World Almanac's Ten Most Influential People of the Second Millennium
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In 2000, the World Almanac published The Ten Most Influential People of the Second Millennium as listed by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and second-generation historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.. The list is composed of nine Europeans and one American.
| 1. | 1564-1616 | William Shakespeare | A&E's 5th | 5th Greatest Briton | ||
| 2. | 1642-1727 | Isaac Newton | A&E's 2nd | 2nd in The 100 | 6th Greatest Briton | |
| 3. | 1809-1882 | Charles Darwin | A&E's 4th | 16th in The 100 | 4th Greatest Briton | |
| 4. | 1473-1543 | Nicolaus Copernicus | A&E's 9th | 19th in The 100 | 108th Best German (Nationality disputed, see below) | |
| 5. | 1564-1642 | Galileo Galilei | A&E's 10th | 12th in The 100 | ||
| 6. | 1879-1955 | Albert Einstein | A&E's 8th | 10th in The 100 | 10th Best German | TIME's Person of the Century |
| 7. | 1451-1506 | Christopher Columbus | A&E's 6th | 9th in The 100 | ||
| 8. | 1809-1865 | Abraham Lincoln | A&E's 28th | 2nd Greatest American | ||
| 9. | 1397-1468 | Johann Gutenberg | A&E's 1st | 8th in The 100 | 8th Best German | |
| 10. | 1578-1657 | William Harvey | A&E's 69th | 55th in The 100 |
The inclusion of Nicolaus Copernicus by Unsere Besten as German, revered as a national hero in Poland, caused controversy, and was denounced there as reminiscent of the Nazi campaign to recast him as a German during the occupation of Poland in the Second World War.
Other lists
- TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century
- A&E's Biography of the Millennium
- The 100 (book)
- 100 Greatest Britons
- Unsere Besten
- The Greatest American
- Le Plus Grand Français
- The Greatest Canadian
- De Grootste Nederlander
- List of South Africans, Great South Africans
- Suuret Suomalaiset
- Belg der Belgen
