Pantheon, the Macro Connections new project from the MIT’s Media Lab, analyzed data on cultural production from 400 BC to 2010. The search for the top 10 most famous people in the world over the past 6000 years were Greek.

1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. Jesus Christ
4. Socrates
5. Alexander the Great
6. Leonardo Da Vinci
7. Confucius
8. Julius Caesar
9. Homer
10. Pythagoras

The Pantheon website rankings allow people to see the most famous people and their backgrounds by place of birth and domain.

In Greece, the most famous people over the last 6000 years are:

1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. Socrates
4. Alexander the Great
5. Homer
6. Pythagores
7. Sophocles
8. Hippocrates
9. Epicurus
10. Sappho

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