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Work toward getting biographies on the most important people to at least Good Article status.

These are the top 15 people listed in the 1992 edition of Michael H. Hart’s published book titled The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History.

Name	Influence	Status, comments on article
Albert Einstein	physicist, relativity, Einsteinian physics	Featured Article
Aristotle	Greek philosopher	Fair, B class
Buddha	founder of Buddhism	Fair, B class
Christopher Columbus	explorer, led Europe to the Americas	Fair, B class
Confucius	founder of Confucianism	Fair, B class
Euclid	Greek mathematician, Euclidean geometry, author of various influential theories	Fair, B class
Johann Gutenberg	developed movable type and made great advances in printing	Short, five screens. One reference listed.
Galileo Galilei	astronomer, accurately described heliocentric solar system, led way to Newton's work	FA
Isaac Newton	physicist, theory of universal gravitation, laws of motion, major developments in mathematics, optics, thermodynamics	FA
Jesus Christ	central figure of what would become Christianity	Controversial.
Louis Pasteur	scientist, pasteurization, Germ Theory	Fair, B class
Moses	major prophet of Judaism and leader	Fair.
Muhammad	Prophet of Islam	Controversial.
St. Paul	proselytizer of Christianity	Too long, 60 kb. Appears to be very well sourced.
Ts'ai Lun	inventor of paper	Short, one screen. No sources listed.

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 == Hart's Top 15 (from the 1992 edition) ==
-These are the top 15 people listed in the 1992 edition of [[Michael H. Hart]]’s published a book titled [[The 100|The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History]].
+These are the top 15 people listed in the 1992 edition of [[Michael H. Hart]]’s published book titled [[The 100|The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History]].
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