buddha’s 3 most important tenets preach

Pythagoras was born in 570 BC on the island of Samos and passed away in 495 BC. Do you know that in 530 BC, Pythagoras is said to have moved to Croton, where he founded his religious sect known as ‘Pythagoreanism’? A great mathematician and scientist, Pythagoras is well known for his contribution to the

Homer is speculated to have been born and passed away between the 12th and 8th centuries BC, somewhere on the coast of Asia Minor. Do you know that apart from his epic works, the entire existence of Homer is disputed? A Greek poet, Homer is the author of the classic epic stories of ‘The Iliad

Moses was born around the 1393 BC in Lower Egypt and passed away in the 1273 BC. Do you know that while Moses was a prophet he was also trained in military tactics and the government? Moses was an Egyptian prince who gave up the life of wealth and comfort and followed God’s will to

FAMOUS PERSONALITIES Bob Marley rightly said, “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” Human beings are the only living creatures that have superior intelligence and the ability to act based on their intelligence. From time immemorial,