Qin Shi Huang was a Chinese ruler who is said to have built the Great Wall of China. As founder of the Quin dynasty, he was the first ruler of unified China.

American retired Navy officer Robert Ballard is credited with having discovered the wreckage of the Titanic in 1985. He also discovered the remains of the Battleship Bismarck in 1989.

Yasuke, an African warrior, was the first foreign-born samurai. He came to Japan in 1579 and went on to become a samurai under Oda Nobunaga.

Napoleon the First, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. He also was the first emperor of France during the years1804–1815.

Amelia Earhart is the most known female pilot in the history of aviation. In 1920, Earhart flew her first airplane flight in California with famed World War I pilot Frank Hawks.

The first President of the United States was George Washington. He was born into a Virginia planter family in 1732. Western expansion and military interest were his two intertwined interests.

Howard Carter was a British archaeologist. He was also an Egyptologist and is credited with having discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

The real-life name of the famous English pirate “Blackbeard” was Edward Teach. The design of his flag, that consisted of a skull on a black base, was as popular as him.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole on 14 December 1911. Robert Falcon Scott, a British Royal Navy officer, reached the South Pole a month after Amundsen did.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a Jewish theoretical physicist born in Germany. He is known for developing the theory of relativity and made important contributions to developing the theory of quantum mechanics.