- Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, among other feats. He is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. In 1905 (seen by many as a "miracle year" for the theorist), Einstein had four papers published in the Annalen der Physik, one of the best known physics journals of the era. The four papers focused on the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, the special theory of relativity and the matter/energy relationship, thus taking physics in an electrifying new direction. In his fourth paper, Einstein came up with the equation E=mc2, suggesting that tiny particles of matter could be converted into huge amounts of energy, foreshadowing the development of atomic power.
- Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense".
- Mahatma Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- Winston Churchill was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer, and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.
- 爱因斯坦是谁开发的广义相对论理论,其它伟绩间在德国出生的物理学家。他被认为是20世纪最有影响力的物理学家。 1905年(被许多人称为“奇迹年”的理论家看到的),爱因斯坦发表在物理年鉴,时代的最有名的物理期刊之一四个文件。这四个论文主要集中在光电效应,布朗运动,相对论和此事/能源关系的特殊论,从而考虑物理学一个激动人心的新方向。在他的第四个论文中,爱因斯坦提出了公式E = MC2,表明物质的微小颗粒可以被转化成巨大的能量,预示着核能的发展。
- 罗素是英国哲学家,逻辑学家,数学家,历史学家,作家,社会评论家,政治活动家和诺贝尔经济学奖获得者。他一生中的不同点,他认为自己是一个自由的,社会主义的,和一个和平主义者,但他也承认,他“从来没有任何这些东西,任何深刻的意义。”
- 圣雄甘地在英国统治印度的印度独立运动的杰出领导人。采用非暴力的公民不服从,甘地领导印度走向独立,并激发了世界各地的公民权利和自由运动。
- 温斯顿·丘吉尔是英国政治家谁是英国首相1940年至1945年,再从1951年到1955年丘吉尔也是在英国的军队,一个非学术历史学家,作家和艺术家的军官。他获得诺贝尔文学奖,并且是要做出的美国荣誉公民的第一人。