In 1998, Time magazine published a list of one hundred of the most prominent personalities of the 20th century, which were divided into five categories: scientists, leaders and revolutionaries, magnates and builders, idols and heroes, celebrities from the art world.
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Albert Einstein was named the man of the century. It was his image that was placed on the cover of the magazine. Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. This man is known as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, which was awarded to him in 1921. During his life, he wrote more than three hundred scientific papers in physics, as well as several dozen articles and books on the history and philosophy of science. Einstein belongs to the special and general theories of relativity, quantum theories of the photoelectric effect and heat capacity, the statistical theory of Brownian motion, the theory of induced radiation, and many others. Thanks to Einstein, the understanding of the physical essence of space and time was revised.
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Ulyanov) is one of the hundred most famous people in the Leaders and Revolutionaries category. He was born on April 22, 1870. After graduating from the Simbirsk gymnasium, he studied for three months at the law faculty of Kazan University, but was expelled for membership in the student circle "Narodnaya Volya" and participation in the riots provoked by the introduction of the new charter of the university. Since 1888, Lenin joined one of the political circles and actively studied the ideas of Marx, Engels and Plekhanov. Gradually, he is imbued with the idea of the social democratic structure of society and develops his own doctrine. Lenin became the founder of the Bolshevik Party, one of the organizers of the October Revolution of 1917, and also the chairman of the RSFSR government. It is this person who is called the creator of the world's first socialist state - the USSR. Lenin died on January 21, 1924.
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Charlie Chaplin is one of the most prominent representatives of the Celebrities in the World of Arts and Entertainment category. He was born on April 16, 1889 and became famous for his roles in short comedies. Charlie began earning a living on his own at the age of 5, when he replaced his mother at performances in the music hall. After the death of his father, the boy and his brothers ended up in a workhouse, and then in a school for orphans. The mother fell seriously ill and was admitted to a psychiatric clinic. Since the age of 14, Charlie regularly appears on the stage of theater and variety shows. Then he moved to the United States and in 1913 signed a contract with the film studio "Keystone", and soon decides to make films himself. Charlie Chaplin became truly famous thanks to the image of the Tramp Charlie - at the same time refined and awkward gentleman in a narrow jacket, wide trousers, huge boots. Small tendrils and a bamboo cane have also become essential attributes of the character. When in 1972 Chaplin was awarded the honorary Oscar, it was noted that it was thanks to him that cinema became an art. The actor died on December 25, 1977.
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Walter Elias Disney was added to the Builders and Tycoons category. He was born on December 5, 1901 in America. At the age of 14, he worked as a peddler of newspapers, and at 18 he got a job as an artist in one of the studios producing commercials. The first business project, the Laugh-O-Gram studio, failed miserably, but Walt Disney did not give up and in 1923 opened the animation studio The Walt Disney Company in Hollywood. At first, Disney released several cartoons, the heroine of which was the girl Alice. In 1928, the famous Mickey Mouse appeared on the screens. Over time, Disney became the multimedia empire of The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney was the first in the world to create a sound and musical cartoon. During his life, the animator received 26 Oscar statuettes. Disney died on December 15, 1966.
