Top 10 most significant figures of 20th century

Top 10 most significant figures of 20th century


Many people have contributed to the development of the modern world, thanks to their discoveries and achievements in various fields. We suggest you see the 10 most significant of them.



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10. John Lennon / 1940-1980 /

Singer, but also songwriter, publicist, artist - a versatile talent from England. He is one of the most powerful drivers of change in pop culture in the 20th century because of his philosophy of love and peace.


9. Elvis Presley / 1935 - 1977 /

Elvis is a US singer and actor known, as the Rock and Roll King. One of the most significant figures in 20th century pop culture. He is the best-selling solo artist in the history of pop music.

8. Salvador Dali / 1904-1989 /


Hispanic, artist, eccentric. One of the most influential figures in the field of contemporary fine art true to surrealism. Quite often, his eccentric behavior has attracted more attention than his works, which has led critics to interpret it, as a publicity stunt.
Some curious facts about him: he was expelled twice from the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid.

7. Pablo Picasso / 1881 - 1973 /


The Spanish artist and sculptor he is one of the provocateurs of 20th-century art. His full name is Páblo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuseño María de los Remégios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad de Clío Patricio Ruiz and Picasso.

6. Ernest Hemingway / 1899 - 1961 /


One of the most famous and significant writers in the USA. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his story The Old Man and the Sea and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

5. Bill Gates / Born 1955 /

Gates is a programmer and philanthropist from the United States, one of the richest and most influential people today. He was one of the founders of Microsoft when he was just 19 years old. With his passion for programming, he contributes to the development of modern computer technology.With more than $ 90 billion in assets, Bill Gates is the second richest man in the world after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Interesting statistics show that Gates makes $ 250 a second, $ 15,000 a minute, about $ 20 million every day and about $ 7 billion a year. Although one of the richest people in the world, Bill Gates lives relatively modestly. He doesn't even have a dishwasher, he likes to wash his dishes himself. Each of his children will receive $ 10 million in inheritance and the rest will donate to a charity. He says "leaving huge amounts of money to your children is not good for them."

4. Martin Luther King / 1929 - 1968 /


Martin Luther King, Jr. is a well-known clergyman and public figure from the United States, a fighter for equality. He is one of the leaders of the African American Civil Rights Movement. He became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1964 when he was 35 years old.

3. Mother Teresa / 1910 - 1997 /

A Catholic nun of Albanian descent devotes her life to helping the poor and sick in India. Her real name is Anese Gongjeo Boyadzhio, she was canonized as a saint in 2016. At the age of 17, she decided to leave her home. This is also the last time she sees her mother and sister.

2. The Wright Brothers

Brothers Orville and Wilber of the United States remain in history as the creators of the first motorized aircraft. Their tests in the air push the development of aviation forward. After several years of test flying with the Flyer airplane, they both received a patent for their invention in 1906.

Everything starts from their workshop where they manufacture, repair and sell bicycles. After several unsuccessful attempts, on December 17, 1903, in the town of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the brothers made the first ever fly-by-fly flyer in the history of mankind.

1.Albert Einstein / 1879 - 1955 /

The German physicist and philosopher is considered one of the most famous scientists of all time. He is often named the father of modern physics because of his outstanding contributions to science. Einstein was honored with the Nobel Prize in 1921 for the Photovoltaic Effect, which he found based on the Heinrich Hertz effect. It is his law that underlies quantum physics. When he was a kid, he spoke very late and his parents suspected that he had develop mental problem. But that didn't stop him from getting into a college in physics before he was 11 years old. He had a bit of a weird personality.

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