Since the beginning of time, many influential people around the world have made a difference in society, culture and science in meaningful ways. Many of these icons are world leaders, scientists, philosophers, artists, writers, musicians, pioneers and even everyday people that managed to make their mark on history.
While Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle felt that the study of famous figures is a key to understanding history, English philosopher Herbert Spencer was of the belief that historical individuals were of little importance. Irrespective of the philosophical debates on the subject, it cannot be denied that studying about the famous men and women in world history is truly an enriching experience.
This quiz is for the history buffs, those who love the act of learning so much that it transcends subject matter. Of course, acing a quiz like this won't come easy. Are you ready to take your brain over the hurdles?
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Only History Buffs Can Identify 50 Legendary People Quiz Questions
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John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
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Dranafile Bojaxhiu
Edith Cowan
Mother Teresa
Irmã Dulce
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María Izquierdo
Frida Kahlo
Gabriela Mistral
Carmen Miranda
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Queen Elizabeth II
Emmeline Pankhurst
Agatha Christie
Mary Ann Evans
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Charles Darwin
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Amy Johnson
Rosalind Franklin
Birutė Galdikas
Jane Goodall
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Dante Alighieri
William Wordsworth
Miguel de Cervantes
William Shakespeare
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Mary Lou Munts
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Thatcher
Betty Ford
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Johannes Kepler
René Descartes
Galileo Galilei
Francis Bacon
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Marcel Duchamp
René Magritte
André Breton
Salvador Dalí
Who is this?
Walt Disney
Wayne Allwine
Wilfred Jackson
Clarence Nash
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Buster Keaton
Louis Armstrong
Charlie Chaplin
Rowan Atkinson
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Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Rembrandt
Leonardo da Vinci
Who is this?
Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin
Francis Uble
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Who is this?
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
George VI
Who is this?
Dalai Lama
Madhav Kumar Nepal
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Thich Nhat Hanh
Who is this?
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rabindranath Tagore
B. R. Ambedkar
Who is this?
Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela
Dali Tambo
Steve Biko
Who is this?
Joan of Arc
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Blanche of Castile
Isabelle Romée
Who is this?
Buzz Aldrin
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Who is this?
Deng Xiaoping
Sun Tzu
Confucius
Mao Zedong
Who is this?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Maximilien Robespierre
Alfred Dreyfus
Georges Danton
Who is this?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frédéric Chopin
Antonio Vivaldi
Who is this?
Bastet
Akhenaten
Nefertiti
Hathor
Who is this?
Cleopatra
Artemisia
Hypatia
Olympias
Who is this?
Vincent van Gogh
Camille Pissarro
Henri Matisse
Paul Gauguin
Who is this?
Isabel Martínez
Julie Covington
Libertad Lamarque
Eva Perón
Who is this?
Charles Dickens
Edgar Allan Poe
Oscar Wilde
Walt Whitman
Who is this?
Grace Hopper
Amelia Earhart
Germaine Greer
Margaret Sanger
Who is this?
Alexander the Great
Mark Antony
Julius Caesar
Cicero
Who is this?
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
William J. Clinton
Who is this?
Pelé
Bill Russell
Bobby Marshall
Ronaldo
Who is this?
Gertrude Ederle
Nadia Comăneci
Pat Summitt
Billie Jean King
Who is this?
Thomas Cromwell
Edward VI
Henry VIII
Arthur, Prince of Wales
Who is this?
Shirley Chisholm
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Claudette Colvin
Who is this?
Audrey Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Jackie Kennedy
Marilyn Monroe
Who is this?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
Who is this?
Katherine Johnson
Lise Meitner
Barbara McClintock
Marie Curie
Who is this?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Harry S. Truman
Who is this?
Sugar Ray Leonard
Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Evander Holyfield
Who is this?
Florence Nightingale
Elizabeth Blackwell
Ella Fitzgerald
Clara Barton
Who is this?
Helen Keller
Susan B. Anthony
Laura Bridgman
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Who is this?
Isaac Newton
Michael Faraday
Galileo Galilei
Charles Darwin
Who is this?
Franz Liszt
Claude Debussy
Robert Schumann
Ludwig van Beethoven
Who is this?
Ronald Reagan
James Monroe
Theodore Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who is this?
Anne Lister
Marie Antoinette
Marie Thérèse of France
Madame de Pompadour
Who is this?
Attila the Hun
Shōtoku Taishi
Mao Zedong
Genghis Khan
Who is this?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thomas Paine
Malcolm X
Elijah Muhammad
Who is this?
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Ted Williams
Hank Aaron
Who is this?
Jane Austen
Mary Shelley
Louisa May Alcott
Charlotte Brontë
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46 / 50 I wouldn`t have got many right if they didn`t have the answers there to pick from
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