Born the son of a farmer, he was a Chinese communist revolutionary and became a prominent part of the People's Republic of China.

One of the last rulers before Egypt became a part of the Roman Empire, Cleopatra is known for her beauty, but it's her intelligence that got her where she was.

Creator of "Satyagraha" movement, which is a form of resistance based on civil disobedience and non-violence, leading to India's independence in 1947.

An American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States

An Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.

An English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

Known by his nom de plume Voltaire, he was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state.

Considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

Born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, she was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.

Hannibal Barca was a Punic military commander from Carthage, generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.

Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War.