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40 Most Famous People Ever

The top 40 most famous people of all-time as determined by MIT using a formula based on wikipedia views.
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Abraham
Abraham
1
Moses
Moses
2
Guatama Buddha
Guatama Buddha
3
Confucius
Confucius
4
Socrates
Socrates
5
Plato
Plato
6
Aristotle
Aristotle
7
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
8
Archimedes
Archimedes
9
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
10
Augustus
Augustus
11
Mary Mother of Jesus
Mary Mother of Jesus
12
Jesus
Jesus
13
Muhammad
Muhammad
14
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
15
Marco Polo
Marco Polo
16
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
17
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci
18
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
19
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
20
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
21
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
22
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei
23
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
24
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France
25
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
26
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
27
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
28
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
29
Napoleon
Napoleon
30
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven
31
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
32
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
33
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
34
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
35
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
36
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
37
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II
38
Che Guevara
Che Guevara
39
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
40
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