This article is ranked according to the "100 Celebrities Who Influenced the Course of Human History" by the famous American scholar Mike Hart. First published in 1978, the book profoundly describes the careers and contributions of 100 historical figures in the world in the form of biographies. This article lists only the top 10 celebrities.
1. Muhammad
Muhammad (c. 570–632), one of the world's three great religions, was the founding leader of Islam, the Arabs, and was known as the Prophet of Islam. He established and spread Islam, establishing the first theocratic Islamic state power centered on Medina. A chain of Arab states from Iraq to Morocco have been formed, with common beliefs, languages, histories and cultures. In addition, it has enacted civil, criminal, commercial, military and other legal regulations. The status of women has been greatly enhanced through the marriage and family system.
2. Newton
Isaac Newton (1642–1727), president of the Royal Society, a famous British physicist and mathematician, was the greatest and most influential scientist in the history of the world. He established a magnificent system of mechanics and laid the foundations of scientific theories. One of the two founders of calculus, he is known as the "father of modern physics". He proposed the law of universal gravitation, Newton's law of motion, invented the reflecting telescope, discovered the principle of dispersion of light, etc., which can be called an encyclopedic "all-rounder". Representative works "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" and "Optics".
Newton
3. Jesus
Jesus (birth and death dates unknown, c. 30–6 BC), founding leader of Christianity, one of the world's three major religions. The most influential religious revelator in history, the moral and spiritual leader of Christianity. The main ideas of Jesus, including the concept of God and the kingdom of heaven and the ethics, expounded the basic moral, spiritual and main codes of conduct of Christianity, and profoundly influenced the development of European culture.
Jesus crucified and resurrected
4. Shakyamuni
Shakyamuni (Śākyamuni, date of birth and death unknown, c. 565 BC – 485 BC), the founder of Indian Buddhism, one of the world's three major religions, the prince of Kapilava, became a monk because of his dissatisfaction with Brahmanism, became a Buddha, and advocated practice with the four lives of "suffering and extinction". Its Hinayana sect spread to Southeast Asia and Mahayana Buddhism to East Asia.
5. Confucius
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) was a great thinker, educator and founder of the Confucian school in ancient China, whose ideas had a profound impact on China and the world, and was known as the "Most Holy Teacher of Dacheng". Major achievements: compilation of the Spring and Autumn Classics, revision of the Six Classics, and establishment of the Confucian school.
6. St. Paul
St. Paul Paul, c. 5 –67), who began preaching from 45 AD until his death. He successfully preached the transformation of Christianity from a Jewish denomination into a world religion. His writings also form an important part of the New Testament.
7. Cai Lun
Cai Lun (61/63-121), he improved the papermaking process, using plant fibers such as bark, hemp, rags, and old fishing nets as raw materials for papermaking. His improved papermaking technology gradually spread through Central Asia and Western Europe along the Silk Road, and then gradually spread around the world, playing an indelible contribution to the inheritance and development of world civilization.
Cai Lun
8. Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (1398-1468) Germany, who invented Western movable type printing, quickly promoted the development of Western science and society. It laid the cornerstone of the development of modern civilization in Europe, was the precursor of the European Renaissance and the Reformation, and had an important impact on the spread of world knowledge and the evolution of civilization.
Gutenberg
9. Columbus
Cristóbal Colón Italian: Cristoforo Colombo , c. 1451 – May 20, 1506 ) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and one of the leading figures of the Age of Discovery, whose fleet discovered the New World in 1492, ushering in centuries of European exploration and colonization of overseas territories, which was of great significance to the development of the world and a major turning point in the history of the world.
10. Einstein
Albert Einstein (German/English: Albert Einstein; From March 14, 1879 to April 18, 1955), his main contributions were: proposing the quantum hypothesis of light, solving the problem of photoelectric effects, and creating four fields of physics (special relativity, general relativity, cosmology, and unified field theory), the law of conservation of energy, and the cosmic constant. Einstein ushered in a new era of modern science and technology and was the greatest scientist of the 20th century.
Einstein