Most Famous Notable People in the World

100 Notable People in view out of 11,138

Other 11,138
All 152,953
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci Italian Polymath 1452 – 1519
#3
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud Austrian Psychoanalyst 1856 – 1939
#21
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson American Founding Father 1743 – 1826
#69
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. American Civil Rights 1929 – 1968
#94
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France French Monarch 1638 – 1715
#101
Charlemagne
Charlemagne French Monarch 748 – 814
#122
Muhammad
Muhammad Saudi Arabian Prophet 570 – 632
#152
Carl Jung
Carl Jung Swiss Therapist 1875 – 1961
#157
Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor)
Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor) Holy Roman Duchy 1500 – 1558
#186
John Adams
John Adams American Founding Father 1735 – 1826
#192
Mary (Queen of Scots)
Mary (Queen of Scots) British Sovereign 1542 – 1587
#229
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama Chinese Bhikkhu Born 1935
#252
Paul the Apostle
Paul the Apostle Roman Apostle 5 – 67
#278
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette French Socialite 1755 – 1793
#279
Pope Francis
Pope Francis Argentine Church Born 1936
#295
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc French Kirche 1410 – 1431
#304
Charles (Prince of Wales)
Charles (Prince of Wales) British Heir Born 1948
#310
George VI
George VI British Monarch 1895 – 1952
#335
Philip II of Spain
Philip II of Spain Spanish Roi 1527 – 1598
#356
Charles I of England
Charles I of England British Monarch 1600 – 1649
#366
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan Mongolian Khan 1162 – 1227
#418
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II British Monarch Born 1926
#419
Erasmus
Erasmus Dutch Humanist 1466 – 1536
#435
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden Saudi Arabian Terrorista 1957 – 2011
#436
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis American First Lady 1929 – 1994
#444
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden American Employee Born 1983
#537
William III of England
William III of England British Sovereign 1650 – 1702
#586
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen German Benedictine 1098 – 1179
#707
Henry VII of England
Henry VII of England British Monarch 1457 – 1509
#733
Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie Ethiopian Regent 1892 – 1975
#747
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese Communist 1890 – 1969
#771
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini Iranian Marja 1902 – 1989
#855
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith American Prophet 1805 – 1844
#880
Timur
Timur Turkish Conqueror 1336 – 1405
#910
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin Russian Mystic 1869 – 1916
#919
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming British Bacteriologist 1881 – 1955
#929
Mary (Mother of Jesus)
Mary (Mother of Jesus) Judean Jesus
#930
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII of France French Monarch 1601 – 1643
#931
Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila Spanish Mystic 1515 – 1582
#953
Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor)
Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor) Italian Sovereign 1194 – 1250
#969
Henry II of England
Henry II of England British Monarch 1133 – 1189
#1,000
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass American Social Reformer 1818 – 1895
#1,002
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Iranian Monarch 1919 – 1980
#1,034
H
Hadrian Roman Sovereign 76 – 138
#1,057
George II of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain British Monarch 1683 – 1760
#1,075
Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds Finnish Programmer Born 1969
#1,182
Aesop
Aesop Greek Storyteller -620 – -564
#1,219
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat French Theorist 1743 – 1793
#1,329
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia Italian Daughter 1480 – 1519
#1,333
John (King of England)
John (King of England) British Monarch 1166 – 1216
#1,417
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej Thai Monarch 1927 – 2016
#1,452
William the Silent
William the Silent Dutch Count 1533 – 1584
#1,487
Billy Graham
Billy Graham American Evangelist 1918 – 2018
#1,535
Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson American Socialite 1896 – 1986
#1,565
P. T. Barnum
P. T. Barnum American Circus 1810 – 1891
#1,573
José de San Martín
José de San Martín Argentine Independence 1778 – 1850
#1,629
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes American Representative 1822 – 1893
#1,665
HB
Helena Blavatsky Russian Occultist 1831 – 1891
#1,672
Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury French Benedictine 1033 – 1109
#1,674
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Austro-Hungarian Imperial 1863 – 1914
#1,784
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal Austrian Survivor 1908 – 2005
#1,793
Zoroaster
Zoroaster Iranian Prophet Died 85
#1,807
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli Swiss Patriot 1484 – 1531
#1,814
Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg Russian Nazi 1893 – 1946
#1,832
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) Russian Consort 1872 – 1918
#1,833
Richard II of England
Richard II of England British Monarch 1367 – 1400
#1,914
Akihito
Akihito Japanese Monarch Born 1933
#1,966
Jean-François Champollion
Jean-François Champollion French Egyptologist 1790 – 1832
#2,038
Mehmed the Conqueror
Mehmed the Conqueror Turkish Monarch 1432 – 1481
#2,111
Sigismund (Holy Roman Emperor)
Sigismund (Holy Roman Emperor) Hungarian Monarch 1368 – 1437
#2,178
John of the Cross
John of the Cross Spanish Mystic 1542 – 1591
#2,183
John Brown (abolitionist)
John Brown (abolitionist) American Abolitionist 1800 – 1859
#2,256
Richard III of England
Richard III of England British Monarch 1452 – 1485
#2,282
Louis XII of France
Louis XII of France French Monarch 1462 – 1515
#2,355
John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom Syrian Church 349 – 407
#2,428
Robert Owen
Robert Owen British Social Reformer 1771 – 1858
#2,429
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga Japanese Daimyo 1534 – 1582
#2,447
Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna Indian Mystic 1836 – 1886
#2,466
Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alfonso XIII of Spain Spanish Sovereign 1886 – 1941
#2,500
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull American Resistance 1831 – 1890
#2,512
Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille French Intellectual 1897 – 1962
#2,527
Charles IV of Spain
Charles IV of Spain Spanish Sovereign 1748 – 1819
#2,533
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara Romanian Collector 1896 – 1963
#2,589
Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Vargas Brazilian Dictator 1882 – 1954
#2,599
Steve Biko
Steve Biko South African Civil Rights 1946 – 1977
#2,638
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff German World War 1865 – 1937
#2,670
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro Spanish Conquistador 1478 – 1541
#2,687
John the Baptist
John the Baptist Israeli Hermit Died 30
#2,705
Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV of Spain Spanish Monarch 1605 – 1665
#2,782
Cnut the Great
Cnut the Great Danish Monarch 995 – 1035
#2,842
Harald V of Norway
Harald V of Norway Norwegian Monarch Born 1937
#2,918
Rainier III (Prince of Monaco)
Rainier III (Prince of Monaco) Monegasque Monarch 1923 – 2005
#2,920
Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville Spanish Church 560 – 636
#2,938
Henry IV of England
Henry IV of England British Monarch 1367 – 1413
#2,965
Haakon VII of Norway
Haakon VII of Norway Norwegian Monarch 1872 – 1957
#3,019
Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren British Anatomist 1632 – 1723
#3,057
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams British Mother Of 1744 – 1818
#3,074
Françoise d'Aubigné (Marquise de Maintenon)
Françoise d'Aubigné (Marquise de Maintenon) French Wife Of 1635 – 1719
#3,173
Emil von Behring
Emil von Behring German Immunologist 1854 – 1917
#3,205
Clovis I
Clovis I French Monarch 466 – 511
#3,234

By the numbers

Inside Other

11,138 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the leading figure from Other born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Other peaked in the 1910s with 683 people.

What Other Are Known For

Disciplines inside this family, plus countries that over- and under-produce them.

U is the largest group within Other — 702 people, 6% of the family.

Other under-produce canada — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. U702
  2. Farmer206
  3. Monarch130
  4. Sovereign122
  5. Son122
  6. World War100
  7. Criminal98
  8. Lexicographer96
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