Greatest Heroes in History (Real People Only)
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188%21Score : 88Scientist
- Claim for fame : General relativity<br />Special relativity<br />Photoelectric effect<br />Brownian motion<br />Mass-energy equivalence<br />Einstein field equations<br />Unified Field Theory<br />Bose-Einstein statistics
- Fields : Physics
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287%14Score : 87Person
- Nationality : Israelite
- Date of birth : 7-2 BC/BCERahner states that the consensus among historians is c. 4 BC/BCE. Sanders supports c. 4 BC/BCE. Vermes supports c. 6/5 BC/BCE. Finegan supports c. 3/2 BC/BCE. Sanders refers to the general consensus, Vermes a common 'early' date, Finegan defends comprehensively the date according to early Christian traditions.
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386%17Score : 86Person
- Nationality : American
- Date of birth : January 15, 1929
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485%6Score : 85Person
- Occupation : Actress, model
- Date of birth : 1990-4-15
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584%4Score : 84Person
- Nationality : Indian
- Claim for fame : Prominent figure of Indian independence movement,, propounding the philosophy of Satyagraha and Ahimsa, advocating non-violence,, pacifism
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681%13Score : 81Officeholder
- Position : 16th President of the United States
- Nationality : American
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780%9Score : 80Person
- Occupation : Co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEO of Cascade Investment, Chairman of Corbis
- Nationality : American
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878%7Score : 78Officeholder
- Nationality : English
- Spouse : Clementine Churchill
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977%10Score : 77Royalty
- Full name : Alexander III of Macedon
- Birth Place : Pella, Macedon
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1077%7Score : 77Philosopher
- Birth Place : Zou, Lu state
- Era : Ancient philosophy
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1176%11Score : 76Scientist
- Nationality : English
- Claim for fame : {{unbulleted list
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1276%10Score : 76Musical Artist
- Genre : Rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, rock and roll
- Years active : 1957-1975, 1980
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1375%11Score : 75Scientist
- Nationality : Italian (Tuscan)
- Claim for fame : Kinematics, Dynamics, Telescopic observational astronomy, Heliocentrism
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1474%1Score : 74Person
- Occupation : Journalist, Novelist, Inventor
- Nationality : American
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1572%1Score : 72Officeholder
- Position : 26th President of the United States
- Spouse : Alice Hathaway Lee , Edith Kermit Carow
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1672%3Score : 72Person
- Occupation : Actor
- Date of birth : 1988-8-24
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1769%8Score : 69Person
- Occupation : Co-founder, Chairman and CEO,, Apple Inc. , Co-founder and CEO, , Pixar , Founder and CEO, , NeXT Inc.
- Nationality : American
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1869%6Score : 69Scientist
- Nationality : Austrian
- Claim for fame : Psychoanalysis
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1968%5Score : 68Person
- Claim for fame : Founder of Buddhism
- Date of birth : c. 563 BCE
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2066%4Score : 66Officeholder
- Position : 3rd President of the United States
- Spouse : Martha Wayles
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Real-life individuals who did good things. The primary measure is how much good they accomplished, but there are extra points for courage, vision, or other admirable characteristics. Rank your favorite heroes.

