Buddha – The Founder of Buddhism
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, The Buddha (Enlightened one), Tathagata (He who has come thus)
(563 BC, Lumbini near Kapilavastu (now Nepal), India - 483 BC, Kushinagar,...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky – The greatest psychologist in world literature
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky
(November 11, 1821, Moscow, Russia – February 9, 1881, Saint Petersburg, Russia) (aged 59)
Nationality: Russia
Category: Art Creators
Occupation: Writers
Unique distinction: One...
Zlata Ognevich – representative of Ukraine at the Eurovision-2013
Zlata Ognevich
Inna Leonidovna Bordyug
(born 12 January 1986, Murmansk, Russian SSR)
Nationality: Ukraine
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Singers
Specification: Pop-music
Unique distinction: She was representating Ukraine at the Eurovision Song...
Ibn Khaldun – The Father of Cultural History and Historiography
Ibn Khaldun
Abu-Zaid Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn-Khaldun
(27 May 1332, Tunis -17 March 1406, Cairo, Egypt)
Nationality: Tunisia
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Historian, Sociologists, Politicians
Unique distinction: The father of...
Galileo – The father of Modern Science
Galileo
Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei
(15 February 1564, Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy - 8 January 1642, Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany,...
Michael Jordan – The greatest basketball player of all time
Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
(February 17, 1963, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Athletes
Occupation: Basketball Players
Unique distinction: The greatest basketball player of...
Hippocrates of Cos – The father of Western medicine
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos
(ca. 460/ 450 BC , Island of Cos, Ancient Greece - 377/370 BC, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece)
Nationality: Greece
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Physicians, Philosophers
Unique distinction:...
Edward De Bono – renowned creativity expert and the father of lateral thinking
Edward De Bono
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
(19 May 1933, St. Julian's Bay, Valletta, Malta – 9 June 2021, Malta) (aged 88)
Citizenship: Malta, Britain
Category:...
Lance Armstrong – Famous retired professional road racing cyclist
Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong,
born Lance Edward Gunderson
(September 18, 1971, Plano, suburb of Dallas, Texas, USA)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Athletes
Occupation: Bicyclists
Unique distinction:...
Dustin Hoffman – Winner of two Academy Awards
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman
(8 August 1937, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Actors
Specification: Drama, Comedy
Unique distinction: The Winner of two Academy Awards: Best...
Titian – One of the greatest High Renaissance Painters
Titian
Tiziano Vecellio or Vecelli
(c. 1488/1490, Pieve di Cadore, Venice, Italy – 27 August 1576, Venice, Italy) (aged 84-86)
Nationality: Italy
Category: Art Workers
Occupation: Painters, Architects,...
Vinton Cerf – One of the Fathers of the Internet
Vinton Cerf
Vinton "Vint" Gray Cerf
June 23, 1943, New Haven, Connecticut
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Mathematics, Computer programmer
Unique distinction: One of the fathers...