Top 10 People That Became Famous After They Died

Some of the most famous and creative minds never achieved fame while they were living, but after they passed, these celebrities, artists, composers and authors all became famous. Some more tragic than others, such as Anne Frank, and others just never getting the respect they deserved for their craft, like Vincent Van Gogh and Johann Sebastian Bach.

00:50 #10. Herman Melville
01:57 #9. Gregor Mendel
02:40 #8. Oscar Wilde
03:41 #7. H.P. Lovecraft
04:38 #6. Edgar Allan Poe
05:37 #5. Galileo Galilei
06:34 #4. Emily Dickinson
07:31 #3, #2 & #3 ????

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[UltimateAwe]

The best list I've seen so far - and I've been watching this channel for more than a year. Kudos to whoever researched this topic. These are names that need to be remembered.

[abigailwolden]

This is really sad, they'll never know how loved they are today.

[charliecederblad]

Nikola Tesla? How can you forget about him?

[saymynameice-zen-berg]

I would have mentioned Bram Stoker, he's more famous than most on this list. He lived in obscurity when alive. But after his death that his novel Dracula was really discovered by the masses and launched him into the stratosphere. They even have awards named after him now.

[luizpalombini]

best mojo list ever... I want more!

[xmlegend]

damn...Ann Frank story was so sad all the way threw. even the old school movies was emotional to at the end 😞

[perspicaciouscritic]

As an aside, I really like the female voiceover. It's appealing and quite fitting for these type of videos.

The male VO is equally fitting for the games and action-oriented clips.

[andreajm]

just for including Lovecraft you got me :)

[Valdoy]

People complaining why harambe is not there, here's why he didn't appear: First off, they say they didn't include people who became famous because of their death, plus he's not a person, moreover shut up with this dead meme !!!!

[mixey]

All Painters become famous after they die

[kjstudios]

Alfred Wegener. He theorized the movement of plate tectonics and the continental drift along with Pangaea.

[shaggycan]

Before I clicked on this, I was like Lovecraft better be on the list.  When his pic popped up 14 seconds in I was relieved. His books are printed in a dozen languages and is incredibly influential to a massive percentage of authors and film makers. This is a guy that at the end of his life was living with his aunt eating tins of beans.

[googoogaga]

heroes always get remeber remember but you know legends never die

[THX]

The video fails to mention that Bach's rise into posthumous popularity was, in no small part, due to Felix Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn was one of the few popular 19th century composers who recognized Bach's overlooked Genius and spent great effort during his life promoting the composer and his works.

[njo]

why is nikola tesla not on this list????

[razgriz]

damn shame.. posthumous fame and glory mean nothing to the dead..

[nessa]

I was hoping harambe would be on this list

[molot_vepr_]

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