The Ten Most Influ­en­tial Peo­ple of the Sec­ond Mil­len­nium
accord­ing to Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

1. William Shake­speare
2. Isaac New­ton
3. Charles Dar­win
4. Nico­laus Copernicus
5. Galileo Galilei
6. Albert Ein­stein
7. Christo­pher Columbus
8. Abra­ham Lincoln
9. Johann Guten­berg
10. William Har­vey

Thought-provoking, isn’t it?