This book contains a ranking of the 100 most influential figures who according to Micheal H. Hart feel have the strongest influence in human history. In addition to having a strong influence, also gain influence in a short period of time. Micheal H. Hart's book has indeed been hotly debated, the concept of his book is widely imitated or becomes an inspiration for everyone. The important thing to note is that Dr. Hart doesn't include the biggest man. The criterion is influence. Michael H. Hart published a book entitled The 100 Most Influential Figures in History (translation Mahbub Djunaidi) in 1978.
But what is Hart's reason for placing the Prophet Muhammad in first place? Why did Prophet Isa rank 3rd, while Isaac Newton ranked 2nd, John F. Kennedy was included in the one hundred figures, but why not Mahatma Gandhi? Who is more influential, Karl Marx or Confucianism? `Umar bin Khattab or Alexander the Great? According to Michael H. Hart, the key word is an influential person, not a big person. This is because a big person is not necessarily influential, while an influential person is definitely a big person, because his influence extends not only to the past, but to the present and in the future and still has a great influence.
Here are 100 influential people throughout the history of civilization of human life:
1. PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Spreader of Islam, Ruler of Arabia
2. ISAAC NEWTON
Physicist, Originator of the General Theory of Gravity, Laws of Motion
3. JESUS ISA
Al Masih the Bringer of Christianity
4. SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA (BUDDHA)
Founder of Buddhism
5. KONG HU CU
Founder of Confucian Religion
6. SAINT PAUL
Spreader of Christianity
7. TS'AI LUN
Inventor of Paper
8. JOHANN GUTENBERG
Develops Printing Machine, Prints Bibles
9. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Explorer, Leading Europeans To America
10. ALBERT EINSTEIN
Physicist, Inventor of The Theory of Relativity
11. LOUIS PASTEUR
Scientist, Inventor of Pasteurization
12. GALILEO GALILEI
Astronomer, Accurately Proposed the Heliocentric Theory
13. ARISTOTELES
Influential Greek Philosopher
14. EUKLIDES
Mathematician, Proving About Geometry
15. THE PROPHET MOSES
The Prophet Who Is Considered The Greatest For The Jewish Nation
16. CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN
Biologi, Describes The Theory of Evolution
17. EMPEROR QIN SHI HUANG
Emperor of China
18. AUGUSTUS CAESAR (EMPEROR AUGUST)
First Emperor of the Roman Empire
19. NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
Astronomer, One of the Figures of the Heliocentric Theory
20. ANTOINE LAURERNT LAVOISIER
Father of Modern Chemistry, Philosopher and Economist
21. CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
22. JAMES WATT
Develops the Steam Engine
23. MICHAEL FARADAY
Physicist, Chemist, Discovers Electromagnetic Induction
24. JAMES CLERK MAXWELL
Physicist, Discoverer of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
25. MARTIN LUTHER
Founder of Protestantism and Lutheranism
26. GEORGE WASHINGTON
First President of the United States
27. KARL HEINRICH MARX
The father of Communism
28. ORVILLE WRIGHT & WILBUR WRIGHT
Inventors of the Airplane
29. GENGIS KHAN
Conqueror of the Mongols
30. ADAM SMITH
Economist, Pioneer of Capitalism
31. EDWARD DE VERE
Author of Works About William Shakespeare
32. JOHN DALTON
Chemist, Physicist, Inventor of Atomic Theory, Law of Partial Pressure/Dalton
33. ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Iskandar Zulkarnain Conqueror of Macedonia
34. EMPEROR NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Conqueror of the French Nation
35. THOMAS ALVA EDISON
Inventor of the Light Bulb and Phonograph, etc
36. ANTONY VAN LEEUWENHOEK
Microscopist, Studying Microscopic Life
37. WILLIAM THOMAS GREEN MORTON
Pioneer of Anesthesiology
38. GUGLIELMO MARCONI
Inventor of Radio
39. ADOLF HITLER
Conqueror, Leads the Axis Powers in World War II
40. PLATO
Greek philosopher
41. OLIVER CROMWELL
British Politician and Military Lead
42. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Co-Inventor of the Telephone
43. ALEXANDER FLEMING
Inventor of Penicillin, advancing Bacteriology, Immunology and Chemotherapy
44. JOHN LOCKE
Liberal Philosopher and Theologian
45. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Composer of classical music
46. WARNER KARL HEISENBERG
Originator of the Uncertainty Principle
47. LOUIS-JACQUES-MANDE DAGUERRE
Inventor/pioneer of photography
48. SIMON BOLIVAR
National Hero of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
49. RENE DESCARTES
Rationalist Philosopher and Mathematician
50. UMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB
Second Ar-Rasyidin Caliph, Expanding the Islamic Caliphate Daulah
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51. POPE URBAN II
Cultivator of the Crusades
52. MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
Painter, Sculptor, Architect
53. ASOKA
Indian king who entered and developed Buddhism
54. SAINT AUGUSTINE
Early Christian theologian
55. WILLIAM HARVEY
Inventor of Blood Circulation
56. ERNEST RUTHERFOD
Physicist
57. JOHN CALVIN
Figure of the Reformed Church, Founder of Calvinism
58. GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL
Inventor of Genetic Theory
59. MAX KARL ERNEST LUDWIG PLANCK
Physicist, Emphasized Thermodynamics
60. JOSEPH LISTER
Inventor of Surgical Antiseptics
61. NIKOLAUS AUGUST OTTO
Inventor of the 4 stroke combustion engine
62. FRANCISCO PIZARRO
Conqueror of the Spanish Nation of the Inca Empire in South America
63. HERNANDO CORTES
Spanish conqueror of Mexico
64. THOMAS JEFFERSON
Third President of the United States
65. QUEEN ISABELLA I
Ruler of Spain, and Supporter of Christopher Columbus
66. JOSEPH STALIN
Revolutionary Figure and Ruler of the Soviet Union
67. JULIUS CAESAR
Ruler of Rome
68. KING WILLIAM I
The Conqueror Founder of Modern England's Development
69. SIQMUND FREUD
Founder of the Freud School of Psychology, and expert on Psychoanalysis
70. EDWARD JENNER
Invented the Smallpox Vaccine
71. WILHELM CONRAD ROENTGEN
Discoverer of X-Rays
72. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Composer
73. LAO TZU
Founder of Taoism
74. VOLTAIRE
Writer and Philosopher
75. JOHANNES KEPLER
Astronomer Discoverer of Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
76. ENRICO FERMI
One of the figures of the atomic century, the father of the atomic bomb
77. LEONHARD EULER
Physicist, Mathematician Inventor of Calculus, Differential, Integral & Algebra
78. JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
French philosopher and author
79. NICOLLO MACHIAVELLI
Author of the prince (Treatise on Political Influence)
80. THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS
Economist The Principles of Population Influence the Progress of Society
81. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
President of the United States Founder of the Apollo Space Program
82. GREGOTY GOODWIN PINCUS
Endocrinologist and Inventor of the Pill
83. MANI (EN)
Third-century Iranian Prophet, Founder of Manicheanism
84. VLADIMIR ILYICH LENIN
Russian Revolutionary Figure and Leader
85. EMPEROR SUI WEN
Unifier of China, Founder of the Sui Dynasty
86. VASCO DA GAMA
Navigator, Inventor of European Shipping Routes to India
87. KING CYRUS THE GREAT
Founder of the Persian Empire
88. TSAR PETER THE GREAT
Russian Approach to Europe
89. MAO ZEDONG (MAO TSE TUNG)
The father of Maoism, the Chinese Communist
90. SIR FRANCIS BACON
Philosopher, Inductive Descriptor of the Scientific Method
91. HENRY FORD
Model T Car Maker
92. PENG TSE
Philosopher, Founder of the Confucian School
93. ZARATHUASTRA (ZOROASTER)
Founder of Zoroastrianism
94. QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Queen of England, Renovator of the Church of England after Queen Mary
95. MIKHAIL SERGEYEVICH
Russian PM End of Communism Soviet Union & Eastern Europe
96. KING MENES
The Unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt
97. EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE
Holy Roman Emperor
98. HOMER
The epic poet
99. EMPEROR JUSTINIAN I
Eastern Roman Emperor, Conqueror of the Western Roman Empire
100. MAHAVIRA
Founder of Jainism
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