- Abraham Lincoln - "If any personal description is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet four inches nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds, dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes – no other marks or brands recollected."
- Anwar Sadat - An Arab leader, every inch an Egyptian - simple, friendly and hospitable. Anwar Sadat made ceaseless efforts in achieving his goals, namely establishing social justice and peace in his motherland.
- Dadabhai Naoroji - Dadabhai Naoroji was popularly known as the "grand old man of India". Born in a poor Parsi priest family, Dadabhai's father and grandfather earned their livelihood by farming.
- Eisenhower Dwight - History reveals that at every instance of war, the politicians are the ones who give birth to it, seldom does it happen that a war gives birth to a politician.
- George Washington - Planet Earth is indebted to the man who opened the doors to freedom, leading the world into the realm of free enterprise, he showed the empowering way of living in Democracy.
- Jayprakash Narayan - Jayprakash Narayan stands as a beacon among the politicians who were engaged in a long drawn battle against the British rule. He was drawn towards the freedom struggle from a very tender age.
- John F. Kennedy - There goes a Chinese saying, "It is better to light a little candle than curse the darkness." Most of us curse the darkness and are frustrated at the surrounding gloom.
- Joseph Stalin - "It is our good fortune in trying of the war the Red Army and the Soviet people were led forward by the wise and tested leader of the Soviet Union – the Great Stalin. With the name of Generalissimo Stalin the glorious victories of our army will go down in the history of our country and in the history of the world.
- Josip Broz(Tito) - Just when chaos has reached its peak, when the rule of darkness has extinguished even the faintest remnants of light, just when all hopes have been shattered; inexplicably...things start falling in their own places, giving birth to a new order and a situation that was stable than ever before.
- Mahatma Gandhi - Words fail to describe the stature of a person like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, revered and fondly called Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu. India's tryst with destiny was altered for good, only for this great soul who fought his and his people's battles with AHIMSA or Non-violence.
- Margaret Thatcher - Born to a Grantham bookstore owner, Margaret Thatcher led Britain to economic freedom and superpower status
- Paul Robeson - Stage actor, singer, political activist, Paul Robeson studied at the Rutgers University and excelled in All American football team.
- Pol Pot - For most of us, zebras are animals with black stripes but the truth is that the animals are black, with white stripes. Similarly, Pol Pot was convinced that he was working towards a prosperous Cambodia.
- Richard Nixon - Born and raised in Southern California, Nixon had a difficult childhood. After graduating from law school at Duke University, Nixon was rejected by the FBI when he applied to become an agent.
- Ronald Reagan - And they are one in a million.....Ronald Reagan was one of them.He was the oldest man ever elected to the US Presidency, who brought a vision and vigor to the office that revitalized the spirit of the world’s most powerful nation.
- Saddam Hussein - "Words are very powerful, they can get things done for us, but then a word and a gun makes it much easier."This is an intrinsic belief, the base of all actions of the most powerful man of Middle East, the man who alone is getting to the nerves of the entire Western world – Saddam Hussein.
- Sarojini Naidu - Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India, lived a purposeful life. A devoted freedom fighter, a principled politician, a progressive activist, a radical reformer, an inspirational poet - woman of varied talents and high caliber, Sarojini Naidu lived life to its fullest.
- Thomas Macaulay - Thomas Babington Macaulay is best known for his History of England, which covers the period between 1688-1702. Macaulay preserved the past for the future. The history he wrote has proved to be the balustrade for the archeologists to excavate the history.
- Winston Churchill - A man is known by the way in which he shoulders his joys, sorrows, aspirations, dreams, struggles, successes, failures, fortunes and flaws. One man who is well known in history for shouldering the responsibility of an entire nation despite all its ups and downs is none other than Sir Winston Spencer Churchill.
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