Arts & Entertainment:
* Literature: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien, Maya Angelou, Gabriel García Márquez, Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie
* Music: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Madonna, David Bowie
* Film: Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio
* Visual Arts: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Yayoi Kusama
Science & Technology:
* Physics: Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking
* Biology: Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Jane Goodall, Rachel Carson
* Medicine: Jonas Salk, Alexander Fleming, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
* Technology: Alan Turing, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee
Politics & Social Change:
* World Leaders: Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan
* Social Activists: Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, Susan B. Anthony, Emmeline Pankhurst
* Revolutionary Figures: Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh
Other Notable Figures:
* Business: Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey
* Sports: Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams, Michael Jordan
* Philosophy: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Noam Chomsky
* Religion: Pope John Paul II, Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa
A Few Notes:
* This list is only a snapshot. Many more fascinating individuals deserve recognition.
* The concept of "fame" is subjective and can change over time.
* People's legacies are complex, and many individuals on this list are controversial figures with both positive and negative impacts.
To explore further, you can research specific eras, fields, or countries within this timeframe.