25 Most Influential People in History By Attribute

Some of the most popular debates and trivial conversations people have, include the topic of global influence and popularity. Don’t tell us you've never wondered or never participated in a debate about who are the most influential people in history. This is a topic that usually leads to further discussion and debate on who is the strongest, the smartest, the most beautiful, and a series of unresolved questions that nobody can answer with absolute certainty.

Pantheon, a project developed by the Macro Connections group at the MIT University Media Lab that collected and analyzed data on historical and cultural popularity, tried to give answers to these questions, or at least attempted to. A multiethnic team of decorated designers, engineers, and scientists working collaboratively to quantify, analyze and measure global culture delivered the most academic and enduring list of the most popular and influential human beings in history. Since the top 100 is heavily dominated by philosophers, military personnel, politicians, scientists, and religious figures, we here at List25 decided to deliver a roster of the 25 most famous people in history by profession and attribute.

Here's a preview of what awaits:

Aristotle, Philosopher
Jesus Christ, Religious Figure
Alexander the Great, Military Personnel
Leonardo da Vinci, Inventor
Julius Caesar, Politician
Homer, Writer
Archimedes, Mathematician
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Michelangelo, Painter
Isaac Newton, Physicist
Christopher Columbus, Explorer
Galileo Galilei, Astronomer
Herodotus, Historian
Hippocrates, Physician
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Nefertiti, Companion
Charles Darwin, Biologist
Che Guevara, Social Activist
Imhotep, Architect
Elvis Presley, Singer
Marilyn Monroe, Actress
Louis Pasteur, Chemist
Walt Disney, Business
George Washington, US President
Bruce Lee, Martial Artist

[massiteg]

Walt Disney? Marylin Monroe?wtf?Where's Napoleon?Where's Lenin?Where's Tesla?Where's Hitler?Where's Ghandi? For the rest accurate list

[speedy]

Napoleon ? Elizabeth the I ?  Charlelemagne ? Ecaterina the Great of Rusia ? Ghenghes Han ? Hitler ? 
I think they influenced the world a hole lot more then Elvis or Monroe..

[Patryk]

Wait wut, no Nikola Tesla, no Ignacy Lukasziewicz, no Maria Sklodowska Curie, no Casimir the Great, no Copernicus, no.... common man. Instead you put up fucking Jesus into the list?

[aticqrahman]

Michael hart has listed Muhammad ( peace be upon him ) as the most influential out of a list of 100.

[kalanaherath]

WOW this list is super Western and Biased! Where is Buddha in this list?

[MultiHackle]

Perhaps cleaning your nose before doing a video would be a good idea.

[rebelliousbynature]

For all the Jesus haters:
1) Jesus is an historical figure, of that there is no doubt. No legitimate historian denies His existence.
2) He's recorded in the works of Josephus (twice), Tacitus, Pliny, the Gospels, and others
3) His death by crucifixion is recorded by Thallus & Tacitus.
3.1) Tacitus specifies it was by Pilate under the reign of Tiberius
4) The darkness & earthquake were recorded by Phlegon.
5) His empty tomb is one of several facts that educated atheists & agnostics, like Bart Ehrman, acknowledge as being fact.

So, yeah, Jesus is real.

[aabandres]

this list is hilarious!! made by an American mind that watched to many American TV

[adad-echt]

Number one should be Muhammed. 1.7 billion people and growing. Definitely most influential, misunderstood and full of impact.

[DerEinzige]

Prophet Mohammed?! Imam Ali? Moses? Adam? Gandhi? Michael Jackson? John Lenon? Albert Einstein? Diego Maradona? Pele? Karl Marx? Adolf Hitler? Napoleon Buonaparte? Beethoven? William Shakespeare? Niel Armstrong? Nelson Mandela? Hulk Hugan? Mohammed Ali?

[Mike.Cebert]

How is Jesus not number one, he is by far the most influential figure in all of history

[InsomniakHorror]

This  video was cool, can you make one about 15 strongest militaries in the world, and any tips on how to make a fact channel?

[smzafarsadek]

This document is absolutely baseless and unwarranted.

[Linderholmleo]

Why would you hate on him, he´s has a great voice and sounds extremely proffesional, im kinda jealous

[MrDiddymandarlo]

Good, sat through the whole video, very interesting, like the new voice.

[rafaelmelo]

So Marlyn Monroe, is ranked higher than Louis Pasteur, it makes perfect sense...

[DubbsGG]

Man, Jesus Christ should have been number one.1

[theresonlyone]

Muhammad PBUH has and will have far greater impact than any of these individuals and people in the future.

[osamabinrobbing]

I was gonny make a top 25 shite YouTube videos list but you won them all and this was number 1.

[NoPictureHere]

People calm down, the voice is good and overall list is ok