Bill Gates – Co-founder and first Chairman of Microsoft
Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III
(October 28, 1955, Seattle, Washington, USA)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Businessmen, Philanthropists
Unique distinction: Co-Founder and Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Co-Founder...
Melinda Gates: Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Melinda Gates
born Melinda Ann French, Melinda French Gates
(August 15, 1964, Dallas, Texas, USA)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Philanthropists, Businessmen
Unique distinction: Co-founder and co-chair...
Christopher Columbus – Discoverer of America
Christopher Columbus
Cristoforo Colombo (in Italian),
Cristobal Colon (in Spanish)
(25 August - 31 October 1451, Genoa, Italy - 20 May 1506, Valladolid, Spain) (aged 54)
Nationality:...
Vitali Klitschko – Famous Ukrainian boxer and politician
Vitali Klitschko
Vitali Vladimirovich Klitschko
July 19, 1971 Belovodsk, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)
Nationality: Ukraine
Category: Athletes
Occupation: Boxers, Politicians
Unique distinction: Klitschko is a three-time heavyweight world...
Angela Merkel – First female Chancellor of Germany
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Kasner
Born on 17 July 1954, Hamburg, West Germany
Nationality: Germany
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Politicians
Unique distinction: The first female Chancellor of Germany, the de...
Oprah Winfrey – The most famous American television host
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey
(Lady O, Deepak Oprah - a send up of Deepak Chopra, a self-help guru)
29 January 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
Nationality: United...
Cleopatra – One of the most famous female rulers in history
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
(69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) (aged 39)
Nationality: Egypt
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Rulers
Unique distinction: The most ever famous queen of all times...
Azim Hashim Premji – Indian businessman and one of the leading philanthropists in the...
Azim Hashim Premji
Born 24 July 1945, Bombay (Mumbai), India (age 74)
Nationality: India
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Businessmen, IT & Software Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists.
Unique distinction: Chairman of Wipro Limited,...
Alexander Hamilton – One of the United States Founding Fathers
Alexander Hamilton
(January 11, 1755 or 1757, Charles Town, Nevis, British West Indies - July 12, 1804, New York City) (aged 47 or 49)
Nationality:...
Alex Osborn – Father of Brainstorming and Method of Creative Problem Solving
Alex Osborn
Alex Faickney Osborn
(May 24, 1888, Bronx, New York City, USA – May 5, 1966, Buffalo, New York, USA) (Aged 77)
Nationality: American, United States
Category:...
Martin Luther King – World Human Rights Icon
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr
(January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, United States - April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, United States) (assassination by gunshot)...
Benazir Bhutto – The First Woman to Head an Islamic State
Benazir Bhutto
(21 June 1953, Karachi, Dominion of Pakistan- 27 December 2007 Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan) (aged 54)
Nationality: Pakistan
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Politicians
Unique distinction: The first woman...