Soviet nuclear physicist and dissident.

• Most famous political dissident from communist Russia

American aviator. First person to make a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, in 1927.

• The flyer

Argentine physician and revolutionary.

• The symbol of rebellion and revolution

The first African-American to play on a major-league baseball team.

• He shattered the color barrier in American baseball

American evangelist.

• The leading American religious revivalist

American actor, best known for his martial arts films. Original name: Lee Yuen Kam.

• Martial artist from Hong Kong

American heavyweight boxer. Original name: Cassius Clay.

• America''s most beloved athlete of the 20th century

First Westerner to climb Mt. Everest

• With Tenzing Norgay was the first to climb Mt. Everest on May 29 1953

American social reformer

• Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

• Sir Edmund Hillary''s companion with whom he climbed Mount Everest on May 29 1953

• Brazilian soccer hero

• First open gay man to be elected to public office

American author and lecturer. Left blind and deaf by an illness at the age of 19 months.

• She altered our perception of the disabled

American civil-rights leader.

• The Torchbearer of America''s civil rights revolution

Albanian missionary who founded schools, orphanages, shelters and clinics in India, ministering to ''the poorest of the poor.'' Original name: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhu.

• She cared for the destitute of Calcuta

American actress. Original name: Norma Jean Mortenson.

• The sex symbol of the century

Dutch diarist.

• Her diary was an example of the fight for human dignity

British suffragette.

• The Agitator

• Celebrity royal