2. Ludwig van Beethoven
He was a great composer
He was one of the best pianist
he remains one of the most famous and
influential of all composers
His best known compositions include 9
symphonies
3. Joan of Arc
she is a folk heroine of France and a
Roman Catholic saint
she led the French army to several
important victories during the Hundred
Years' War, which paved the way for the
coronation of Charles VII of France.
To the present day, Joan of Arc has
remained a significant figure in Western
civilization
4. Maria Curie
She was a Polish physicist
She was chemist, working mainly in France
who is famous for her pioneering research on
radioactivity.
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only
woman to win in two fields
She was the only person to win in multiple sciences.
She was also the first female professor at the
University of Paris
in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on
her own merits in Paris' Panthéon.
5. Mahatma Gandhi
was the preeminent leader of Indian
Gandhi led India to independence
He inspired movements for non-violence, civil
rights and freedom across the world
He was one of the best person in peace
He was one of the most intelligent people on india
6. Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity
She was the recipient of numerous honours
including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
She run hospices and homes for people with
HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis
7. Albert Einstein
was a theoretical physicist who developed the
general theory of relativity
one of the two pillars of modern physics
he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics
Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers
along with over 150 non-scientific works
His great intellectual achievements and originality
have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with
genius
8. Galileo Galilei
His achievements include improvements to the telescope
Galileo has been called the "father of modern
observational astronomy“
His contributions to observational astronomy include
the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus
the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter
(named the Galilean moons in his honour)
the observation and analysis of sunspots
Galileo also worked in applied science
inventing an improved military compass and other
instruments.
9. Isaac Newton
Newton's Principia formulated the laws of motion
He formulated the universal gravitation that
dominated scientists' view of the physical universe for
the next three centuries.
It also demonstrated that the motion of objects on
the Earth and that of celestial bodies could be
described by the same principles.
Newton built the first practical reflecting telescope
and developed a theory of colour based
Newton contributed to the study of power series,
generalised the binomial theorem to non-integer
exponents.