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Famous Non-Americans?

I am giving my 7th and 8th grade language arts students a project on non-americans who have influenced our lives. I have comprised a list but I am drawing a blank and I would appreciate a little help. I would need more names for the "Political Leaders" section, the "Inventors/Scientists" section and also for the "Spiritual Leaders" section as well. I'm ok with the "Authors," and "Painters/Artists." Thanks!!

Public Comments

1. Jesus
2. Gandi. Margaret Thatcher. King tut. Napoleon.
3. Hmmm... I would suggest Winston Churchill, Golda Mier, Indira Gandhi, Ariel Sharon, Yassir Arafat, Queen Elizabeth I, and I'm sure there are many more. If all else fails, try Googling "Famous Non-Americans."
4. Albert Einstein Mother Teresa Galileo Ghandi Adolf Hitler (He influenced many Amriecan lives, although not in a positive way)
5. Political Leaders: Adolf Hitler Winston Churchill Margaret Thatcher Nelson Mandela Genghis Khan Inventors/Scientists: Albert Einstein Neil's Bohr Isaac Newton Madam Curie Authors: Alexander De Tocqueville Victor Hugo Emily Bronte Charlotte Bronte Oscar Wilde William Shakespeare Spiritual Leaders: Gandhi Rasputin Jesus Christ John the Baptist John the Apostle Judas Iscariot Mohamed
6. Issac Newton for scientist Queen Elizabeth II for leader Sir Nigel Gresly for Inventors (Or you may prefer Richard Trevithic)
7. Political leaders - Hitler, Stalin, Kruschev, Gorbachev, Chamberlain, Hirohito Spiritual leaders - Jesus, Mohamed
8. Here is a link to famous scientists/inventors from other countries: http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventors/ Here is a list of famous political leaders: Abe, Shinzo Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Amin, Idi Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal Blair, Tony Bolívar, Simón Castro, Fidel Chavez, Hugo Chretien, Jean Churchill, Winston Cromwell, Oliver De Gaulle, Charles Duvalier, François "Papa Doc" Gandhi, Mohandas Garvey, Marcus Goh Chok Tong Havel, Václav Hitler, Adolf Hussein, King Hussein, Saddam Khrushchev, Nikita Lenin, Vladimir Macdonald, John A. Mandela, Nelson Marcos, Subcommander Milosevic, Slobodan Mubarak, Hosni Mussolini, Benito Pol Pot Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Sadat, Anwar Shah of Iran Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson Stalin, Joseph Taylor, Charles Trudeau, Pierre Xioping, Deng Yeltsin, Boris Yew, Lee Kuan Zedong, Mao Zemin, Jiang And here are some famous spiritual leaders: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Bishop Desmond Tutu Eileen Caddy Sri Sathya Sai Baba Guru Nanak Swami Vivekananda Hambo Lama Ayusheyev Hope this helps.
9. Political leaders: Nelson Mandela: helped to abolish apartheid in South Africa, firts black political leader of the country. Adolf Hitler: Committed Genocide against Jewish and other minorities. Taught us an invaluable lesson of tolerance and racism. Evita Perón: Beloved fist Lady of Argentina, Inventors Scientists: Gutenberg: Developed the press, cataloged as the most influential invention. Charles Darwin: suggested the theory of evolution, therefore created chaos and dissension amongst religious people and humanity as a whole. And the quintessential: Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. The Dalai Lama: followed a peaceful path to counteract china´s invasion of his country. Mother Theresa of Calcutta: dedicated her life to healing and caring for those who were abandoned by everybody else with iron resolve. Jesus Christ: Taught of love and compassion. Mahatma Gandhi: Stood against the biggest empire in the world with peace and was influential for India´s independence not only politically but economically and religiously as well.
10. Some possibilities: Politcal Leaders *Gandhi *Churchill *Hitler *Stalin *Sadam Hussein *Gorbachev *Yasser Arafat *King George III *Marquis de Lafeyette Inventors/Scientists *Nikola Tesla *Leonardo da Vinci *Gallileo *Darwin *Fracis Crick *Isaac Newton *Einstein *Marie Curie *Werner von Braun *Rene Descartes *Andre Ampere *Neils Bohr *Alexander Fleming *James Watt Spiritual Leaders *Gandhi (again) *Pope John Paul II *other popes *Martin Luther *Mohammed *Ayatollah Khomeni *Jesus