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
Who is this?
Abraham Lincoln
John Quincy Adams
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
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Dranafile Bojaxhiu
Edith Cowan
Mother Teresa
Irmã Dulce
Who is this?
Gabriela Mistral
Carmen Miranda
Frida Kahlo
María Izquierdo
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Mary Ann Evans
Queen Elizabeth II
Agatha Christie
Emmeline Pankhurst
Who is this?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Who is this?
Amy Johnson
Birutė Galdikas
Rosalind Franklin
Jane Goodall
Who is this?
William Shakespeare
Dante Alighieri
William Wordsworth
Miguel de Cervantes
Who is this?
Betty Ford
Mary Lou Munts
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Chase Smith
Who is this?
Galileo Galilei
Francis Bacon
René Descartes
Johannes Kepler
Who is this?
René Magritte
Salvador Dalí
André Breton
Marcel Duchamp
Who is this?
Walt Disney
Clarence Nash
Wilfred Jackson
Wayne Allwine
Who is this?
Rowan Atkinson
Charlie Chaplin
Louis Armstrong
Buster Keaton
Who is this?
Johannes Gutenberg
Leonardo da Vinci
Rembrandt
Michelangelo
Who is this?
Charles Darwin
Francis Uble
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Alfred Russel Wallace
Who is this?
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
George VI
Who is this?
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Thich Nhat Hanh
Dalai Lama
Madhav Kumar Nepal
Who is this?
B. R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
Who is this?
Desmond Tutu
Dali Tambo
Steve Biko
Nelson Mandela
Who is this?
Joan of Arc
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Isabelle Romée
Blanche of Castile
Who is this?
Buzz Aldrin
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Who is this?
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Sun Tzu
Confucius
Who is this?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Alfred Dreyfus
Maximilien Robespierre
Georges Danton
Who is this?
Antonio Vivaldi
Frédéric Chopin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Who is this?
Nefertiti
Hathor
Akhenaten
Bastet
Who is this?
Artemisia
Hypatia
Cleopatra
Olympias
Who is this?
Vincent van Gogh
Henri Matisse
Paul Gauguin
Camille Pissarro
Who is this?
Julie Covington
Isabel Martínez
Libertad Lamarque
Eva Perón
Who is this?
Walt Whitman
Oscar Wilde
Edgar Allan Poe
Charles Dickens
Who is this?
Germaine Greer
Amelia Earhart
Margaret Sanger
Grace Hopper
Who is this?
Cicero
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Alexander the Great
Who is this?
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Robert F. Kennedy
William J. Clinton
Who is this?
Bobby Marshall
Ronaldo
Pelé
Bill Russell
Who is this?
Billie Jean King
Nadia Comăneci
Pat Summitt
Gertrude Ederle
Who is this?
Arthur, Prince of Wales
Henry VIII
Thomas Cromwell
Edward VI
Who is this?
Claudette Colvin
Rosa Parks
Shirley Chisholm
Harriet Tubman
Who is this?
Elizabeth Taylor
Audrey Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
Jackie Kennedy
Who is this?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Who is this?
Katherine Johnson
Marie Curie
Lise Meitner
Barbara McClintock
Who is this?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas Jefferson
Who is this?
Evander Holyfield
Sugar Ray Leonard
Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Who is this?
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Blackwell
Ella Fitzgerald
Who is this?
Laura Bridgman
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Helen Keller
Susan B. Anthony
Who is this?
Charles Darwin
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Michael Faraday
Who is this?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Robert Schumann
Claude Debussy
Franz Liszt
Who is this?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
James Monroe
Who is this?
Anne Lister
Marie Antoinette
Marie Thérèse of France
Madame de Pompadour
Who is this?
Genghis Khan
Shōtoku Taishi
Mao Zedong
Attila the Hun
Who is this?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Elijah Muhammad
Thomas Paine
Who is this?
Hank Aaron
Ted Williams
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Who is this?
Mary Shelley
Louisa May Alcott
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Austen
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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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