THE FIRST IN RECORD

1. Abd Aziz Ibn Saud : The first king of Saudi Arabia (1932-53)
2. Abdullah bin Qais Harthi : The first Muslim Naval commander created in the time of Caliph Uthman bin Affan r.a.
3. Abdul Latief Al-Baghdad : the first Islamic astronomer to gave a complete and accurate description of the human skull and facial bones.
4. Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan : The father of Modern Chemistry, the founder of the world's first refining method.
5. Abu Sa'd Ala Ibn Sahl : Mathematician and Optician - the first person to discover the Common Law.
6. Abu Wafa Muhammad Al-Buzjani :developed Trigonometry - the first to show the generality of Sine Theorem, developed the new method of construction on the tables and introduced the secant  & Cosecant for the first time. 
7. Ahmad Ben Bella : The first President of Independent Algeria.
8. Al-Asmai : The first scientist to make a contribution to the field of zoology.
9. Al-Battani @ Muhammad Ibn Jabir Ibn Sinan Abu Abdullah: Father of Trigonometry, mathematician and astronomer of Islam. The first person to produce a Contangents Table.
10. Al-Biruni  @ Abu al-Raihan Muhammad ibnu Ahmad Biruni (973-1048M) : the first person to lay the foundation for Modern trigonometry, using mathematical methods to determine the direction of the Qiblah. He discussed the earth spinning on its axis 600 years before Galileo's efforts were known. He was also a critic of Aristotle's theory of physics.
11. Al-Farabi @ Abu Nasr Mohammad Ibn Farakh al Farabi (961M) : The first Islamic scholars to classify Science.
12. Al-Jahiz @ Abu Uthman Amr Ibn Bakr al-Kinani al-Furqani al-Basri :The first Islamic zoologist who wrote "The Book of Animals".
13. Al-Kasyi : known as the "Tenth Father", who first introduced the decimal number in 1430.
14. Al-Khawarizmi @ Muhammad bin Musa Khawarizmi (780M - 850M) : Founder of Algebraic Science.
15. Al-Rahman al-Sufi: the first person to write a book on astronomy. The name of the star he introduced is still used by Western astronomers to this day.
16. Al-Razi @ Abu Bakar Muhammad bin Zakaria Razi (865-925M): discover smallpox. He is also the founder of Psychoanalytic Medicine (eye surgery).
17. Al-Wahib bin Abdul Malik : The Caliph of Umawi , the first to establish a hospital in Damascus in 707 AD.
18. Al-Zahrawi @ Khalaf bin Abbas Zahrawi al-Andalusi : world medical pioneers and the first person to sew the wound to reduce bleeding. Author of the book At-Tasrif Liman Ajaza an at-Ta'lif, a medical encyclopedia, surgery and dispensary. He also introduced 150 surgical instruments used to this day. Died 427H.
19. Alan B. Shephard Jr. : The first American to manned space flight in 1961. 
20. Albert Cushion Read (Lt.Cmdr) : The first crossing of the North Atlantic by air on 16-27 May 1919.
21. Albert P. Carry (Dr.) : the first to reach both Poles, North Pole on 3 May 1952 and South Pole on 12 February 1961. 
22. Alexander Cartwright Jr. : established the first rule of Modern Baseball game in 1845.
23. Alexander T.Augusta (Major) : the first black surgeon in US Army. 
24. Alexei Leonov : the first spacewalk in 1965 from USSR.
25. Ali Abbas al-Majusi : The pharmacologist who discovered analgesic is now known as anesthetics.
26. Alice Wells : the first policewoman - Los Angeles Police Department in 1910. 
27. Ambrogio Calepino : produced the first known dictionary in 1502 at Italy. 
28. Amelia Earhart : the first woman to make solo flight across Atlantic in 1932. 
29. Amerigo Vespucci : the first to identified America as their own continents, not part of Asia. 
30. Amy Johnson : English aviator - the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia - presumed drowned. 
31. Andreas George Papandreou : Greece's first socialist Prime Minister (1981-89).
32. Anita Newcomb Magee (Dr.) : the first woman Army Surgeon in 1898. 
33. Arthur Ashe : the first blace tennis player to win the US Open (1968), the Australian Open (1970) and the Wimbledon men's competition in 1975. 
34. Arthur Griffith : founded Sinn Fenn in 1905 and the first President of the Irish Free State in 1922. 
35. Arthur Whitten Brown (Sir) : the first ever crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by aeroplane  in June 1919 together with Captain John Alcock. 
36. Augustus : the first Emperor of Rome in 31 BC.
37. Barbara Allen Rainey : the first woman pilot in the history of US Navy. 
38. Baron Charles Dupin : the first to draw the Coroplet Map in 1826. 
39. Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita van Suttner : the first woman to win Noble Peace Prize in 1905. 
40. Benazir Bhutto : the first woman leader of a Muslim country - Prime Minister of Pakistan. 
41. Benjamin O. Davis (General) : the first black General in the U.S. Regular Armed Forces. 
42. Blanche Stuart Ascott : the first woman pilot in 1910. 
43. Bob Marley : Jamaican raggae singer - the first rock superstar to emerge from a developing country. 
44. Bobby Fischer : the first U.S. Player to win the world championship in chess in 1972.
45. Buddy Holly : American rock singer - to first rock singer to use the back-up lead, rythm and bass guitar with drum. Died in place crash in 1959. 
46. Bumpachio Ariga @ Ahmad Ariga : The first Japanese convert to Islam in 1909.
47. Caroline Mikkeisen : the first woman to set foot on Antartica in 1935. 
48. Chaim Wiezmann : the first President of Israel (1949-52).
49. Charles Augustus Lindbergh : the first man to fly the Atlantic solo and nonstop in 1927. 
50. Charles de Gaulle : French first President of the 5th Republic. 
51. Charles Young (Colonel) : the first black to reach the rank of Colonel in U.S. Military. 
52. Christian Barnard (Dr.) : performed the first heart transplant in 1967. 
53. Constantine 1 : the first Christian of Roman Empire in 312 BC. 
54. Countess Markiewicz : the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament in 1918. 
55. Clyde Plangborn & Hugh Herndon : the first non-stop Pacific Flight on 3-5 October 1931.
56. Clyde William Tombough : the first to record Planet Pluto in February , 1906.
57. Daniel C. James (General) : first black 4-star General in U.S. Armed Forces. 
58. David Ben-Gurion :the first Prime Minister of Israel (1948-53).
59. David Stirling : founder of the British Special Air Services (SAS).
60. Edmund Halley : made the first prediction of Halley's Comet. 
61. Edmund Hillary (Sir) : made the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. 
62. Enrico Fermi : Built the first nuclear reactor at Chicago in 1942. 
63. Ernest Rutherford : the first scientist to split atom in 1911. 
64. Ferdinand : the first King of Spain. 
65. Ferdinand Magellan : the first man to sail around the world in 1519. 
66. Florence Nightingale : founder of the Nightingale School of Nurses - the first such school in the world. She was the first woman to receive Order of Merit. 
67. Fran Phillips : the first woman to set foot on the North Pole on 5 April 1971. 
68. Francis Drake (Sir) : the first Englishman to sail around the world. 
69. Francis Victor Wallington (Captain) : the first person to be awarded Military Cross in 1918.
70. George Washington : first President of the U.S.A (1789-97).
71. Gerardus Mercator : the first person to use the term 'Atlas' to describe the collection of maps.
72. Gerty Theresa Cori : the first woman to win the Noble Prize for Physiology in 1947. 
73. Golda Meir : Israel's first female Prime Minister (1969-1974).
74. Harriet Quimby : the first woman to fly across English Channel in 1912. 
75. Harry G. Cramer (Sargeant) : the first American soldier to died in Vietnam War in 1956.
76. Hastings Banda : first President of Nyasaland, 1963.
77. Hatshepsut's (Queen) : the first Great woman in recorded History. 
78. Helmut Kohl : the first chancellor of Reunited Germany in 1990. 
79. Ibnu Al-Haytham @ Abu Ali al-Hassan ibn al-Haytham (965-1039M) : The first Muslim Physicist. He has produced over 100 books on mathematics, physics, philosophy, medicine and astronomy.
80. Ibnu Bajjah @ Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibnu Yahya al-Sagh: Master of Physics in Andalusia.He was also the first scholar of Islamic philosophy in the West.
81. Ibnu Firnas @ Abbas bin Farnas (194H-274H) : the first person to discover the clock. He was also the earliest to discover the theory of Aviation and was the first attempt to fly with wings.
82. Ibnu Ishak @ Muhammad bin Ishak bin Yasar bin Khityar Muthalabi (80H - 151H) : His most famous book is As-Sirah an-Nabawiyah, the first written book of history.
83. Ibnu Khaldun (1332 – 1406M) : A leading Islamic historian, he was the first to write a historical book entitled "Muqadimmah".
84. Ibnu Nafis @ Ali bin Abi Haram bin Nafis (609H - 687H) : the first person to do blood transfusions, liver, heart and eye transplants.
85. Ibnu Yazid @ Khalid bin Yazid :  the first  to talk about Chemistry and also the first to lead a Greek book translation activity.
86. Ibnu Yunus : discovered Pendulum earlier than Galileo Galilie and a clockwork designer. He was also the first person to introduce the observatory.
87. Ibnu Zuhr @ Abu Marwan Abdul Malik ibn Zuhr (1113-1162M) : the first parasitologist, one of the greatest physicians and clinicians of the Muslim Golden Era. 
88. Igor Ivan Sikorsky : built the first 4-engine aircraft in 1913, the first successful helicopter in 1939. 
89. Isabel Peron : the World's first woman President (Argentina from 1974-1976). 
90. Jack Dempsey : the first World Championship (Middleweight) for Boxing in 1884 in New York. 
91. Jacques-Dominique de Cassini : the first to draw Topography maps in 1793. 
92. James Hetherington : the first person to wear a top hat in public. 
93. Jean-Baptiste Constant Moans : the first known stamp dealer in 1855. 
94. John F. Kennedy : the first Roman Catholic and the youngest man to be elected U.S. President. 
95. John Glenn : first American to orbit the earth. 
96. John L. Sullivan : the first Boxing World Heavyweight Championship (1889-92).
97. John Nelson :  The first English converts to Islam in 1584M.
98. John Paul II : the Polish Pope and first non-Italian Pope for 450 years. 
99. John Salk : the first to discovered the Polio Vaccine. 
100. John Tomlynson : the first known stamp collector on record. 
101. Joseph Nicephore Niepce : take the world's first photograph in 1822.
102. Julian Sorell Huxley (Sir) : the first Director General of UNESCO (1946-48)
103. Junko Tabei : The first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975.
104. Karl Schwarzchild : German Astronomer - the first to proposed the Black Hole in space in 1916.
105. Karoline Mikkelsen : the first woman to set foot on Antartica on February 20, 1935
106. Katherine Knight : The first Australian woman  to be sentenced to a Natural Life Term without parole for murder. 
107. Khenthaus : the first Queen of Egypt. 
108. Koca Mi’mar Sinan Aga : Head of Turkish Government Architects - The world's first earthquake engineer.
109. Lee Kuan Yew : Singapore's First Prime Minister. 
110. Louis Bleriot : the first flight across the English Channel , 1909. 
111. Louis Botha : First Prime Minister of South Africa (1910-19). He led the Boer Forces against the British during the Boer War. 
112. Margaret Hilda Thatcher : Britain's first Woman Prime Minister in 1979. 
113. Marie Curie : the first woman to win a Noble Prize in 1903 and the first person to win 2 Nobel Prizes. 
114. Mary 1 : Queen of England from 1553, the first woman to rule England. 
115. Mary Randolph : Author of  "The Virginia Housewife" and wife of Gen.Robert E. Lee, first person to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. 
116. Mary Roberts Rinehart : America's first woman war correspondence during the World War 1.
117. Matthew Alexander Henson : the first African-America to reach the Pole and planted the American Flag on April 6,1909. 
118. Michelle Norris (Private) : the first woman to be awarded the Military Cross for her action in Iraq on June 11, 2006 while serving with The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment. 
119. Milton Obote : Uganda first Prime Minister after independence (1962-66)
120. Mohammed Ali Jinnah : the first Governor General of Pakistan (1947-48).
121. Nancy Witcher Astor (Lady) : the first woman to take her seat in Parliament. 
122. Naomi Uemura : Japanese explorer and mountaineer - the first person to reach the North Pole in a solo trek across the Artic Ice Gap on May 1, 1978.
123. Nasiruddin al-Tusi : the first person to build the observatory in 1259M.
124. Neil Armstrong : US Astronaut - the first man to set foot on the moon in 1969. 
125. Niels Bohr : Danish physicist who was the first to apply quantom theory to explain the stability of the nuclear model of the atom. 
126. Otto von Bismarck (Prince) : The first Chancellor of United Germany. 
127. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru : the first Prime Minister of India (1947-1964).
128. R.A. Fessenden : the first person to transmit speech by radio. 
129. R.H.Lawler : performed the first homo transplantation of the Kidney in the human in 1950. 
130. Ralph Johnson Bunche : the first black to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. 
131. Ramsay MacDonald : the first British Labour Prime Minister (1924, 1929-31). 
132. Richard M. Nixon : The first U.S. President to resign from office in 1974 and the first U.S. President to visit Communist China in 1972. 
133. Roald Amundsen : the first man to reach the South Pole in 1911. 
134. Robert Edwin Peary : the first man to reach the North Pole in 1909. 
135. Robert Walpole (Sir) : Britain's first Prime Minister from 1721-1742. 
136. Roger Banniser (Dr.Sir) : the first man to run a mile in 4 minutes in 1954. 
137. Roscoe Robinson Jr. (General) : the first black in U.S. Army to  attain 4-star rank. 
138. Sabur bin Sahl : Write the first formula for pharmacy.
139. Sally Ride : the first US woman in space onboard the shuttle Columbia in 1983.
140. Selma Lagerlof : the first female Noble literature
141. Sidney W. Souers (Rear Admiral) : the first Director of US Central Intelligence. 
142. Sinclair Lewis : the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930. 
143. Sultan Kalaminja @Mohamed Ibn Abdullah :  The first Sultan of Maldives - died on a voyage to perform Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
144. Sun Yat Sen (Dr.) : the first President of the Republic of China (1911-12). He played the leading role in the overthrow of the Manchus Dynasty. 
145. Surahwadi : Founder of Theory of Light - the first person to put forth the theory of natural punishment on earth and other planets.
146. Thurgood Marshall : first black justice - appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967.
147. Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj : Malaysia's first Prime Minister (1957)
148. Valentine Tereshkova : first woman in space (1963) from USSR in Vostok 6. 
149. Victor Emmaneul II : King of Sardinia - Piedmont  and the first King of Italy - establishing Rome as Capital City in 1870. 
150. Victoria Woodhull : the first female candidate for US President in 1872. 
151. Vinnie Ream : first woman artist to be commissioned by US Government - sculpted the Lincoln Statue in Capitol at the age of 18. 
152. Vivian Ernest Fuchs (Sir) : the first overland crossing  of Antartica in 1932. 
153. Warren Hastings : the first Governor General of Bengal (1773-85)
154. Wiley Hardemann Post : the first man to fly solo around the world on 15 July 1933. 
155. William Caxton : His book "Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy" in 1475 was the first book to be printed in English. 
156. William Herschel : A German Astronomer who first discovered Planet Uranus in 1781. 
157. William Thomas Cosgrave : the first President of the Irish Free State (1922 - 1932). 
158. Yuri Gagarin : the first man in space in 1961 when his Vostok Satellite circled the Earth, died in a plane crash. 
159. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto : the firs civilian President of Pakistan (1971 - 1973)