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Every published biography on Top Personalities, in alphabetical order. New profiles are added here as soon as they pass review.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam speaking at a lectern in 2010

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Aerospace scientist · 1931–2015 Scientists & Inventors

Abdul Sattar Edhi

Abdul Sattar Edhi Humanitarian · 1928–2016 Political & Public Figures

Abdus Salam Theoretical physicist · 1926–1996 Scientists & Inventors

Abraham Lincoln, portrait by Alexander Gardner

Abraham Lincoln President of the United States · 1809–1865 Political & Public Figures

Watercolour portrait of Ada Lovelace by Alfred Edward Chalon

Ada Lovelace Mathematician and writer · 1815–1852 Scientists & Inventors

Alan Turing in 1951

Alan Turing Mathematician · 1912–1954 Scientists & Inventors

Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921

Albert Einstein Theoretical physicist · 1879–1955 Scientists & Inventors

Marble portrait head of Alexander the Great, c. 320 BCE, J. Paul Getty Museum

Alexander the Great King of Macedonia · 356–323 BCE Historical Figures

Babar Azam in a Pakistan training shirt and cap speaking to the media at The Oval in 2018

Babar Azam Cricketer · b. 1994 Athletes & Sports

Barack Obama, official portrait

Barack Obama Former President of the United States · b. 1961 Political & Public Figures

Photograph of Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, speaking to the press in 1989

Benazir Bhutto Politician · 1953–2007 Political & Public Figures

Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, January 2012

Bill Gates Software developer and entrepreneur · b. 1955 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Portrait photograph of Charles Darwin in old age, with a long white beard

Charles Darwin Naturalist · 1809–1882 Scientists & Inventors

Photograph of Charles Dickens by Jeremiah Gurney, 1867

Charles Dickens Novelist · 1812–1870 Writers & Authors

Charlie Chaplin as the Little Tramp, photographed in 1915

Charlie Chaplin Actor and filmmaker · 1889–1977 Actors & Filmmakers

Marble bust of Cleopatra VII, c. 40–30 BCE, Altes Museum, Berlin

Cleopatra VII Queen of Egypt · 69–30 BCE Historical Figures

Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal in 2018

Cristiano Ronaldo Footballer · b. 1985 Athletes & Sports

Elon Musk at the Royal Society in London

Elon Musk Entrepreneur · b. 1971 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Faiz Ahmed Faiz reading a book, in a black-and-white photograph

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Poet · 1911–1984 Writers & Authors

Portrait photograph of Frida Kahlo in 1932, facing the camera, wearing a shawl and earrings

Frida Kahlo Painter · 1907–1954 Musicians & Artists

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, in Islamabad in September 2018

Imran Khan Cricketer and politician · b. 1952 Athletes & Sports

Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller in 1689

Isaac Newton Mathematician and physicist · 1643–1727 Scientists & Inventors

Jack Ma speaking at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin in 2008

Jack Ma Entrepreneur · b. 1964 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Historical Ottoman-era painting of Rumi, seated in a dark robe and tall cap

Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi Poet and Sufi mystic · 1207–1273 Writers & Authors

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