To attain fame and fortune is the ambition of many people. But only a few can lay claim to being truly famous. A world famous person is one who is renowned for his/her work not only in his own country but also all around the world. A person can become famous because of his wealth, his charitable pursuits or for being one of the best in his/her chosen field of work. Great painters, musicians, singers, chefs, actors, scientists, world leaders and industrialists, all figure in the list of the most famous people in the world. Here we are going to give you a list of most famous people in the world in different spheres of life. Famous World Leaders in the World World leaders or political leaders are instrumental in shaping the destiny of a nation and the world. These are the world's greatest leaders and they had a critical part to play in world history and will be forever remembered for their contribution to society. Here is a list of the most famous people in the world in the field of politics.

Abraham Lincoln Adolf Hitler Charles de Gaulle Fidel Castro Henry Kissinger Ho Chi Minh Barack Obama John F. Kennedy Joseph Stalin George Washington

Margaret Thatcher Martin Luther King Jr. Mikhail Gorbachev Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Nelson Mandela Saddam Hussein Thomas Jefferson Vladimir Lenin Winston Churchill Yasser Arafat

Most Famous Writers and Poets Can you imagine literature without Shakespeare's sonnets or the beautiful poems by Wordsworth. Literature is what it is today, mainly due to the contribution of these most famous writers, novelists and poets. Here is a list of the most famous people in the world in the field of literature.

Allan Edgar Poe Charles Dickens Ernest Hemingway Emily Bronte Gabriel Garcia Marquez Leo Tolstoy Lord Byron Khalil Gibran Mark Twain Oscar Wilde P. B. Shelley P. G. Wodehouse Pearl S. Buck

Rudyard Kipling Rabindranath Tagore Samuel Coleridge T. S. Elliot Thomas Hardy Victor Hugo V. S. Naipaul William Sydney Porter William Makepeace Thackeray William Wordsworth William Shakespeare William Blake Walter Scott

Most Famous Painters in the World Some of the most famous people in the world are painters and sculptors. A thing of beauty has the power to move us and these famous painters were capable of doing that through their paintings. Here is a list of the most famous painters and sculptors in the world.

Andy Warhol Botticelli Claude Monet Edouard Manet Francisco Goya Gustav Klimt Henri Rousseau Henri Matisse Jackson Pollock Johannes Vermeer John Constable

Leonardo Da Vinci Michelangelo Peter Paul Rubens Pierre - Auguste Renoir Pablo Picasso Amedeo Modigliani Rembrandt van Rijn Raphael Salvador Dali Vincent Van Gogh Wassily Kandinsky

Most Famous Chefs in the World Gourmet cooks are dime a dozen, but to be regarded as a great and famous chef is no mean feat. Here is a list of most famous chefs in the world who have created great dishes and mastered some of the most complicated cooking techniques.

Anthony Bourdain Alton Brown Bobby Flay Curtis Stone David Chang Eric Ripert Ferran Adriá Gordon Ramsay Guillaume Brahimi Guy Savoy Heston Blumenthal Hiroyuki Sakai Jacques Pepin Jamie Oliver Jacques Torres Julia Child Justin Wilson Koumei Nakamura Keith Floyd Lorenzo Delmonico Luke Nguyen Matthew Dillon Matt Moran Maria Hines

Michel Roux Michael Barry Ming Tsai Martha Lloyd Masaharu Morimoto Neil Perry Nigella Lawson Nigel Slater Nobu Matsuhisa Paul Bocuse Paula Deen Perry Lang Pierre Hermes Rachael Ray Raymond Blanc Raffaele Esposito Rick Stein Rocco DiSpirito Susan Spicer Tetsuya Wakuda Todd English Tom Colicchio Tony Bilson Wolfgang Puck

Most Famous Scientists and Inventors Given below is a list of the most famous scientists as well as inventors who were instrumental in inventing things that made life easier for us.

Albert Einstein Archimedes Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Fleming Alfred Nobel Benjamin Franklin Carl Gauss C.V. Raman Claude Bernard Charles Darwin Dmitri Mendeleev Edwin Hubble Enrico Fermi Erwin Schrodinger Euclid Galileo Galilei

Sir Isaac Newton James Watson John Dalton Johannes Kepler Louis Victor de Broglie Louis Pasteur Ludwig Boltzmann Marie Curie Max Planck Michael Faraday Neils Bohr Nicolaus Copernicus Thomas Edison Tycho Brahe Werner Heisenberg Willard Libby

Most Famous Actors and Actresses in the World In the world of showbiz, there are many actors and actresses who have attained fame and fortune. Here is a list of the most famous actors and actresses in the world.

Angelina Jolie Al Pacino Amitabh Bachchan Anthony Hopkins Audrey Hepburn Ava Gardner Barbra Streisand Brad Pitt Cameron Diaz Cate Blanchett Catherine Zeta Jones Clint Eastwood Daniel Craig Dustin Hoffman Elizabeth Taylor Gwyneth Paltrow Grace Kelly George Clooney Greta Garbo Harrison Ford Hugh Jackman Ingrid Bergman

Johnny Depp Hugh Grant Jennifer Aniston Kate Beckinsale Kate Hudson Katharine Hepburn Leonardo DiCaprio Marilyn Monroe Megan Fox Mel Gibson Meryl Streep Nicole Kidman Nicolas Cage Reese Witherspoon Robert De Niro Sandra Bullock Sean Penn Scarlett Johansson Shah Rukh Khan Tom Cruise Tom Hanks Uma Thurman

Most Famous Singers in the World Here is a list of the most famous people in the world of music. These famous singers are known by one and all, all over the world.

Amy Winehouse Aaron Carter Alanis Morissette Akon Beyonce Knowles Bob Marley Bryan Adams Britney Spears Carlos Santana Christina Aguilera Elvis Presley Enrique Iglesias Eminem Gwen Stefani Jennifer Lopez Jay-Z

John Lennon Kurt Cobain Taylor Swift Kylie Minogue Lady Gaga Lata Mangeskar Lenny Kravitz Madonna Michael Jackson Mick Jagger Norah Jones Paul McCartney Rihanna Shakira Taylor Swift Whitney Houston

Most Famous Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in the World Given below is a famous entrepreneurs list, that features some of the most successful industrialists.

Andrew Carnegie Bill Gates Dhirubhai Ambani Donald Trump Howard Hughes Henry Ford Hugh Hefner

John D. Rockefeller Lakshmi Mittal Mark Burnett Richard Branson Rupert Murdoch Steve Jobs Warren Buffet

Some more famous people in different fields are

Famous Archeologists	Famous Astronauts
Famous Child Models	Famous Doctors
Famous Economists	Famous Explorers
Famous Nurses	Famous People with Learning Disabilities

This was all about the most famous people in the world. All these famous people have attained fame due to their talent and hard work in their respective field. Hope that you enjoyed reading this list.