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