2. Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as
Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial
nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent
resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's
independence from British rule and later inspire
movements for civil rights and freedom across the world
Born: October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India
Assassinated: January 30, 1948, Birla House, New Delhi,
India
3. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister
and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil
rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968
Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, United
States
Martin Luther King Jr
4. Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC, better known as Mother
Teresa, was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in
1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe
Bojaxhiu was born in Skopje—at the time, part of the
Ottoman Empire.
Born: August 26, 1910, Skopje, North Macedonia
Died: September 5, 1997, Kolkata, India
Mother Teresa
5. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist,
widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most
influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for
developing the theory of relativity, but he also made
important contributions to the development of the theory
of quantum mechanics.
Born: March 14, 1879, Ulm, German
Died: April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Albert Einstein
6. Rabindranath Tagore FRAS was a Bengali polymath who
worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer,
philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped
Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with
Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries
Born: May 7, 1861, Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, India
Died: August 7, 1941, Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, India
Rabindranath Tagore
7. Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist,
secular humanist, social democrat, statesman and author
who was a central figure in India during the middle of the
20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian
nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s.
Born: November 14, 1889, Prayagraj, India
Died: May 27, 1964, New Delhi, India
Jawaharlal Nehru
8. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-
apartheid activist who served as the first president of
South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first
black head of state and the first elected in a fully
representative democratic election.
Born: July 18, 1918, Mvezo, South Africa
Died: December 5, 2013, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg,
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
9. Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer,
songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King
of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant
cultural figures of the 20th century.
Born: August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana, United States
Died: June 25, 2009, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles,
California, United States
Michael Jackson
10. Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and
statesman who served as the 16th president of the United
States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Born: February 12, 1809, Larue County, Kentucky, United
State
Assassinated: April 15, 1865, Petersen House,
Washington, D.C., United States
Abraham Lincoln