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Modern Era Figures
Leaders, revolutionaries, and statesmen from the modern era (1500 CE–present) who built today's world.
Top Figures in This Category
Yamagata Aritomo
Modern · Japan
83
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Modern · Japan
82
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Modern · Japan
82
Abbas I
Modern · Persia
81
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Modern · Turkey
80
Mao Zedong
Modern · China
79
Toussaint Louverture
Modern · Haiti
79
Hong Taiji
Modern · China
78
Dorgon
Modern · China
78
Abraham Lincoln
Modern · United States
78
George Washington
Modern · United States
77
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Modern · United States
77
Vauban
Modern · France
76
Helmuth von Moltke
Modern · Prussia
76
Turenne
Modern · France
76
John Churchill Duke of Marlborough
Modern · England
75
Ruhollah Khomeini
Modern · Iran
75
Duke of Wellington
Modern · United Kingdom
75
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Modern · Germany
75
Abbas the Great
Modern · Persia
75
Carl Spaatz
Modern · United States
74
Jackie Fisher
Modern · United Kingdom
74
Margaret Thatcher
Modern · United Kingdom
74
Gustavus Adolphus
Modern · Sweden
74
Ito Hirobumi
Modern · Japan
74
Field Marshal Manekshaw
Modern · India
74
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Modern · USSR
74
George C. Marshall
Modern · United States
74
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Modern · Bohemia
74
Vo Nguyen Giap
Modern · Vietnam
74
Kangxi Emperor
Modern · China
73
Peter the Great
Modern · Russia
73
James Madison
Modern · United States
73
John Churchill
Modern · England
73
Baji Rao I
Modern · India
73
Hugh Dowding
Modern · United Kingdom
73
Henri Turenne
Modern · France
73
Andrew Cunningham
Modern · United Kingdom
72
Arthur Wellesley
Modern · United Kingdom
72
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Modern · Thailand
72
Chester W. Nimitz
Modern · United States
72
Oliver Cromwell
Modern · England
72
Winston Churchill
Modern · United Kingdom
72
Zeng Guofan
Modern · China
72
Gerhard von Scharnhorst
Modern · Prussia
72
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Modern · Haiti
72
Henry Hap Arnold
Modern · United States
72
Robert Schuman
Modern · France
72
King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
Modern · Saudi Arabia
71
B. R. Ambedkar
Modern · India
71