Visionaries and Dreamers

Visionaries and Dreamers whose passion inspires or inspired change in the world for the better.

The unique, genius, spirits of the zeitgeist, who catapult us forward to a safer, better, free and more peaceful future.

By the removal of any of these notable iconoclasts, who defy the status quo, defied established conventions, raised the social, moral, cultural, and intellectual conscience of the world, with divine inspiration, and innovation----our world would be a much poorer place.

Selected profiles by activity period:

BCE

• Hammurabi, King of Babylon (died: c. 1686 BCE)
• Moses "The Prophet"; משה רבנו‎; Mōšéh; Mωϋσῆς ; موسىٰ; Mōüsēs (1393 BCE to 1273 BCE)
• Siddhārtha Gautama; सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Buddha (c. 586 BCE to c. 486 BCE)
• Confucius, 孔丘 Kǒng Qiū (551 BCE to 479 BCE)

0 to 1000 CE

• Jesus of Nazareth (c. 5 BCE to c. 30 CE)
• Muhammad ibn Abdullāh, Prophet of Islam; رَسول الله مـُحَمـَّد النـَّبيّ (c. 570 - 632)

1000 to 1500 CE

• Moses Maimonides; משה בן מימון - הרמב"ם ; موسى ابن ميمون ; Mūsā ibn Maymūn (c. 1138 - 1204)
• Johannes Gutenberg (1398 – 1468)

XVI Century

• Leonardo da Vinci (Apr. 15, 1452 – 1519)
• Martin Luther (Nov. 10, 1483 – 1546)

XVII Century

• Uriel da Costa אוריאל ד'אקוסטה (c. 1585/91 – 1640)
• Reverend Robert Kirk ( --1692)

XVIII Century

XIX Century

• François-Xavier-Joseph Droz (1773 – 1850)
• Joseph Smith Jr (Dec. 23, 1805 – 1844)
• Giuseppe Garibaldi (Jul. 4, 1807 – 1882)
• Bahá'u'lláh; بهاء ال ; Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri (Nov. 12, 1817 – 1892)
• תאודור הרצל – Theodor Binyamin Zeev Herzl (May 2, 1860 – 1904)

XX Century

• Mahātmā ("Great Soul") Gandhi; महात्मा, or bāpu ("Father") (Oct. 2, 1869 – 1948)
• Nelson Mandela (born Jul. 18, 1918)
• Pope John Paul ll (May 11, 1920 – 2005)
• Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan. 15, 1929 – 1968)
• Bill Gates, Jr. - Microsoft
• Steve Jobs - Apple (Feb. 24, 1955 - Oct. 5, 2011)
• Larry Page - Google
• Sergey Brin - Google
• Jim Wales - Wikipedia
• Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook
• Dennis Ritchie - Creator of the C programming language]
• Isaac Asimov - Science Fiction
• Edward Witten - M-Theory
• Deepak Chopra - Holistic Medicine
• Evita