There are some people that don’t ger enough credit for the drastic changes they made to the world, no matter if they are viewed as positive or negative.

10. Niccolo Machiavelli
One of the most influential political theorists, Machiavelli wrote the brief, yet powerful book entitled “The Prince” Its basic underlying argument is that “The ends justify the Means” rationale line of thought.

9. Rene Descartes
Descartes made contributions to many aspects of philosophy and modern day thinking, along with the field of mathematics. He is most well-known for formulating the ideas behind modern philosophy, such as the Ontological Argument and Cartesian Dualism. He also is known to go against the ideas of those that have influenced him, such as Greek Philosophers Plato and Aristotle

8. Friedrich Engels
As a philosopher, Nietzsche critically viewed varying topics such as morality, religion, and especially politics. He collaborated with Karl Marx and confounded communist principles.

7. Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan was a 16th century explorer that circumnavigated the globe, and basically proved to the world that the Earth was not flat.

6. Archimedes
An Ancient Greek mathematician who some say to be the greatest of all time. The math fields of buoyancy and density are among his greatest discoveries, along with inventing the catapult, whose trajectories were calculated by Archimedes.

5. Nikola Tesla
Tesla was the man who researched and pioneered the fields of electricity and magnetism. He is most well-known for inventing the Tesla coil and radio. He also put forth the most effort in discovering the Alternating Current form of power distribution.

4. John Dalton
Dalton’s work revolved around chemistry and his studies of Atomic Theory, which gave the world the first idea of what atoms are and how they are positioned and grouped together, etc.

3. Nicolaus Copernicus
While his ideas of a Heliocentric Solar System may have been unpopular during the era of the Catholic Church, his work set in motion a scientific revolution by changing the history of science.

2. Philo Farnsworth
Perhaps the most influential invention of the twentieth century should receive a spot for the man who invented it. Farnsworth invented the television in 1929, along with fierce competition from David Sarnoff and RCA.

1. Johannes Gutenberg
The number one spot goes to the man who invented the printing press in the year 1450. Without his invention, civilization would most likely have been set back at least 200 years.

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