Millennium People

Automobile manufacturer and developer of the moving assembly line.

French philosopher who championed free speech.

Englishman who developed the theory of evolution.

Italian who is credited with discovering the New World for Europe.

Inventor of the coal-burning steam engine.

Invented the moveable-type printing press.

British economist who set the principle of free enterprise system.

Invented the telephone.

Writer, poet, and playwright whose works explored human behavior and feelings with insight.

Chemist who discovered bacteria caused many diseases. Developed process of pasteurization.

Duke of Normandy who became the first king of England.

Developed numerous influential psychological theories and is the father of psychoanalysis.

Mongolian warrior leader who conquered much of Asia and Europe.

Astronomer who claimed the sun was the center of the universe.

Urged people to use scientific experiments to live more comfortably in the world around them.

Spanish-born painter known for cubism: "I paint things as I think them, not as I see them."

Inventors of the first motor-powered airplane.

Bolshevik leader of the Russian Revolution, leading Russia into the age of communism.

Founder of Microsoft and controller of majority of world's computer software.

American general, president, and leader of the fledgling United States.

American political thinker, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

Chinese communist leader who formed the People's Republic of China.

German Nazi dictator who used propaganda + violence to enforce racist and nationalistic ideas.

American president during the Civil War; pushed for the emancipation of black slaves in South.

English political philosopher; said people were born with right to life, liberty, and property.

Studied gravity and the laws of motion.

Italian sculptor, painter, and architect who painted the Sistine Chapel.

Austrian composer who wrote piano music, string quartets, and symphonies.

Renaissance painter, engineer, scientist, and inventor. Painted the Mona Lisa.

French general who came to power in France at the end of the French Revolution.

Black American civil rights leader who was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

Developed the principles of modern electronic computers.

Italian author who described what Hell was like in his book Inferno.

First to describe structure of DNA, which helps determine biological traits of living things.

Discovered penicillin.

German monk who was the leader of the Protestant Reformation.

German-born scientist who developed the theory of relativity.

From India, led peaceful resistance movement for India's independence from Great Britain.

Invented the light bulb and phonograph - Wizard of Menlo Park.

English philosopher who tried to create a science of politics. Developed a social contract.

His theories laid the foundation for communism.