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Rank
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Hint
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Answer
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1 (+1)
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Founder of Islam and the Rashidun Caliphate
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Muhammad
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2 (+1)
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Deeply influenced Chinese thought
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Confucius
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3 (-2)
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Proposed Messiah of Judaism, inspired Christianity
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Jesus of Nazareth
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4 (0)
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Main teacher and buddha of Buddhism
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Siddharta Gautama
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5 (+2)
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Founder of Mongol Empire, promoted trade, rape and religious tolerance
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Genghis Khan
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6 (-)
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Improved papermaking decisively
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Cai Lun
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7 (+5)
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Conquered and modernized most of Europe
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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8 (-2)
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Started World War II
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Adolf Hitler
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9 (+6)
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Unified China
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Qin Shi Huang
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10 (-2)
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Improved printing decisively
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Johannes Gutenberg
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11 (+27)
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Father of Western Philosophy
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Aristotle
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12 (+8)
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Founded the Roman Empire
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Augustus
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13 (+64)
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Astronomer, furthered the Scientific Method against major hostilities
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Galileo Galilei
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14 (-)
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Philosopher of German Idealism, inspired Marxism and Fascism, a.e.
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G. W. F. Hegel
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15 (+4)
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Founder of Taoism
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Laozi
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16 (+17)
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Major contributor to Germ Theory, Vaccination and mildly heated milk
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Louis Pasteur
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17 (+9)
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Communist revolutionary, first head of the Soviet Union
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Vladimir Lenin
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18 (+4)
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Laid the foundations of classical mechanic, advanced the Scientific Revolution
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Isaac Newton
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19 (+18)
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Discovered Relativity
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Albert Einstein
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20 (+55)
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Influental contributor to the Scientific Method and Empiricism
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Francis Bacon
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21 (-7)
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Dictator of China, caused the Cultural Revolution
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Mao Tse-tung
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22 (-9)
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Led the USSR through World War II
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Josef Stalin
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23 (-)
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Main philosopher of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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Nāgārjuna
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24 (-1)
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Classical philosopher, founder of the Academy
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Plato
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25 (+3)
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Reinterpreted and spread Christianity through Europe
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Paulus of Tarsus
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26 (+36)
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Discoverer of Genetics
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Gregor Mendel
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27 (-17)
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Writer of the Communist Manifesto
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Karl Marx
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28 (-4)
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Revolutionary and first president of the United States of America
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George Washington
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29 (-12)
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Fought for Indian Independence, contributed to nonviolent resistance
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Mohandas Gandhi
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30 (-25)
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Found a sea route to the Americas
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Christopher Columbus
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31 (-4)
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Fought for the independence of South America
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Simón Bolívar
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32 (+2)
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Major contributor to the Theory of Evolution
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Charles Darwin
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33 (+47)
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Revolutionized microscoping
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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34 (-)
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Pharaoh dubbed "the Enemy", contributed to Monotheism
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Echnaton
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35 (-24)
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Founder of the first Persian Empire
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Cyrus the Great
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36 (-1)
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Allowed Rome to become a christian Empire
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Constantine
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37 (-)
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Originator of Quantum theory, has a time named after him
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Max Planck
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38 (+40)
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Rediscovered Heliocentrism, triggered a revolution named after him
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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39 (-)
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Major contributor to early psychology
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Wilhelm Wundt
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40 (+12)
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Pioneered radioactivity
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Marie Skłodowska Curie
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41 (-16)
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Powerful Frankish and Holy Roman Emperor
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Charlemagne
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42 (+19)
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Influencal European mathematician and philosopher, known for his "Meditations"
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René Descartes
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43 (-)
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Sunni muslim theologican, either started or ended the Islamic Golden Age
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Al-Ghazali
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44 (-)
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Inspired the Protestant Reformation
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Jan Hus
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45 (+27)
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Conquered the Inca Empire
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Francisco Pizarro
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46 (+27)
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Conquered the Aztec Empire
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Hernán Cortés
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47 (+9)
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Potentially saved hundreds of millions by improving crop yields
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Norman Borlaug
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48 (-)
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Forerunner of Epidemology and Medical hygiene
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John Snow
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49 (-)
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Regarded as the first computer programmer
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Ada Lovelace
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50 (+5)
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Figured out how to make artificial fertilizer
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Fritz Haber
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51 (+28)
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Considered father of Modern Chemistry, also contributed to Biology
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Antoine Lavoisier
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52 (+35)
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Highly influental in Computer Science
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Alan Turing
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53 (-14)
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Called the "Father of Economy"
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Adam Smith
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54 (-)
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Cofounder of and major contributor to Sociology
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Max Weber
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55 (-)
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Enlightened Monarch, modernized Prussia and made it a Great power
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Frederick the Great
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56 (-)
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Father of the modern Turkey
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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57 (-36)
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Conquered England for the Normans
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William the Conqueror
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58 (+7)
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Conquered Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire
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Mehmed the Conqueror
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59 (-)
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Discovered Galaxies and the expanding of the Universe
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Edwin Hubble
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60 (-)
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Build the first nuclear reactor, dubbed the "architect of the nuclear age"
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Enrico Fermi
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61 (-)
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Main figure of chinese legalism, highly influental during the Qing dynasty
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Han Fei
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62 (-31)
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Captured Gaul, prepared the end of the Roman Republic
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Gaius Julius Caesar
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63 (-)
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Major figure of the revival of Hinduism and Indian nationalism
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Swami Vivekananda
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64 (-18)
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Won the American Civil War, abolished slavery in the USA
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Abraham Lincoln
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65 (-)
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Cofounder of modern chemistry and the experimental scientific method
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Robert Boyle
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66 (-)
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Influencal philosopher of the enlightenment, popularized the "general will"
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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67 (-)
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Spanish King called "the Wise", fostered science, arts and the Castillian language
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Alfonso X
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68 (-)
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Founder of modern bacteriology
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Robert Koch
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69 (+19)
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Prominent figure of the American Civil Rights Movement
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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70 (-)
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Uncertain pioneer of quantum mechanics
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Werner Heisenberg
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71 (-)
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Proposed Messiah of Judaism, started a revolt that resulted in the jewish diaspora
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Simon bar Kokhba
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72 (+20)
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The Swan of Avon, arguably the most influencal dramatist
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William Shakespeare
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73 (-64)
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Major figure of the Protestant Reformation
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Martin Luther
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74 (-)
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Tennō who led Japan into modernity
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Meiji
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75 (-)
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Homeless begger in his twenties, Emperor of China in his thirties, founder of the Ming dynasty
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Zhu Yuanzhang
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76 (-)
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Great emperor of the mughal empire
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Akbar the Great
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77 (-)
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Founder of geography, calculated the circumference of the Earth and the tilt of its Axis
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Eratosthenes
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78 (-)
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Inventor of the Periodic Table
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Dmitri Mendeleev
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79 (-)
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Controversial forerunner of the Enlightenment, Rationalism and Determinism
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Baruch de Spinoza
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80 (-)
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Greatly expanded the Ottoman Empire and reformed its laws
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Suleiman the Magnificent
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81 (-32)
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Successor of Muhammad, focal point of the Shia-sunni split
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Ali
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82 (-25)
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Founder of Geometry
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Euclid
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83 (-)
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Sexologist and pioneer of LGBT activism
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Magnus Hirschfeld
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84 (-68)
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Created an empire that reached from Macedonia to India
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Alexander the Great
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85 (-40)
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Virgin Queen who oversaw a British Golden Age
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Elizabeth I
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86 (-)
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Byzantine Emperor, partly restored the Roman Empire
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Justinian the Great
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87 (-)
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Founder of modern nursing
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Florence Nightingale
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88 (-)
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Leader of the Hunnic Empire
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Attila
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89 (-)
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Cofounder of quantum chemistry and molecular biology
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Linus Pauling
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90 (-22)
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Pioneer of Electromagnetism
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James Maxwell
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91 (-)
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Founder of the Roman Republic
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Lucius Junius Brutus
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92 (-)
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Contributed to a wide array of philosophies and sciences, most notably calculus and calculators
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Gottfried Leibniz
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93 (-)
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Called the "Father of Arab philosophy"
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Al-Kindi
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94 (-)
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The "perfect prince", reformed Portugal, major figure of the Age of Discovery
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John II of Portugal
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95 (-53)
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Modernized and expandend Russia
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Peter the Great
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96 (-)
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Influencal physicist who worked on electricity, thermodynamics and the compass, calculated the absolute zero of temperature
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Lord Kelvin
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97 (-)
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"First citizen of Athen" and founder of the Athenian Empire
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Pericles
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98 (-)
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Most influencal physician of antiquity
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Galen
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99 (-)
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Discoverer of Nuclear Fission
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Otto Hahn
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100 (-)
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Pioneer of aviation and aeronautical engineering
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George Cayley
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Hegels philosophy was a heavy influence on a lot of different groups. Marx, Engels and Feuerbach used a lot of his work, especially his thoughts on history, who where also shared by the Fascist movement. Isaiah Berlin called him one of the architects of modern Authoritarianism, and in fact, I can't think of a single authoritarian or totalitarian state since the 19th century, that wasn't in some way inspired by Hegel.
Of course, how big that influence finally was, is up to debate, and there are a lot of angry german philosophy minors who will tell you, that he was just some kind of spiritual grandpa to Marx. But the high ranking mirrors my personal interpretation of him and especially german history and I'm quit comfortable with it.
Secondly, Christianity grow relativly graduatly at first. The historic Jesus only directly affected a small community, and when christianity grew into a wider phenomenon, it was already filtered through other people like St. Paul or St. Frumentius. Muhammad and Confucius had more hand-on political influence connected with their ideology, with Mohammad leading the Rashidun Caliphate and Confucius being a political advisor.
(Although I plan on updating the Quiz anytime soon and the top spots will certainly be reevaluated.)
"Akhenaten" for number 34. That's how I've seen it spelled.
"Hongwu Emperor" for 75, though I understand if you don't accept it. My Chinese history class tended to refer to emperors, especially Ming and Qing emperors, by these titles, so that's what I remembered him by.