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Hart wrote the 1999 follow-up A View from the Year 3000, [33] voiced in the perspective of a person from that future year and ranking the most influential people in history. Roughly half the entries are fictional people from 2000 to 3000, but the remainder are taken mostly from the 1992 ranking, with some sequence changes. [34] [35]
Of the 100 chosen, Albert Einstein was chosen as the Person of the Century, on the grounds that he was the preeminent scientist in a century dominated by science. The editors of Time believed the 20th century "will be remembered foremost for its science and technology", and Einstein "serves as a symbol of all the scientists—such as Fermi, Heisenberg, Bohr, Richard Feynman, ...who built upon ...
Time 100 is a list of the top 100 most influential people, assembled by the American news magazine Time.First published in 1999 as the result of a debate among American academics, politicians, and journalists, the list is now a highly publicized annual event.
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Stevie Wonder has succeeded in every stage of his career, as evidenced by him notching his first #1 hit in 1963 at just 13. Still, it was the '70s that saw the R&B singer paving the way for future ...
Aboriginal Australian civil rights activist, journalist, founder of first Aboriginal newspaper, led the Cummeragunja Walk-Off in 1939, protested the persecution of Jewish people, President and co-founder of Aborigines Progressive Association, led the first Aboriginal delegation to meet with a sitting Prime Minister. Nellie Stone Johnson: 1905 2002
Image credits: bmcgowan89 Many people want to become famous. Being admired by strangers, not having to “win over” every single person you meet, because they already know (and possibly like ...
The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as businesspeople – known for reasons other than their longevity.