This planet has given us some marvelous people who lived not only for themselves but also for others. Can we imagine where we are today? What we use and how our daily activities have been changed because of some notable people? For example can we imagine the present world without an aeroplane, an electricity, cars machines and communication equipments? Can we also imagine how social changes and attitudes of most of us have been improved with the help and understanding of some humanists?

Of course, all notable people may not be acceptable or appreciated by most of us. But directly or indirectly they contribute to positive changes and thinking in society. This is to imply that there are for sure things that we can learn and use for the benefit of mankind and our environment. We in Iwooket think that there are so many thousands of notable people on our planet and we have included very few of them. We will try to add more notable people from around the world. If you really think that we need to add someone in this (iwooket) list please do not hesitate to contact us. The only thing you may need is to provide some information with facts/evidence. Enjoy it.

 

Humanitarians

Mother Theresa

Mother Teresa whose original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born on August 26, 1910 in what is now Skopje, Macedonia is the Nobel prize winner in 1979.  Famous for humbly ministering to lepers, the homeless and the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Mother Teresa (baptized August 27, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia) taught in India for 17 years before she experienced her 1946 “call within a call” to devote herself to caring for the sick and poor. Her order established a hospice; centers for the blind, aged, and disabled; and a leper colony. She was summoned to Rome in 1968, and in 1979 received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. . Click here to read more

Maitre Loret AfeworkTekle

Ethiopia’s leading artist, was born on October 22nd, 1932 from Woyzero Feleketch Yematawork and Ato Tekle Moamo in the old historic city of Ankober in Shoa Province, Ethiopia. As a school-boy after the Second World War in Ethiopia, Afewerk revealed an intense artistic interest in life around him. He was ever found busy with pencil or pen sketching and drawing, even during chemi... Read more

Mahatma Gandhi

Born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India, Mohandas Gandhi studied law and came to aggravate for Indian rights both at home and in South Africa. He became a leader of India’s independence movement, organizing boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience. He was given the holy name Mahatmas and oversaw a diverse ashram. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948. Read more

 

 

 

 

Abune Teklehaimanot

Some notable people are not well known globally because of communication and information obstacles. Abune Tekle-Haimanot was an Ethiopian none who spent his whole life by teaching and supporting people (spiritually). He lived a very meagre and poor life. When he was appointed as the Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox in 1976, he served the Christians by living an example of a Christian life. When he was the head of the Ethiopian O.C. he has never received his salary for himself it was given to the poor (charity). Amazingly he has never had shoes and, used to walk on his bare feet.  After he had been elected as patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church,  his hermit monk friends begged him and agreed to wear only a cotton cloth, dyed yellow with a traditional shemma over it and a pair of sandals for his feet. Click Hear to read more

 

 

Princes Diana

Born Diana Spencer on July 1st, 1961, Princess Diana became Lady Diana Spencer after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975. She married heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, on July 29, 1981. They had two sons and later divorced in 1996. Diana died in a car crash after trying to escape the paparazzi in Paris on the night of August 30, 1997. Click here to read more

 

 

 

 

 

Inventors and scientists

Albert Einstein

Born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein developed the special and general theories of relativity. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. He died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey. Read more..

 

 

 

Marie Curie

Poland She discovered two new elements: polonium and radium. The Curies’ study of radioactivity led to advances in the treatment of cancer as well as the development of nuclear power. Marie Curie was the first female recipient of a Nobel Prize and the first individual to win it twice. Read more…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wright Brothers

In 1889, with Wilbur’s help, Orville designed and built a printing press, and the brothers began publishing a weekly and then a daily paper.

In 1892 they opened a bicycle shop, and in 1896 started manufacturing their own brand. Orville invented a self-oiling wheel hub.

In 1905, the Wright brothers built an airplane that could fly for more than half an hour at a time. In 1908 Orville made the world’s first flight of

over one hour at Fort Myer, Virginia, in a demonstration for the U.S. army, which subsequently made the Wright planes the world’s first military airplanes. That same year Wilbur made over 100 flights near Le Mans, France; the longest one, on Dec. 31, a record flight: 2 hours, 19 minutes. Read more…

 

Leaders

Sir Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill’s response to Hitler’s challenge brought him to lead a national coalition in 1940, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor altered his whole prospect of the war. He went at once to Washington, D.C., and with Roosevelt shaped the subsequently successful Allied strategy in WWII. After the breakdown of the alliance, he then alerted the West to the expansionist threat of the USSR. Read more…

 

 

 

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is one of America’s greatest heroes because of his unique appeal. His is a remarkable story of the rise from humble beginnings to achieve the highest office in the land; then, a sudden and tragic death at a time when his country needed him most to complete the great task remaining before the nation. His distinctively human and humane personality and historical role as savoir of the Union and emancipator of the slaves creates a legacy that endures. His eloquence of democracy. Read more…

 

 

 

Ariel Sharon

Israel’s 11th Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon was the son of Russian immigrants and, as a boy, became active in the movement to establish 

a Jewish state. At age 14, he joined a Jewish military underground organization and led fighting during the Six Day War. Sharon entered politics in 1973, and was elected prime minister in 2001. He held hard stances on negotiations with Palestine. In 2006, he had a stroke. Read more…

 

 

 

King Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I was Ethiopia’s 225th and last emperor, serving from 1930 until his overthrow by the Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1974. The longtime ruler traced his line back to Menelik I, who was credited with being the child of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

He was born in Ejersa Guwaro on July 23, 1892. Originally named Lij Tafari Makonnen, he was the only surviving and legitimate son of Ras Makonnen, the governor of Harar. At the League of Nations in 1936, the emperor condemned the use of chemical weapons by Italy against his people.^[5] His internationalist views led to Ethiopia becoming a charter member of the United Nations, and his political thought and experience in promoting multilateralism and collective security have proved seminal and enduring.^[6] His suppression of rebellions among the nobles (mekwannint), as well as what some perceived to be Ethiopia’s failure to modernize adequately,^[7] earned him criticism among some contemporaries and historians.^[8]

Among the Rastafari movement, whose followers are estimated at between 200,000 and 800,000, Haile Selassie is revered as the returned messiah of the Bible, God incarnate.^[9][10] Beginning in Jamaica in the 1930s, the Rastafari movement perceives Haile Selassie as a messianic figure who will lead a future golden age of eternal peace, righteousness, and prosperity.^[11] Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian throughout his life. Read more…

 

Joseph Stalin

Born on December 18, 1879 in Gori, Georgia, Joseph Stalin rose to power as General Secretary of the Communist Party, becoming a Soviet dictator upon Vladimir Lenin‘s death. Stalin forced rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agricultural land, resulting in millions dying from famine while others were sent to camps. His Red Army helped defeat Nazi Germany during WW II. Read more…

 

 

King Menelik

Menelik II The son of King Haile Melekot of Shoa (1847 – 1855), was born in 1844 in Ankober, Shoa and heir to the Shewan Solomonic Dynasty which claims descent from King Solomon of ancient Israel, and the Queen of Sheba. When Itally declared war and invaided Ethiopia Menelik defeated Italians at Amba-Alagi and Mekele first and then He defeat them at the battle of Adowa on March 1, 1896, forcing them to capitulate. Then Itally recognised the absolute Independence of Ethiopia and sined a peaceful aghreement. Menelik is one of the most respected and great leaders of Ethiopia. He was crowned in 1889 and ruled until his death in 1913. During his reign he unified and centralised Ethiopian government, founding a new, permanent capital, which he named Addis Abeba, or New Flower. Menelik founded the first modern bank and postal system in Ethiopia and introduced electricity to the capital as well as the telephone and first motor car. Addis Abeba is still Ethiopia’s capital today and is an important centre for African politics and commerce. Click here for further reading

 

 

 

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher, born on October 13, 1925 in Grantham, England, became Britain’s Conservative Party leader and in 1979 was elected prime minister, the first woman to hold the position. During her three terms, she cut social welfare programs, reduced trade union power and privatized certain industries. She resigned in 1991 due to unpopular policy and power struggles in her party. Click here for further details.

 

 

V.I. Lenin

Vladimir Lenin founded the Russian Communist Party, led the Bolshevik Revolution and was the architect of the Soviet state. He was the

posthumous source of “Leninism,” the doctrine codified and conjoined with Marx’s works by Lenin’s successors to form Marxism-Leninism,

which became the Communist worldview. He has been regarded as the greatest revolutionary leader and thinker since Marx. Read more…

 

 

 

Mao Tsetung

Born on December 26, 1893, in Shaoshan, Hunan province, China, Mao Tse-tung was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party from

1935 until his death and chairman of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 to 1959. Mao’s Great Leap and the Cultural Revolution

were ill-conceived and had disastrous consequences, but many of his goals, such as stressing China’s self-reliance, were generally laudable. Read more…

 

 

 

John F Kennedy

Born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy was a congressman and senator before becoming the 35th U.S. president in 1961. As president, he faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. In 1963, JFK was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Read more…

 

 

 

Fidel Castro

In 1959, Fidel Castro took control of Cuba and remained leader for nearly five decades. As the leader of the only communist country in the
western Hemisphere, Castro has been the focus of international Media. Read more…

 

 

 

 

 

Adolph Hitler

He was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. Hitler was responsible for starting World War II and for

killing more than 11 million people during the Holocaust. Read more…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queen Victoria

Ascending to the throne at only eighteen years old, Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom for nearly sixty-four years, the longest of any British monarch. During her reign, Great Britain became a powerful industrial nation and boasted an empire that stretched across the globe. Despite the early loss of her beloved husband, Queen Victoria provided a reassuring stability during much of the nineteenth century – an era of great social and technological change. The years of her reign are referred to as the Victorian Era. Read more…

 

 

 

 

 

The Wright brothers

On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the first successful experiment in which a machine carrying a man rose by its own power, flew naturally and at even speed, and descended without damage. Read more…

 

 

 

 

Artists and Musicians

Beatles

The Beatles shaped not only music but also an entire generation. People mimicked all that they did, including haircuts, clothing, and outlook.

Their style and innovative music set the standard for all musicians to follow Charlie Chaplin was a comic visionary who enjoyed a successful

career as an actor, director, writer, and music composer during the silent-movie era. Read more…

 

 

 

 

Elvis Presley

 

Elvis Presley, a cultural icon of the 20th century, was a singer and actor. Elvis sold over one billion records and made 33 movies. Read more…

 

 

EJigayehu Shibabaw (GG)

Ejigayehu Shibabaw, who is also known as Gigi, is one of the most Popular and  successful contemporary Ethiopian singers worldwide. She was Born in Gojam (Northwestern Ethiopia) and came from an ancient tradition of song originating in the Ethiopian Church, Ejigayehu Shibabaw has acquainted Ethiopian music with the wider international communit and further developed it in combination with a wide variety of other genres. Read more…

Sportsmen

Mohammed AliDespite the hiatus, his quick reflexes and strong punches helped Muhammad Ali become the first person in history to win the heavyweight champion title three times. At the lighting ceremony at the 1996 Olympics, Muhammad Ali showed the world his strength and determination in dealing with the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s syndrome. Read more…

 

 

 

 

 

 Cosmonauts

Yuri Gagari 

On board Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history on April 12, 1961 when he became both the first person in the world to enter space and the first person to orbit the Earth. Read more…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neil Armstrong

Was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. After serving in the Korean War and then finishing college, he joined the organization that would become NASA. He joined the astronaut program in 1962 and was command pilot for his first mission, Gemini VIII, in 1966. He was spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission, and the first man to walk on the moon. He died in 2012. Read more…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singers and actors

T.gessesse

Madona

Michael Jackson

Bob Marley

Scientists

Timiriazev

Mandelev

N.I. Vavilov

Sportsmen

David Beckham

Christiano Renaldo

Mara Dona

Ronaldo

David beckham

Swimming

Cricket

Pale

Abebe Bikila

Pale

Abebe Bikila

Haile Gebresilassie

Maradona

Painters

Leonardo Davinchi

Laurat Afework Tekle

Writers/Philosophers 

William Shakespeare

Zera Yacob

Alexander Pushkin

Travellers and discoverers

Vasco Dagama

Christopher Dagama

Christopher Columbus