Notable Achievements
Here is a list of great people and some of their notable achievements that are widely recognized around the world. This list is by no means exhaustive, as there are countless individuals who have made significant contributions to various fields throughout history.
Here is a list of great people and some of their notable achievements that are widely recognized around the world.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955):
Theory of Relativity
Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013):
Anti-apartheid activist and leader
First black president of South Africa
Nobel Peace Prize (1993)
Marie Curie (1867-1934):
Pioneering research in radioactivity
Nobel Prizes in Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519):
Renowned artist, inventor, and polymath
Painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Winston Churchill (1874-1965):
British Prime Minister during World War II
Known for his leadership and speeches
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968):
Civil rights leader and advocate for nonviolence
Delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948):
Leader of the Indian independence movement
Advocated nonviolent resistance (Satyagraha)
Mother Teresa (1910-1997):
Founded the Missionaries of Charity
Dedicated to helping the poor and sick in India
Isaac Newton (1643-1727):
Laws of motion and universal gravitation
Principia Mathematica
Charles Darwin (1809-1882):
Theory of evolution by natural selection
“On the Origin of Species”
William Shakespeare (1564-1616):
Renowned playwright and poet
Wrote numerous influential works including “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet”
Neil Armstrong (1930-2012):
First human to walk on the moon (Apollo 11, 1969)
Rosa Parks (1913-2005):
Civil rights activist
Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922):
Invented the telephone
Steve Jobs (1955-2011):
Co-founder of Apple Inc.
Pioneer in the personal computer and smartphone industries
Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931):
Soviet leader who introduced reforms (glasnost and perestroika)
Helped end the Cold War
Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997):
Advocate for girls’ education
Youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate
Elon Musk (b. 1971):
Entrepreneur and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Inc.
Advancing space exploration and electric vehicles
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020):
Mathematician and NASA scientist
Calculated trajectories for space missions, including Apollo 11
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852):
Early computer programmer
Wrote the first algorithm intended for implementation by a machine
These individuals have made enduring contributions to various fields, from science and technology to civil rights and the arts, and their achievements continue to influence and inspire people around the world.
No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want.
1) Helen Keller,
at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
2) Mozart,
was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.
3) Shirley Temple,
was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”
4) Anne Frank
was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.
5) Magnus Carlsen
became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.
6) Nadia Comaneci
was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.
7) Tenzin Gyatso
was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.
8) Pele,
a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.
9) Elvis Presley
was a superstar by age 19.
10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney
was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.
11) Jesse Owens
was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.
12) Beethoven
was a piano virtuoso by age 23
13) Issac Newton
wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 24
14) Roger Bannister
was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record
15) Albert Einstein
was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity
16) Lance E. Armstrong
was 27 when he won the tour de France
17) Michelangelo
created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 28
18) Alexander the Great,
by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world
19) J.K. Rowling
was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter
20) Amelia Earhart
was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
21) Oprah Winfrey
was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind
22) Edmund Hillary
was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest
23) Martin Luther King Jr.
was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream.”
24) Marie Curie
was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics
25) The Wright brothers,
Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
26) Vincent Van Gogh
was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.
27) Neil Armstrong
was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.
28) Mark Twain
was 40 when he wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, and 49 years old when he wrote “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
29) Christopher Columbus
was 41 when he discovered the Americas
30) Rosa Parks
was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger
31) John F. Kennedy
was 43 years old when he became President of the United States
32) Henry Ford
Was 45 when the Ford T came out.
33) Suzanne Collins
was 46 when she wrote “The Hunger Games”
34) Charles Darwin
was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.
35) Leonardo Da Vinci
was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.
36) Abraham Lincoln
was 52 when he became president.
37) Ray Kroc
was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.
38) Dr. Seuss
was 54 when he wrote “The Cat in the Hat”.
40) Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III
was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived
41) Colonel Harland Sanders
was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise
42) J.R.R Tolkien
was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out
43) Ronald Reagan
was 69 when he became President of the US
44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats
45) Nelson Mandela
was 76 when he became President
Summary
No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages.
