He generalized the binomial theorem, invented the reflecting telescope, coined the word “gravity” and gave the Roman Catholic Church‘s self-important hegemony over geocentrism its final knockout blow. Ninety-five percent of all classical mechanics is built on Isaac Newton alone. Einstein is on track to break his record in far fewer than 286 years, but even then, Einstein would have had no foundation on which to base his theories of Relativity had Newton not existed. Google searches alone would have netted Einstein a place on the list, at 6.1 million searches per month, but many more books have been written about Newton. The discoverer of the calculus just edged out Albert Einstein for the 10th spot. Number of books written about this person: c. If you travel to Bouvet Island, the most remote land mass in the whole world, how likely is the first person you meet going to know of the following 10 people? 10 Sir Isaac Newton, 1642–1727 Here are the 10 most famous (or infamous), well known people in human history, ranked according to Google searches and approximate number of books written about them. But compared to the following entries, Miss B doesn’t come close in terms of number of books written about her. She generates millions of monthly searches. Cardi B did-and managed the same in 2019. Who Weren’t Realīut she didn’t make the Google top ten most searched for people of 2018. What does it mean to be famous? Jacinda Ardern, made it to TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2018, and all for the single act of donning a Muslim veil to signal her virtue after an Australian massacred 51 people in a Mosque in New Zealand, where Ardern is Prime Minister.
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