GH.RegentsPrep.Top40Individuals

Philosopher and economist who developed the concept of communism.

• Karl Marx
• Aristotle
• Sun Yat-Sen (Yixian)
• Camillo Cavour
• Thomas Hobbes

German monk and theologian who sparked the Protestant Reformation.

• Martin Luther
• Pol Pot
• Confucius
• Kwame Nkrumah
• Bismarck

Leader of Indian independence movement through nonviolent civil disobedience.

• Mohandas Gandhi
• Mansa Musa
• Jomo Kenyatta
• Kublai Khan
• Martin Luther

English philosopher who contributed to the development of liberalism.

• John Locke
• Nelson Mandela
• Mao Zedong
• Karl Marx
• Pol Pot

King of France known for his absolute monarchy and lavish lifestyle.

• Louis XIV
• Suleiman The Magnificent
• Vasco da Gama
• Pope Urban II
• Khrushchev

Soviet statesman who played a key role in the end of the Cold War.

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Shakespeare
• Isaac Newton
• Peter the Great
• Philip II

French military and political leader who became Emperor of the French.

• Napoleon
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Alexander the Great
• Jiang Jieshi
• Galileo

Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who led the Vietnamese independence movement.

• Ho Chi Minh
• Karl Marx
• Gutenberg
• Martin Luther
• Plato

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire known for his legal reforms and military expansion.

• Suleiman The Magnificent
• Pancho Villa
• Franz Ferdinand
• Fidel Castro
• Vladimir Lenin

Russian tsar who modernized Russia and expanded its territory.

• Peter the Great
• Ivan III (Russia)
• Josef Stalin
• Franz Ferdinand
• Bismarck