Leonardo da Vinci, artist; inventor. Beliefs:

Catholic A homosexual according to lambda.org . On the Veg-World.com list of

famous vegetarians   (100%)

2.

Mary

Wollstonecraft, Anglo-Irish feminist, intellectual and writer

  (100%)

3.

Susan

B. Anthony, pioneer of women’s rights . On the Veg-World.com list of famous

vegetarians.   (100%)

4.

Joan

of Arc, 'the Maid of Orleans' was a 15th century Catholic Saint and national

heroine of France. Burned at the steak for heresy.   (88%)

5.

Theodora, Byzantine empress originally famous for

her comedy/strip tease/sex act until she married the Emperor Justinian the

Great. She and her husband outlawed rape of lower class women. accelerated

Catholic-Monophysite schism. Beliefs: Catholic   (88%)

6.

Cleopatra, Egyptian ruler. Committed suicide by

forcing an asp against her breast..   (77%)

7.

Queen

Elizabeth I, British monarch; restored Church of England to power after Queen

Mary. Beliefs: Anglican   (77%)

8.

Aristotle, influential Greek mathematician,

physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.. Beliefs: Platonism / Greek

philosophy A homosexual according to lambda.org   (66%)

9.

Catherine de Medici, Queen of France whose hatred

of Protestants knew no bounds, and who ordered the Massacre of St Bartholomew in

which thousands of Huguenots were killed.   (66%)

10.

Francis Bacon, English statesman, essayist, and

philosopher, delineated inductive scientific method. Beliefs: Anglican A

homosexual according to lambda.org   (66%)

11.

Jeremy

Bentham, English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. As

requested in his will, his body was preserved and displayed in a wooden cabinet.

  (66%)

12.

Lucrezia Borgia, Italian femme fatale, daughter of

a pope. Her family was synonymous with political and sexual corruption.

  (66%)

13.

Michelangelo, painter; sculptor; architect.

Beliefs: Catholic A homosexual according to lambda.org   (66%)

14.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer. Credited with

more than 600 compositions. When he was five years old, he could both read and

write music and had precocious skills as a keyboard and violin player.

  (66%)

15.

Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of telephone,

worked with deaf. Beliefs: Unitarian/Universalist   (55%)

16.

Archimedes, father of experimental science.

Beliefs: Greek philosophy. During the Siege of Syracuse he was killed by a Roman

soldier despite orders that he should not be harmed.   (55%)

17.

Benjamin Franklin, American politician, inventor,

publisher and originator of aphorisms. Ardent competitive swimmer who developed

swim fins. Beliefs: Presbyterian; Deist . On the Veg-World.com list of famous

vegetarians   (55%)

18.

Charles Darwin, biologist; described evolution.

Beliefs: Anglican (nominal); Unitarian   (55%)

19.

Galen,

innovative Greek physician; surgeon to the gladiators, gained then-new

anatomical knowledge; the profit motive, said Galen, incompatible with a

devotion to the art of healing   (55%)

20.

Galileo Galilei, astronomer; accurately described

heliocentric solar system. Beliefs: Catholic   (55%)

21.

George

Washington, first president of United States, military leader. Beliefs:

Episcopalian   (55%)

22.

Hippocrates, Greek physician, known as the 'father

of medicine'. He is credited with being the first physician to reject

superstitious beliefs that blamed supernatural or divine forces with causing

illness.   (55%)

23.

Irene,

empress of Byzantium, overthrew her son, she had him blinded in the room where

she had given birth to him.   (55%)

24.

Johann

Gutenberg, developed movable type; printed Bibles. Beliefs: Catholic

  (55%)

25.

Johann

Sebastian Bach, a composer whose works were practically forgotten for nearly a

century, until Felix Mendelssohn called Bach a genius. Beliefs: Lutheran;

Catholic   (55%)

26.

King

David, biblical King of Israel, warrior, writer of psalms, slayer of giant

Goliath.   (55%)

27.

Louis

Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist. Created first vaccine for rabies.

Best known for inventing pasteurization. Advocated that doctors sanitize their

hands and equipment before surgery. Before that, few doctors bothered to scrub

up. Beliefs: Catholic   (55%)

28.

Ludwig

van Beethoven, composer. Beliefs: Catholic   (55%)

29.

Marco

Polo, explorer, was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to

China. Kublai Khan took a liking to Marco, who was an engaging storyteller.

Marco was sent on many diplomatic missions throughout Khan’s empire. The Khan

appreciated Marco so much that he would not all him to return home to Venice

until 17 years had passed   (55%)

30.

Muhammad, Prophet of Islam; conqueror of Arabia.

Beliefs: Islam   (55%)

31.

Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), astronomer,

mathematician and geographer   (55%)

32.

Pythagoras, mathematician, mystic and scientist .

On the Veg-World.com list of famous vegetarians   (55%)

33.

Sigmund Freud, founded Freudian school of

psychology/psychoanalysis (i.e., the ‘‘religion of Freudianism’‘). Beliefs:

Jewish; atheist. Died of a posssibly unintentional morphine overdose

  (55%)

34.

Socrates, philosopher A homosexual according to

lambda.org. Forced to commit suicide by drinking hemlock juice.

  (55%)

35.

William the Conqueror, laid foundation of modern

England. Beliefs: Catholic   (55%)

36.

Albert

Einstein, physicist; originated the theory of relativity, won Noble prize.

Beliefs: Jewish . On the Veg-World.com list of famous vegetarians

  (44%)

37.

Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia; one of the

greatest military minds in history; conquered much of what was then the

civilized world. Beliefs: Greek state paganism A homosexual according to

lambda.org   (44%)

38.

Buddha. Gautama Buddha was a spiritual teacher from

Ancient India and the founder of Buddhism. He is generally recognized by

Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha (Sammâsambuddha) of our age. The time of his

birth and death are uncertain: Best estimates are 400 or 500 years before

Christ. Beliefs: Hinduism; Buddhism   (44%)

39.

Christopher Columbus, explorer; led Europe to

Americas. Beliefs: Catholic   (44%)

40.

Dante

Alighieri, poet. Exiled from his native Florence, He died never returning home

  (44%)

41.

Euclid, mathematician; Euclidian geometry. Beliefs:

Platonism / Greek philosophy   (44%)

42.

Ferdinand Magellan, navigator; named Pacific Ocean;

first circumnavigation of globe. Beliefs: Catholic   (44%)

43.

Isaac

Newton, physicist; theory of universal gravitation; laws of motion. Beliefs:

believed in the Arianism of the Primitive Church . On the Veg-World.com list of

famous vegetarians   (44%)

44.

Jesus

Christ, founder/namesake of Christianity. Beliefs: Judaism; Christianity.

Crucified   (44%)

45.

Karl

Marx, founder of Marxism, Marxist Communism. Beliefs: Jewish; Lutheran; Atheist;

Marxism/Communism   (44%)

46.

Moses,

major prophet of Judaism. Beliefs: Judaism   (44%)

47.

Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer; taught

heliocentricity. Beliefs: Catholic (priest)   (44%)

48.

Plato,

founder of Platonism. Beliefs: Platonism / Greek philosophy . On the

Veg-World.com list of famous vegetarians   (44%)

49.

Thomas

Edison, inventor of light bulb, phonograph, etc. Beliefs: Congregationalist;

agnostic   (44%)

50.

Thomas

Jefferson, 3rd president of United States. Beliefs: Episcopalian; Deist

  (44%)

51.

Tsai

Lun, inventor of paper. Beliefs: Chinese traditional religion

  (44%)

52.

Aesop,

fable composer, compiler and teller. Aesop met with a violent death at the hands

of the inhabitants of Delphi, possibly because of his sarcasm and insults.

  (33%)

53.

Attila

the Hun, leader of the Hunnic Empire and warrior who reigned over an empire that

stretched from central Asia into Germany, In Europe, he is remembered as the

epitome of cruelty and rapacity. In other histories he lionized as a great and

noble king   (33%)

54.

Joseph

Smith, founder of Mormonism, mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. Killed by an angry mob.

  (33%)

55.

Julius

Caesar, Roman general, dictator. Beliefs: Roman state paganism A homosexual

according to lambda.org. Assassinated in Roman Senate   (33%)

56.

Lenin,

Russian revolutionary, political leader. Beliefs: Russian Orthodox; Atheist;

Marxism/Communism   (33%)

57.

Marcus

Junius Brutus Not the first traitor in history, but the first to become famous.

After fighting for the Roman Empire, commanded by his adoptive father, Julius

Caesar, he joined another traitor, Cassius to take power. Not satisfied with the

treason, he conspired to assassinate his father. The dying Caesar uttered the

immortal 'et tu Brute? ' After the betrayal, Brutus led an army to dominate the

Roman Empire, but was defeated by Marc Anthony. Defeated and perhaps feeling

guilty, he committed suicide.   (33%)

58.

Mohandas Gandhi, Indian leader and Hindu religious

reformer. Beliefs: Hinduism; influenced by Jainism (mother was a Jain) . On the

Veg-World.com list of famous vegetarians   (33%)

59.

Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor, general.

Beliefs: Catholic (nominal). Died in exile.   (33%)

60.

Nicoli

Machiavelli, wrote The Prince an influential political treatise. Beliefs:

Catholic   (33%)

61.

Simon

Bolivar, National hero of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Beliefs: Catholic (nominal); atheist   (33%)

62.

William Shakespeare, English playwright. Beliefs:

Catholic; Anglican. Coiner of many common terms and phrases.   (33%)

63.

Winston Churchill, British wartime prime minister.

Died after suffering a stroke at age 90. Religion Anglican.   (33%)

64.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of U.S.; led during

Civil War. Beliefs: Deist, general theist, once said, 'When I do good, I feel

good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That is my religion'. Assassinated.

  (22%)

65.

Augustus Caesar, the grand-nephew and primary heir

of Julius Caesar; first Roman emperor. Beliefs: Roman state paganism A

homosexual according to lambda.org   (22%)

66.

Benedict Arnold, now the synonym for ‘‘traitor’’,

he was considered by many to be the best general in the Continental Army, but he

switched sides to the British. Arnold was embittered and resentful toward

Congress for passing him over for promotion and not approving or refunding his

wartime expenses; Arnold himself had paid nearly all of the expenses of his

force’s campaigns in Canada.   (22%)

67.

Caligula, Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar

Augustus Germanicus commonly known by his nickname Caligula. A noble and

moderate ruler during the first two years of his rule, but soon changed to a

cruel, extravagant, sexual perverse and insane tyrant.. He had people killed for

his amusement. He referred to himself as a god, even dressing as gods Hercules,

Mercury, Venus and Apollo. Assassinated by members of his own bodyguard and the

Roman Senate.   (22%)

68.

Charlemagne, Holy Roman Empire created with his

baptism in 800 AD. Beliefs: Catholic   (22%)

69.

Confucius, founder of Confucianism. His philosophy

emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social

relationships, justice and sincerity. Five centuries before Christ he wrote

‘‘never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.’’

  (22%)

70.

Elagabalus, transsexual Roman emperor. He married

and divorced five women, but his most stable relationship seems to have been

with his chariot driver, whom he referred to as his husband. He also married a

man named Zoticus, an athlete, in a public ceremony at Rome. Allegedly

Elagabalus would paint his eyes, and wear wigs before prostituting himself in

taverns and brothels.   (22%)

71.

Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror in South

America; defeated Incas. Beliefs: Catholic   (22%)

72.

Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror. Founder and ruler

of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history. Beliefs:

Mongolian shamanism   (22%)

73.

Martin

Luther, founder of Protestantism and Lutheranism. Beliefs: Catholic; Lutheran .

On the Veg-World.com list of famous vegetarians   (22%)

74.

Nero,

Roman emperor. Famous for cruelty, matricide and fiddling while Rome burned.

Beliefs: Roman Paganism   (22%)

75.

Peter

the Great, forged Russia into a great European nation. Beliefs: Russian Orthodox

A homosexual according to lambda.org   (22%)

76.

St.

Paul, proselytizer of Christianity. Beliefs: Judaism; Christianity. Was beheaded

in Nreo-ruled Rome   (22%)

77.

Vlad

the Impaler did not just impale his enemies, he also burned to death all the

vagrants, disabled and mentally-ill people he could find.   (22%)

78.

Adolf

Hitler, conqueror; dictator. Unsuccessful street artist. To many evil incarnate.

Beliefs: born/raised in, but rejected Catholicism . On the Veg-World.com list of

famous vegetarians. Committed suicide via gunshot/overdose of cyanide

  (11%)

79.

Constantine the Great, Roman emperor, made a saint

for completely legalized Christianity, also a murderous tyrant who killed his

own wife and a son. Beliefs: Roman state paganism; Christianity

  (11%)

80.

Henry

VIII. English King known for his political struggles with Rome which led to the

formation of the Anglican church. Henry wanted a male heir, to avoid rival

claims to the crown. He married sex women. Two marriages were annulled; two

wives were beheaded, one died, one survived. Late in life, Henry became grossly

overweight, covered with boils and had to be moved about with the help of

mechanical inventions.   (11%)

81.

Ivan

The Terrible. Impulsive, intelligent with a fierce temper. In a rage killed his

own son whom he had groomed to ascend to the throne. The surviving son, the

mentally retarded Fyodor became tsar.   (11%)

82.

Oliver

Cromwell, British political and military leader. Beliefs: Puritan (Protestant)

  (11%)

83.

Tomas

de Torquemada first Inquisitor General of Spain known for his zealous campaign

against Jews, Muslims and other non-Christians. He used use of torture,

anonymous denunciation to achieve convictions.   (11%)

84.

Joseph

Stalin, revolutionary and ruler of USSR, mass murderer. Beliefs: Russian

Orthodox; Atheist; Marxism.   (0%)