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Historical biographies written for kids. Learn the life story and biography of influencial people: US Presidents, World Leaders, Inventors, Women, Artists, Civil Rights heroes.

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People who changed the world - Famous people who changed the course of history including Socrates, Newton, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Queen Victoria, Catherine the Great, Einstein and Gandhi.

Humanitarians - Famous people who have offered charitable service to others, including Mother Teresa, William Wilberforce, Florence Nightingale and Princess Diana.

Famous Chemists - A selection of famous chemists including Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, Michael Faraday, Emil Fischer and Marie Curie.

Poets - The great poets. Including; William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Homer, Milton, Virgil, Rumi, Rabindranath Tagore.

Revolutionaries - People who inspired or began revolutions. Including Spartacus, Joan of Arc, George Washington, Karl Marx.

Writers and authors - Famous authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemingway.

People by nationality

Famous Austrians. Famous Austrians, including Marie Antoinette, Sigmund Freud and musicians, such as Mozart, Franz Liszt, Schubert. Also Austrian political figures.

Famous Dutch A list of famous people from the Netherlands. Includes; great Dutch painters, such as Rembrandt and Vincent Van Gogh; philosophers Spinoza and Erasmus. Also Dutch sports stars, such as Johan Cruyff.

Famous Europeans - A list of famous and influential European. In particular, a focus on the European who helped set up the EEC/ European Union, such as Jean Monnet, Charles de Gaulle and Willy Brandt.

Famous French - A list of famous French men and women. Includes politicians, generals, artists, sportsmen and cultural figures, such as Napoleon, Marie Antionette, De Gaulle, Claude Monet, and Coco Chanel.
Famous Hispanics - A list of famous people of Spanish-speaking origin. Includes Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Simon Bolivar, Selena and Jorge Ramos.
Famous Indians - A list of Indian men and women throughout the ages. Categories include politicians, scientists, sports people, spiritual figures and cultural figures. Includes Mahatma Gandhi, Akbar, Swami Vivekananda and Indira Gandhi.

Famous Chinese - Famous Chinese philosophers, military leaders and writers. From ancient times to modern Chinese men and women. Includes Lao Tzu, Confucius, Empress Dowager Cixi and Chairman Mao.
Famous Irish people. Includes St Patrick, Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Eamon de Valera, Mary Robinson and George Best
Famous Italians - Italian composers, artists, politicians and authors. Includes Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, St Francis of Assisi, Michelangelo, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Catherine of Sienna.

Famous Welsh People - Welsh people including Owain Glyndwr - the first Prince of Wales, Nye Bevan, David Lloyd George and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

People by Time Period

Ancient Greeks (8th Century BCE to 1 CE) Famous people of the classical Greek period. Poets, statesmen and the fore-runners of democracy. Includes Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and Hippocrates.
Age of Discovery (15th - 17th Century) A period of exploration and maritime journeys across the world's oceans to discover new land. The Age of Discovery led to increased trade and European settlements in Africa, Americas and Asia.
A list of some of the most influential people in the Protestant Reformation, which saw a break from the Catholic Church to create new Protestant Christian religions. Includes John Wycliffe, Martin Luther, Jan Hus and Desiderius Erasmus.

Famous people of the Gilded Age (1870 to 1900) The great industrialists, such as J.D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie who defined the Gilded Age.

People of the Progressive Era (1890-1920) A period of increased federal intervention to tackle abuse of monopoly power and inequality. The Progressive Era also saw women gain the vote, and increased efforts to tackle corruption.

Inter-war era (1918 to 1939) A period of peace in between the two world wars. Characterised by economic boom and bust, and the growth of polarising ideologies. Includes; Hitler, Churchill, Gandhi, Roosevelt and Mussolini.
People of the 1960s - The revolutionary decade in religion, politics and music. People include Martin Luther King, JF Kennedy, John Lennon, Joan Baez and Indira Gandhi.
Famous leaders - A list of famous leaders who led their country. Includes Catherine the Great, Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Winston Churchill and F.D. Roosevelt.

Famous socialists - From Karl Marx, the founder of Marxism, to leading Communists, such as Lenin and Leon Trotsky. Also democratic socialists of US and UK.
Great military leaders - Famous military figures and leaders. Includes Genghis Khan, Saladin, Alexander the Great, Napoleon and Erwin Rommel.
Different Religions

Muslims - Famous Muslims. Including the Prophet Muhammad, Saladin, Rumi, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Muhammad Ali and Malala Yousafzai.

Famous slaves - People who became well-known despite being kept in slavery. Including Moses, St Patrick, Spartacus and Nat Turner.

Other groups of people

Animal rights activists - Brigitte Bardot, Linda McCartney, Peter Singer and Jeremy Bentham.

Vegetarians - Famous people who have adopted a vegetarian diet. Including Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks.

- Important books which influenced and changed society and the world. Including The Republic, The Iliad, The Communist Manifesto and The King James Bible.

Inventions that changed the world - Famous inventions that made a great difference to the progress of the world, including aluminium, the telephone and the printing press.

Famous Composers - A list of famous and influential composers throughout history, including the greatest composers, such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Mendelssohn.

- A list of 100 most influential people as chosen by Michael H. Hart, from his book 100 most influential people in the world. Includes; Muhammad, Jesus Christ, Lord Buddha, Confucius, St Paul and Johann Gutenberg.

100 Famous sporting personalities - 100 Famous sporting personalities, including Muhammad Ali, Nadia Comaneci, Pele and Jesse Owens.
Famous Film Directors - Influential film directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Capra, Walt Disney and Orson Wells. Famous people with Rags to Riches stories - Rags to riches stories - People who started off poor, but became rich through good fortune or hard work. The list includes; George Soros, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Walton, Pele and J.K. Rowling. People who made a difference. Men and women who made a positive contribution to the world - in the fields of politics, literature, music, activism and spirituality. Good rulers. A list of rulers from Cyrus the Great to democratic leaders who have served their country well and improved the welfare of their subjects. Includes King Canute, King Soloman, Augustus Caesar, Ashoka and Saladin. Young people who changed the world - A list of inspirational children and young people who have made a positive difference in the world. Including Anne Frank, Malala Yousafzai Famous and iconic faces - A list of people with iconic and famous faces. Faces that represent beauty, ideals, suffering or illumination.
Citation: Pettinger, Tejvan. "List of Famous People", Oxford, UK. www.biographyonline.net Published 27 October 2018.
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People who changed the world - Famous people who changed the course of history including Socrates, Newton, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Queen Victoria, Catherine the Great, Einstein and Gandhi. Women who changed the world - Famous women who changed the world. Features female Prime Ministers, scientists, cultural figures, authors and royalty.

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