Most Influential People of All Time

also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, whom a majority of Christian denominations believe to be the Son of God. Christians hold Jesus to be the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament and refer to him as Jesus Christ or simply as Christ In Islam, Jesus (commonly transliterated as Isa) is considered one of God's important prophets. Judaism rejects the belief that Jesus was the awaited Messiah, arguing that he did not fulfill the Messianic prophecies in the Tanakh. Bahá'í scripture almost never refers to Jesus as the Messiah, but calls him a Manifestation of God.

One of the most notable of early Christian missionaries, credited with proselytizing and spreading Christianity outside of Palestine (mainly to the Romans) and author of numerous letters of the New Testament of the Bible.

German printer who invented the mechanical printing press.

Chiefly responsible for the beginning of the Reformation period; The start of Protestantism

Wrote nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, five piano concertos, ten sonatas for the piano and violin, a series of magnificent string quartets, vocal music, theater music, and much more

German-born theoretical physicist, best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass–energy equivalence

His music is played in hundred thousand of churches all around the world daily. And this since 400 years. Many musicians, composer and artists say that he is outstanding and above all human composers of music. Bach dedicated his music to Jesus Christ in who he believed and for whom he composed his music. Classic music from the 18th century and church music is not in the liking of everybody. But anybody who goes into this music will find an incredible richness in melody and forms. It is almost as if this man was a creation for exactly what he did. It is as if God himself formed his genius. Probably he is the biggest genius who ever lived.

was, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, he is the most important prophet in Judaism,and is also considered an important prophet in Christianity and Islam, as well as a number of other faiths.

This germanic general defeated the arabs in Tours/Poitiers in the 8th century, saving Europe from Islam. Therefore influental for the whole mankind

He is the inventor of the computer . Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer. His greatest achievement was the world's first functional program-controlled Turing-complete computer, the Z3, which became operational in May 1941. Zuse was also noted for the S2 computing machine, considered the first process-controlled computer. He founded one of the earliest computer businesses in 1941, producing the Z4, which became the world's first commercial computer. From 1943 to 1945 he designed the first high-level programming language, Plankalkül. In 1969, Zuse suggested the concept of a computation-based universe in his book Rechnender Raum (Calculating Space). In Millions of household and millions of firms his achievements are used. Modern life without computers on the basis of Zuses endeavour would not be possible.

Italian navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages led to general European awareness of the American continents.

The German emperor defeated the Asian invadors in the 10.th century and prevented western Europe from conquest. Europe remained Christian. The German tribes east of the Rhine were unified. He was the first of of a long row until the year 1806 of German Kings who were crowned Roman emperor, to be the defender of Christianity in Europe. He and his followers tried also to bind the pretentious supremacy of the unchristian Popes to the benefit of the free nations.

The Nobel prize winner became famous for isolating the tuberculosis and cholera bacillus His work saved the lifes of many millions. He contributed to improve the medicine as science and as remedy for the people.

Germanic freedom fighter. He defeated the Romans. Germany – that time home of all the Germanic tribes - was not conquered by the Romans and not latinized. Because of this Western and Central Europe became Germanic. The Saxons could take over in Britain the course of history, the Franks in Gallo-France. Other germanic tribes departed to other western European countries. And of course Germany and the Netherlands remained altogether germanic. Therefore Arminius was very decisive for the development of Europe and beyond. The world became a western world because the Germanic tribes like the anglo-saxons, franks and others could spread and take advantage of their military and cultural predominance. The western world is mainly a Germanic culturised world! Most developments of civilization stem from Germanic grounds. Even in China and Pakistan the daily life runs after the western culture. And this has to do with Arminius. Arminius is the Roman name for which the tradition has “Hermann”.

He defeated the enemies of Israel 3 thousand years ago and laid the foundation for the everlasting state of Israel. He was the darling of God JHWH. he was a great poet. His psalms are read daily of millions of people around the world. He is the great man of all Israelis since 3 thousand years. He wrote parts of the Bible. From King David is the world famous Psalm 23 which goes: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name' sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. Jews wait for him to become the King of Israel again.

John was an eye witness of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He also wrote that Jesus was God and Creator of all things:“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

Physicist,Quantum theory and thermodynamics were greatly enriched by his work. Probably the scientist of the 20th century. Einstein himself said so. He was a friend of Einstein, but he proved that Einsteins idea of a strict determination of all things was wrong by his quantum theory. This theory, scientifically proved to be right, influenced the science of physics and philosophy tremendously. The thesis of God and an existence beyond determination got an argument from the side of natural science. The future only will show how great his contributions to science really were.

Luke was a doctor and a great historian. Astonishingly in his Bible books he does not go into detail about the teachings of Paul although he was his companion travelling a long time with him. He only wants to report the things that happen and not teach doctrines. This makes his works reliable. Luke wrote one of 4 reports about the life of Jesus. he also wrote the acts of the Apostles, the story of the uprise of Christianity in the first century. He was a remarkable historian, since it turned out that all his details about persons, places and times are correct.

Astronomer who filled the gap in knowledge which Copernicus had created about the relations in our solar system. He finished the open answers Copernicus had given to the questions of his time about Astronomy. Unlike Copernicus he did not foster the children of the times playmate which was astrology. With Kepler started the detection and what is called the "conquest" of the space.

Peter was an eye witness about the events around Jesus. He said in 2 Pet 1,16-19: For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son,9 with whom I am well pleased,” we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. It is ironical too that Peter got the patron of the Roman church although he was the evangelist for the Jews. The Roman Catholic church had for many hundreds of years a bad position to the Jews and even proclaimed crusades against them. If Peter knew!

Daniel was a great prophet who lived 500 years before Christ. Why is he so influental? Because he made a prophecy about Christ which came true. He foretold the coming of Christ in the first century and the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of the Jews soon after. Christ was crucified in the year 30 and Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed from the Romans in the year 70. This is the biblical proof that Jesus was the Messiah (Dan 9): “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince (Jesus Christ) shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince (Roman general Titus who was not yet emperor) that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.” And it is also the proof that the Bible must be God`s Word because it contains true prophecy. No other religious book has this.

This Polnish King saved Europe in 1683 from Islam when the Turks where standing in front of Vienna. He came in right time to help the Austrians to beat the turkish armies. The Turks were supported by the Pope and the French king. They thought, if Vienna fell the door was open to central Europe and the Pope and the French King could have their part of the prey. Sobiersky was Catholic, but he was more Christian than catholic, therefore he helped to defend Christianity against Islam. Perhaps thanks to him, the western world did not become Islamic. Therefore he is imminently influential

was a French chemist and microbiologist who was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax.

Very important man for world history because he paved the way for the modern state of Israel, Israel being the most influental country in the world! The German Jew Herzl was decisive in the work to prepare the awareness for a own Jewish state in their former homeland. Around 1907 he foresaw that in 40 years this would happen. And indeed he was right.

This German engineer made a millenium invention. He built the first practical four-stroke internal-combustion engine. The first car was built by Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz. They used the motor of Otto. No Otto- motor - no car. The car has along with the otto-motor a story of success of the last 120 years.

After the war he was brought along with the other German scientists to the USA and made the USA the nation which brought men to the moon. All German scientists who had worked to develop rockets for the Nazis where carried over to the States and made good US citizens to help the USA make the Super Power No. 1. There were hundreds of them. The Soviets were less quick, but they too made their progresses after WW II with the help of the Ex-Nazi scientists. In fact it was luck that WWII ended not a little later. He is without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history. His crowning achievement ... was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969.

Mathematician,pioneered the application of mathematics to areas like gravitation,magnetism and electricity.The unit of magnetic induction is named after him.Gauss's law is the expression of charge as a source of electric field. Without his works and the works of Kepler we had no knowledge beyond the orbit and the universe would be a black hole. No extraterrestrian flight, no Nasa - no wasting money for all these projects the best of which is that we have nice pictures of distant galaxies

Played a significant role in the creation of quantum mechanics

Scientist,pioneered synthetic drugs(chemicals produced in laboratory rather than extracted from natural resources, opened up the allopathic medicine world wide. Thanks to him, millions of lives have been saved and are being saved in future. It was not his feat alone, but he gave decisive impulses for that.

Perhaps the greatest savant and explorer who ever lived. He was a genius in many fields. Charles Darwin described him as "the greatest scientific traveler who ever lived." He is widely respected as one of the founders of modern geography. Alexander von Humboldt's travels, experiments, and knowledge transformed western science in the nineteenth century

He was the General of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation and brought back Eastern Europe from the Turkish sovereignty and pushed the Osmans back to Constantinople. He meant for the 18.century what Karl Martell meant for the 8th century: salvation from Islam invading Europe. What Martell performed in the West, he did in the East.

He is the inventor of the car. In 1885 Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine. On January 29, 1886, Benz received the first patent (DRP No. 37435) for a gas-fueled car. Benz built his first four-wheeled car in 1891. Benz & Company, the company started by the inventor, became the world's largest manufacturer of automobiles by 1900. no Benz - no cars - no pollution. All the Mercedes Benz cars have him as forefather and all the other cars in the world are built after his design.

most successful general of Israel

Military leader and first president of the United States

served Israel from beginning of the state till now in a decisive manner

The Prophet Isaiah wrote 700 years before Christ about the coming of Christ. Since the book of Isaiah was found in Qumran in 1947, the manuscript being more than 2000 years old, it was proven that the Bible we had till then was word by word identical with what the tradition brought to our times. This showed that there was in the Bible never a change. Therefore Jews and Christians have proved to be reliable preservers of their holy book.

English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion laid the groundwork for classical mechanics.

Jeremiah, a jewish prophet 600 years before Christ, is traditionally credited with authoring thebiiblical books of of Jeremiah, 1 Kings, 2 Kings and the Book of Lamentations. Jeremiah is regarded as the second of the major prophets.During the siege of Jerusalem, when it was finally obvious that Jeremiah’s prophecies of disaster would be fulfilled and that destruction and exile were imminent, God was telling Jeremiah that the nation would eventually be restored and that houses and fields would once again be bought in the land. This happened since 1948.

Joel was a jewish prophet wholived 800 years before Christ. He foresaw that Israel would be scattered among the nations but regathered later. From Joel we have also a warning. Joel 3,1-2: "In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land." The division of the land is still visible.

He prophesied Israel a great future 700 years before Christ. Hos 1,10: "Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God." Since 1948 we see the fulfilmment of this prophecy!

Inventor of the Telephone in 1862. He gave it also the name and it was used in the USA. It was not before 1875 that Alexander Bell started to experiment with the Telephone of Reis, after his father suggested he should tray to make developments.

Ezekiel prophesied 600 years before Christ that Israel will be brought back into the Holy Land - Hes 37,12-14: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD."

was a scientist, polymath, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, described in various sources as either Persian or Arab.He made significant contributions to the principles of optics, as well as to physics, astronomy, mathematics, ophthalmology, philosophy, visual perception, and to the scientific method. He also wrote insightful commentaries on works by Aristotle, Ptolemy, and the Greek mathematician Euclid.Alhazen also gave the first clear description and early analysis of the camera obscura and pinhole camera.

He is considered the greatest medieval surgeon to have appeared from the Islamic World, and has been described by many as the father of modern surgery. his discoveries are still applied in medicine to this day

Copernican Theory (First to assert the Earth revolves around the sun)

Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel-fueled internal combustion engin That is to say, his motors are in 30 percent of all cars and most lorries on earth, plus most ships which run a Diesel engine plus home generators all around the world. And this since a hundred years. If this is not influental!

was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism.

was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology.

Greatest Driver ever!!

Goethe is considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, philosophy, and science. His magnum opus, lauded as one of the peaks of world literature, is the two-part drama Faust.

commonly known as Ibn Sīnā or by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian polymath, who wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived. In particular, 150 of his surviving treatises concentrate on philosophy and 40 of them concentrate on medicine.His corpus also includes writing on philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, geology, psychology, Islamic theology, logic, mathematics, physics, as well as poetry. He is regarded as the most famous and influential polymath of the Islamic Golden Age.

he was the spiritual father of Marx. He forethought all the philosophies to come till our days. He is the spiritual architect of the modern world.

also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "Father of Geometry" , His "Elements" is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics

was a Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer during the Abbasid Empire. Al-Khwārizmi's contributions to mathematics, geography, astronomy, and cartography established the basis for innovation in algebra and trigonometry.

physicist; mathematician

Russian premier who helped end Communism in USSR

was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world.

Developed over 1,000 inventions including the phonograph and the practical incandescent light bulb

A great writer and defender of human rights, Salman Rushdie has by consistently defending freedom of expression and the right to peaceful civil discourse, created a legacy of rational thought that is of etrenal value to our common humanity. Rushdie is the proof that there are intelligent capacities coming up in Islam background, who ar even more coming up, when they use the freedom of mind

Inventor of the first practical steam engine and key figure in the Industrial Revolution

is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states (known as the Commonwealth realms) and their territories and dependencies, as well as head of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations. She is Supreme Governor of the Church of England and, in some of her realms, carries the title of Defender of the Faith as part of her full title.

was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs (rulers) in history.Under Umar the Islamic empire expanded at an unprecedented rate ruling the whole Sassanid Persian Empire and more than two thirds of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was Umar, according to Jewish tradition, who set aside the Christian ban on Jews and allowed Jews into Jerusalem and to worship.

Political leader , First Christian emperor of the Roman Empire

Conquered and controlled vast amounts of land; Brought together Greek and Middle astern civilizations which resulted in cultural diffusion

Chinese thinker and social philosopher, founder of Confucianism, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Indonesian thought and life.

Spiritual teacher and philosopher from ancient India. Founder of Buddhism and is also considered an Gautama Buddha in Hinduism.

physicist

was a Scottish theoretical physicist. Developed a set of four equations that best express the basic laws of electricity and magnetism

poet

was an Andalusian Muslim polymath; a master of Aristotelian philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Islamic theology, Maliki law and jurisprudence, logic, psychology, politics, Arabic music theory, and the sciences of medicine, astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics and celestial mechanics was a defender of Aristotelian philosophy , Averroes' philosophy was considered controversial in Muslim circles. he has been described as the "founding father of secular thought in Western Europe"

Gave the order to start the First Christian Crusades

Introduced the atomic hypothesis into the mainstream of science

initiated the atomic age; father of atom bomb

was an English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include those of electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.

Invented the telephone

Principal originator of “scientific socialism”; His writings form the theoretical basis of Communism

The central human figure of Islam, regarded by Muslims as a prophet of God and the last messenger. Active as a social reformer, diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator, military leader, humanitarian, philanthropist. He is believed by Muslims and Bahá'ís to be a messenger and prophet of God and, by most Muslims, the last prophet sent by God for mankind. Muslims consider him to be the restorer of an unaltered original monotheistic faith of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and other prophets. Non-Muslims regard Muhammad as the founder of Islam.

Leader of the Nazi party; Leader of Germany during WWII; Masterminded the Holocaust

the inventor of paper and the papermaking process.

was a renowned scientist and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age. He was also a cosmologist, logician, and musician. Through his commentaries and treatises, Al-Farabi became well known among medieval Muslim intellectuals as "The Second Teacher", that is, the successor to Aristotle, "The First Teacher".

unified Upper and Lower Egypt

was a Muslim Andalusian polymath, an inventor, engineer, aviator, physician, Arabic poet, and Andalusian musician He is known for an early attempt to fly

mathematician and inventor of forerunner of computer

He is best known as one of five co-founders of the social networking site Facebook.

was a Muslim Moroccan explorer, known for his extensive travels, accounts of which were published in the Rihla (lit. "Journey"). Over a period of thirty years, he visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands; his journeys included trips to North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, and to the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance surpassing threefold his near-contemporary Marco Polo. Ibn Battuta is considered one of the greatest travellers of all time.

United China by force of arms and instituted a set of sweeping reforms

is the 25th and current Prime Minister of Turkey, and the chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which holds a majority of the seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Erdoğan served as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He graduated in 1981 from Marmara University's Faculty of Economics and Commercial Sciences. Erdoğan was also a semi-professional footballer from 1969 to 1982.