WORLD FAMOUS PERSONALITIES

 

WORLD FAMOUS PERSONALITIES

Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) (570/71 - 632)

Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) is the last prophet of Allah (God) and founder of the holy religion known as Islam, whose revelations, encompassing political and social as well as religious principles, became the basis of Islamic civilization and have had a vast influence on world history. Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) also was known for his role in creating a union of Arab tribes by bringing them together under Islam.

 

Abdullah Ahmad (1878 - 1933)

Abdullah Ahmad was an Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Islamic mass organization in Idonesia. He also founded the Islamic magazine Al-Munir, the first Islamic mass media in the Indonesian archipelago. Together with Abdul Karim Amrullah, he became one of the first Indonesians who received the honorable degree from Al-Azhar University in Cairo.

 

Abd-ul-Aziz (1830-1876)

Abdul-Aziz was the 32nd sultan of the Ottoman Empire and 2nd sultan of the Tanzimat period of Ottoman reforms (1839-1876).

 

Abd-al-Qadir (1807-1883)

Abd al-Qadir was an Algerian religious and military leader, considered the founder of the Algerian state and hero of resistance to French colonial rule.

 

Abu al-Qasim Firdawsi (940-1020)

Firdawsi was Persian poet, who has been called the Homer of Persia. Firdawsi began the work for which he is most famous, the great epic poem Shah nameh (Book of Kings). The poem is based on a work by Persian poet Daqiqi, who died about 980. Firdawsi spent 35 years writing the epic and completed it in 1010, when he was about 70 years old and he was a court poet of sultan Mahmood of Gazni. His “Shah-nama” contains 60,600 verses describing the history of Persia.

 

Abul Fazal (1551-1602)

Famous Mughal court poet, scholar and councillor of Akbar. His books Akbar Nama and Ain-i-Akbari throw light on Mughal rule and particularly on the reign of Akbar.

 

Abraham Lincoln (1809-65)

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the U.S.A. from 1861 to 1865 and was returned from the Republican Party. He opposed slavery and was a great champion of democracy. He was assassinated in 1865.

 

Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham (965-1040)

Arab scientist and natural philosopher, who made important contributions in optics, astronomy, and mathematics. His major work, included valuable analyses and explanations of light and vision.

 

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

German dictator and founder of National socialism. The Chancellor of Germany since 1933 and Leader of Reich since1934. Started a Fascist movement. Involved Germany into the World War II and was defeated in 1945. Author of “Mein Kampf ”.

 

Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)

Muhammad Iqbal was a poet, philosopher and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is called the "Spiritual Father of Pakistan." He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature with literary work in both Urdu and Persian.

 

Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C)

Became the king of Macedon in Greece in 336 B.C. One of the greatest generals and conquerors of the world.Founded Alexandria and invaded India in 326 B.C.

 

Amir Khusro (1296-1316)

Scholar in the court of Alauddin Khilji. Indian writer of Persian language poetry and one of the most enduringly popular and accomplished writers of Persian literature of that time.

 

Aristotle (384-322 B.C)

Greek philosopher, artist, poet and thinker. Disciple of Plato and teacher of Alexander the great. Founder of a famous school of philosophy. The ethics and Poetics are his famous works.

 

Archimedes (212-287B.C)

Greek mathematician and inventor, who wrote important works on plane and solid geometry, arithmetic and mechanics. Invented Archimedean screw.

 

Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951..)

Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri is the current leader of Al-Qaeda and former member and senior official of Islamist organizations.

 

Zahiruddin Babar (1483-1530)

Founder of the Mughal Empire in India. Conquered the throne of Delhi after the first battle of Panipat (1526) against Ibrahim Lodhi. His Memoirs hold a high a place in the history.

 

Barack Obama (1961..)

Barack Hussein Obama is an American politician who served as the 44^th President of the United States. He is the first African American to assume the presidency, he was previously the junior United States Senator from Illinois.

 

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Franklin was a famous American philosopher and statesman who actively helped in promoting the declaration of independence.

 

Bhaskaracharya (12th Century)

Great Indian mathematician and astronomer of the twelth century. Bhaskara supplied the correct answer for division by zero as well as rules for operating with irrational numbers. Bhaskara wrote six books on mathematics, including Lilavati (The Beautiful), which summarized mathematical knowledge in India up to his time and Karanakutuhala, translated as “Calculation of Astronomical Wonders.”

 

Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)

Known as the Man of blood and iron. Who was the architect of German unification and the first chancellor (1871-1890) of the united nation. Through Bismarck‟s efforts, Germany was transformed from a loose collection of small states into the German Empire, the strongest industrialized nation in Europe. A unified Germany permanently changed the European balance of power. Though Bismarck dominated German and European politics for nearly 30 years, he initiated social and welfare reform. A master politician, he despised parliaments and parties. A Prussian patriot, he created a German empire.

 

Euclid (269-330 B.C)

Greek mathematician, whose chief work is a comprehensive treatise on mathematics in 13 volumes on such subjects as plane geometry, proportion in general, the properties of numbers, incommensurable magnitudes, and solid geometry. He probably was educated at Athens by pupils of Plato.

 

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

British nurse and hospital reformer. Organised a nursing service during the Crimean War (1854-56), which reformed the age-old system in hospitals. Her system was later adopted throughout the world. Known as „The Lady with the Lamp‟.

 

Gautama Buddha (543-623 B.C.)

Gautama Buddha, born a prince in Nepal, renounces his former life and begins a long journey that ultimately results in the founding of Buddhism, one of the world's major religions well known in south-east Asia.

 

Galileo (1564-1642)

Italian mathematician and astronomer. Galileo‟s main contributions were in astronomy, the use of the telescope in observation and the discovery of sunspots, mountains and valleys on the Moon, the four largest satellites of Jupiter, and the phases of Venus.

 

George Washington (1732-99)

Commander-in-Chief of the American army during the American War of Independence (1775-83). First President of the Republic of USA elected in 1789, re-elected in 1793.

 

H.G.Wells (1866-1946)

H.G.Wells was a famous author of English novels. His science based tales are of great appeal all over the world. The famous books written by him are “The Invsible Man” “Time Machine” and “The Shape of things to come”.

 

Ihsan Abbas.

Ihsan Abbas was a Palestinian professor at the American University of Beirut and was considered a premier figure of Arabic and Islamic studies in the East and West during the 20th century and the "author of over one hundred books". Abbas died in January 2003.

 

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)

Indira Gandhi was President of Congress in 1959. Became Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting in 1964-66. He was Prime Minister of India in 1966-77 and again in 1980-1984.

 

Jawahar Lal Nehru (1889-1964)

Famous Indian leader and statesman who was the first Prime Minister (1947- 1964) of India. Author of The Discovery of India , Glimpses of World History etc.

 

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)

J.Thomas was the 3rd President of the U.S.A. and founder of the Republican Party. He helped in drafting the Declaration of Independence.

 

Karl Marx (1818-83)

German philosopher and socialist. The most important of all socialist thinkers and the creator of a system of thought called Marxism. With political economist Friedrich Engels, he founded scientific socialism (now known as communism). Communism is based on his teachings.

 

Lenin (1870-1924)

Vladimir Lenin is russian revolutionary leader and theorist, who presided over the first government of Soviet Russia and then that of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Lenin was the leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik Party (Communist Party). He remained the head of the Soviet Government from 1917 to 1924.

 

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Russian writer, philosopher, social reformer and religious teacher. One of the world‟s greatest novelists. His writings profoundly influenced much of 20thcentury literature. His chief novels are War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection etc.

 

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

German theologian and religious reformer, who initiated the Protestant Reformation and whose vast influence, extending beyond religion to politics, economics, education and language, has made him one of the crucial figures in modern European history. He also translated the Bible in German.

 

Mao Zedong or Mao-Tse-Tung (1893-1976)

Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party 1936-59. First Chairman of the Central Government of the People‟s Republic of China. Organised the Red Guards to start the Cultural Revolution.

 

Marco Polo (1254-1324)

Famous Venetian traveller and explorer. The first European to visit china. Made journeys through China, India and other Eastern countries and published a record of his wanderings.

 

Martin Luther King Jr (1929-68)

American Nobel Prize winner (1964), one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King‟s challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s helped convince many white Americans to support the cause of civil rights in the United States.

 

Maulana Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937-2016)

Abdul Jabbar acted as responsible for Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board since its establishment in 1978 till his death. He was involved in the establishment and management of many madrasas. His role in various Islamic organizations and movement is outstanding. Before joining Befaq, Maulana Jabbar serves as the Dhaka city General Secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam Bangladesh. He became a founding member of Jatrabari Jamia Madania and also serves as a teacher there for a short time.

 

Maulana Hassan Jan Madani (1938-2007)

Maulana Hassan Jan Madani was a Pakistani Islamic scholar. He was ShaikhulHadith at Darwesh Masjid in Peshawar. He was also the vice president of Wifaqul-Madaras, the largest board of Islamic universities.

 

Muhammad Faizullah (1892-1976)

Mufti Faizullah was a prominent Islamic scholar of Bangladesh. He was the Grand Mufti (Mufti-e-Azam) of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam. Mufti Faizullah also established a madrasa called Mekhal Hamiussunnah Madrasah. He was also a poet and writer and wrote a number of other books in Arabic and Persian.

 

Muhammad Hamayo / Humayun (1508-1556)

Humayun was the second Mughal emperor of India (1530-1540 and 1555-1556), the son of Babur. Succeeding to his father's throne, he was challenged both by his brothers and some of his father's generals, one of the latter, Sher Khan (later Sher Shah) eventually established himself as a ruler of Bihar and Bengal. The ensuing struggle ended in Humayun's defeat in 1540. He fled first to Sind and then, in 1544, to Iran. In 1545, aided by the Iranian shah, he wrested Afghanistan from his brother and in 1555 recaptured Delhi and Agra from Sher Shah's warring descendants. He died of an accident, leaving the empire to his son, Akbar.

 

Muḥammad Akbar (1542-1605)

The third Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), generally considered the true founder of the Mughal Empire. The son of Emperor Humayun, he was born in Umarkot, Sindh and succeeded to the throne at the age of 13. He first ruled under a regent, Bairam Khan, who recaptured for the young emperor much of the territory usurped at the death of his father. In 1560, however, Akbar took the government into his own hands.

 

Mufti Saiful Islam (1974..)

Shaykh Mufti Saiful Islam is an Islamic scholar and is the founder, principal and director of Jamiah Khatamun Nabiyeen (JKN), England, UK. He is one of the leading scholars in Bradford and is also recognised nationally for his major contributions in lectures, teachings and book writing. He is a scholar of classical learning in Islam and has promoted Islamic sciences and classical teaching methodologies. He also took up responsibilities in many other departments locally, nationally and internationally. He is also the Editor of "Al Mumin", a family magazine.

 

Muhammad Rafi Usmani(1936..)

Muhammad Rafi Usmani is Pakistani Islamic scholar and President of Darul Uloom Karachi. He has authored a large number of books in Urdu, as well as some notable treatises in Arabic. He is the son of Mufti Muhammad Shafi Usmani and the brother of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani. He is also known as Mufti e Aazam Pakistan.

 

Mullah Muhammed Omar (1959/60-2013)

Mullah Mohammed Omar well known as Mullah Omar in over the world. He joined the Afghan mujahideen in their war against the Soviet Union and the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the 1980s. He founded the Taliban in 1994 and by 1995 had captured much of southern Afghanistan. In September 1996, the Taliban took Kabul, the country's capital. He was the supreme commander and spiritual leader of the Taliban. Under the title "Head of the Supreme Council" he was Afghanistan's head from 1996 to late 2001.

 

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

British physicist and chemist, who founded the science of electromagnetism. discovered the laws of Electrolysis.

 

Madame Marie Curie (1867-1934)

Discovered Radium.Won the Nobel Prize twice (Physics-1903,Chemistry-1911).

 

Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543)

Polish astronomer who first propounded the astronomical theory that the sun is the centre of the solar system and the earth and other planets revolve round the sun.

 

Niels Bohr (1885-1963)

Niels Bohr was a nuclear physicist of denmark. His pioneering work led to the invention of nuclear fission and atomic bomb. Received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

 

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

French Emperor and General. Conquered most of Europe. He was defeated in the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and died in exile at St.Helena„s Island.

 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan (1954 to ….)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a Turkish politician serving as President of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014 and as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001, leading it to general election victories in 2002, 2007 ,2011 and 2018.

 

Stalin (1879-1953)

Soviet Statesman, played an important part in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Became the outstanding leader of Russia after the death of Lenin in 1924. Introduced in 1929 the famous Five Year Plan to build new Russia. General Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, 1924-41.

 

Shah Jahan (1592-1666)

The fifth Mughal Emperor (1628-58) and third son of Emperor Jahangir. Built Taj Mahal at Agra in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Lal Quila and Jama Masjid in Delhi were also built in his time. Deposed by his son Aurangzeb in 1658, Shah Jahan spent the rest of his years in prison.

 

Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf (1952-2015)

Sheikh Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf was the mufti of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. He was Uzbekistan‟s first mufti after independence. Muhammd Sodiq was a member of a number of Islamic Institutions, including the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS). Sheikh Yusuf wrote many books. Only in six years he published approximately thirty popular articles and twenty-five books and pamphlets.

 

Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal

Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal is a Kashmiri author, historian, Islamic scholar, intellectual, educationist, academician, researcher, writer and publisher. A globally acknowledged scholar on Islamic History and Arab-Islamic issues. Being a prolific writer, he has written over forty seven books including his five volume History of Islam and Muslims and numerous research papers and articles published in the local, national and international journals.

 

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

American inventor. Invented telephone transmitter, megaphone, phonograph, incandescent bulb, cinematograph, etc.

 

Vasco da Gama (1469-1524)

Portuguese explorer, sailor and navigator, who was the first person to reach India from Europe by a sea route.

 

William Shakespeare(1564-1616)

The Greatest poet and dramatist of England. Author of several plays such as Julius Caesar , Macbeth , Romeo and Juliet , Hamlet , The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra etc.

 

Winston Churchill (1877-1965)

British statesman, soldier and author. Leader of Conservative party. Led Britain as Prime Minister during World War II. Won Nobel Prize for literature in 1953.