5. Nelson Mandela

The leader of Anti Apartheid movement


Nelson Mandela was born in a village near Umtata in the Transkei on the 18 july 1918. During the whole of the fifties, Mandela was the victim of various forms of repression. He was banned, arrested and imprisoned. For much of the latter half of the 0. Decade, he was one of the accused in the Massive Betrayal Trial. At great cost to his legal practice and his political work.
Nelson Mandela accepted the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of all South Africans who suffered and sacrificed so much to bring peace and freedom.

4. Albert Einstein.

Physicts


Einstein became the most famous scientist of the 20th century. In 1905, while working in a swiss patent office. He published a paper proposing a “special theory of relativity” a groundbreaking notion that laid the foundation for much of modern physics theory.
(the theory included his famous equation e=mc2) Einstein’s work had a thoughtful impact on everything from quantum theory to nuclear power and the atom bomb. He continued to develop and improve his early ideas, and in 1915 published what his known as his general theory of relativity.
By 1920 Einstein was internationality renowned, he won the Nobel prize in 1921. Not for relativity but for his 1905 work on the photoelectric effect. Einstein’s genius is often compared with that of Sir Isaac Newton. In 2000 Time Magazine named him the leading figure of the 20th century.

3. Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Inventor of dynamite


Swedish chemist Alfred Bernhard Nobel invented dynamite in 1866 and it made him rich. Nobel was interested in drama and poetry as he was in chemistry and physics, but it was in the sciences that he made his fame, and by the time of his death he held more than 350 patents and controlled factories and labs in 20 countries.
The story goes that when Nobel’s brother died, a newspaper mistakenly published an obituary of Nobel that emphasized the fact that he had invented things that blew up and killed people. Nobel, not wanting to be remembered in that way, pledged his wealth toward the betterment of humanity. In his will he directed the establishment of a foundation to award annual prizes for achievement in chemistry, physics, literature and efforts toward international peace.
The nobel prize is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the world and include the a cash prize of nearly one million dollars. In 1968 the prize field was broadened to include ana awards in economic science.

2. William H. Gates

Chairman and chief software architect Microsoft Corp.


Is the worldwide leader in software, services and solution that help people and businesses realize their full potential. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard University to give over his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and every home. They began developing software personal computers. Gate’s planning and his vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry.
Under Gates leadership, microsoft’s mission has been to continually advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective, and more enjoyable for people to use computer.

1. Malcolm X (1925-1965)

Father of Black Power

Malcolm X was powerful and influential speaker, he was a leading figure in 20th-century movement for black liberation in the United States, and perhaps, its most enduring symbol.
Malcolm X has been called many things: Pan-Africanist (see Pan-Africanism), father of black power, religious fanatic, closet conservative, incipient socialist (see socialism), and a menace to society.
Gunned down three months before his 40th birthday, Malcolm’s life was cut short just when his thinking had reached a critical moment.