影响人类历史进程的100名人排行榜.docVIP

Rank Name Religious Affiliation Influence 1 Muhammad Islam Prophet of Islam; conqueror of Arabia;?Hart recognized that ranking Muhammad first might be controversial, but felt that, from a secular historians perspective, this was the correct choice because Muhammad is the only man to have been?both?a founder of a major world religion?and?a major military/political leader.More 2 Isaac Newton Anglican?(rejected Trinitarianism, i.e.,Athanasianism; believed in the Arianismof the Primitive Church) physicist; theory of universal gravitation; laws of motion 3 Jesus Christ?* Judaism; Christianity founder of Christianity 4 Buddha Hinduism; Buddhism founder of Buddhism 5 Confucius Confucianism founder of Confucianism 6 St. Paul Judaism; Christianity proselytizer of Christianity 7 Tsai Lun Chinese traditional religion inventor of paper 8 Johann Gutenberg Catholic developed movable type;printed Bibles 9 Christopher Columbus Catholic explorer; led Europe to Americas 10 Albert Einstein Jewish physicist; relativity; Einsteinian physics 11 Louis Pasteur Catholic scientist; pasteurization 12 Galileo Galilei Catholic astronomer; accurately described heliocentric solar system 13 Aristotle Platonism / Greek philosophy influential Greek philosopher 14 Euclid Platonism / Greek philosophy mathematician; Euclidian geometry 15 Moses Judaism major prophet of Judaism 16 Charles Darwin Anglican (nominal); Unitarian biologist; described Darwinian evolution, which?had theological impact on many religions 17 Shih Huang Ti Chinese traditional religion Chinese emperor 18 Augustus Caesar Roman state paganism ruler 19 Nicolaus Copernicus Catholic (priest) astronomer; taught heliocentricity 20 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier Catholic father of modern chemistry; philosopher; economist 21 Constantine the Great Roman state paganism; Christianity Roman emperor who completely?legalized Christianity, leading to its status as state religion. Convened the First Council of Nicaea that produced