Consider how infinitesimally small a percentage of humanity grows in such prominence that they are widely known centuries, even millennia later by a single name. Such extraordinary individuals’ impact on world events is so significant they are studied in the classroom still today.

Famous People in Ancient History offers a look into these incredible lives- the most significant contributions, important benchmarks and major turning points that contributed to their enduring infamy.

For a complete list of biographies in other fields, please reference the Famous People, Incredible Lives 79-part series.

• Tutankhamun

• Buddha

• Cleopatra

• Alexander the Great

• Hannibal

• Batu Khan

• Confucius

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Diogenes

• St. Thomas Aquinas