Famous People

Famous people are popular worldwide for their achievements and outstanding performances. The persons known as famous people include those who have lived famous accomplishments in the past and at present. These famous people stand out in various fields and have in one way or the other, have been great achievers of their lifetime.

Some famous people are experts and skilled in acting, sports, arts, sciences and inventions, business, music, politics and leadership, economics and many other fields. These famous people, in their achievement, have influenced the shaping of the modern world.

Whether known or unknown to the entire world, each country and locality recognized their own famous people. Thus, famous people apply not only to those popularly known worldwide but also include those famous people well-known and respected in their own locality or nation or region.

Famous people in Asian history

In Asian history, famous people include brilliant philosophers and world conquerors of long ago. Thousands of years in the past, Asia has produced famous people from some of the fiercest conquerors of humanity, greatest artists and religious thinkers such as Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun and Timur aka "Tamerlane".

Modern leaders of Asia include famous people or men and women in the 20th - 21st centuries A.D. who have ruled Asian nations. Some famous people very well-known to their people, the Asian region as well as the entire world are Hu Jintao, the Chinese Premiere; King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Japan's Emperor Akihito, Burma's (Myanmar) ruler General Than Shwe; Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan; North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and many others who have had and continue to perform great achievements.

There are also noble and famous people in Asia who have done humanitarian works, philosophy, the arts, and other services that have influenced the path of Asian history. These noble works of these famous people have also influenced in one way or the other, the course of international affairs. This famous people list includes Mahatma Gandhi of India, Burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Tiananmen Square Photographer Jeff Widener to mention a few.

Famous people in religion and spirituality

Religion or spirituality is one significant aspect in our lives that influence peoples' lives and direction, also radiating the influence into how a nation is led and ruled. This makes religious and spiritual leaders part of influential and famous people as they become part of how the nation or world is shaped.
The Dalai Lama belongs to the list of famous people within the realms of religion and spirituality. Under pressure and oppression, he remains calm and harnesses the strength of peace. The Dalai Lama is one person in the present times who serve as inspiration to many people.