Top ten most influential person of all time

Influence can be religious or political , but impact of influence can change the world. Here is the list of top ten most influential person of all time .

Rank  : 1

Name : Muhammad

Time Frame :  570–632

Occupation : Secular and religious leader

Influence : The central human figure of Islam, regarded by Muslims as a prophet of God and the last messenger. Active as a social reformer, diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator, military leader, humanitarian, philanthropist.

Rank  : 2

Name : Isaac Newton

Time Frame : 1643–1727

Occupation : Scientist

Influence : English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion laid the groundwork for classical mechanics.

Rank  : 3

Name : Jesus Christ

Time Frame : 7–2 BC – 26–36 AD

Occupation : Spiritual leader

Influence : The central figure of Christianity, revered by Christians as the Son of God and the incarnation of God. Also regarded as a major prophet in Islam..

Rank  : 4

Name :  Buddha

Time Frame : 563–483 BC

Occupation : Spiritual leader

Influence : Spiritual teacher and philosopher from ancient India. Founder of Buddhism and is also considered an Gautama Buddha in Hinduism.

Rank  : 5

Name :  Confucius

Time Frame : 551–479 BC

Occupation : Philosopher

Influence : Chinese thinker and social philosopher, founder of Confucianism, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Indonesian thought and life..

Rank  : 6

Name :  Paul of Tarsus

Time Frame : 5–67 AD

Occupation : Christian apostle

Influence : One of the most notable of early Christian missionaries, credited with proselytizing and spreading Christianity outside of Palestine (mainly to the Romans) and author of numerous letters of the New Testament of the Bible.

Rank  : 7

Name :  Cài Lún

Time Frame : 50–121 AD

Occupation : Political official in imperial China

Influence : Widely regarded as the inventor of paper and the papermaking process.

Rank  : 8

Name :  Johannes Gutenberg

Time Frame : 1398–1468

Occupation : Inventor

Influence : German printer who invented the European mechanical printing press.

Rank  : 9

Name :  Christopher Columbus

Time Frame : 1451–1506

Occupation : Explorer

Influence : Italian navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages led to general European awareness of the American continents.

Rank  : 10

Name :  Albert Einstein

Time Frame : 1879–1955

Occupation : Scientist

Influence : German-born theoretical physicist, best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass–energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc²