WHO'S WHO IN HISTORY

1. Abbas Ibn Firnas : a Muslim poet, astronomer,musician and engineer > made several attempts to construct a flying machine in 852 AD, a thousand years before the Wright brothers. 
2. Abel Janszoon Tasman: a Dutch explorer, made the first planned voyages to Australia from 1642 to 1644. Tasmania was named in honour of him. 
3. Abraham Darby : built the world's first iron bridge spans a gorge through which the River Severn flows near Coalbrookdale in Shropshire in 1779. 
4. Abu al-Fath Abd al-Rahman Mansour al-Khazini : His theories have been still calculated in the fields of kinetics at schools and universities up till now. 
5. Abu Abdullah al-Battani : Famous astronomer, mathematician and astrologer. He was the first to subtitute the practice of the Greek chords and the first to cultivate the concept of contangent.
6. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya Al-Razi:  famous physician and scientist in the Middle Ages. He stressed empirical observation and clinical medicine and was unrivaled as a diagnostician. He also wrote a treatise on hygiene in hospitals. 
7. Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni : established trigonometri as a distinct branch of Mathematics. 
8. Abu Wafa Muhammad al-Buzanji: a great mathematician and astronomer in Baghdad. A substantial part of today's trigonometry can be copied back to him. The first person to show the generality of the sine theorem relative to spherical triangles.His encyclopedia al-Tasrif li man ajaz an-il-talif, which enclosed 30 segments of surgical facts and drawings of 200 surgical tools, maximum of which he designed himself.
9. Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi : the first to used silk thread for sewing wounds. 
10. Adolphe Sax : the Belgian craftsman > invented the Saxaphone around 1840. 
11. Al Hassan Ibnu al-Haitham : "Father of Modern Optics" , through his book of Optics (Kitab al-Manazir), his ideas influenced the European scholars in the 17th century.  
12. Al-Idrisi : a Muslim scholar in Sicilian court, produced very accurate maps including world map in 1166. 
13. Al-Muqdishi : the first geographer to produce accurate maps in color. 
14. Alec Issigonis (Sir) : designed the Mini car, came onto the market in 1959. 
15. Alessandro Volta : Italian phycicist and pioneer of Electrical science. The electrical term 'Volt' comes from his name. 
16. Alexander Fleming : Scottish physician > discovered penicilin, antibiotic substance. 
17. Alexander Graham Bell : invented telephone on 10 March 1876. 
18. Alexander-Gustave Eiffel : The French engineer who built the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889. 
19. Ali Ibnu Nafi : came from Iraq to Cordoba in the 9th century and brought with him the concept of the three-course meal — soup, followed by fish or meat, then fruit and nuts. He also introduced crystal glasses.
20. Alfred Nobel : best known for the varous prizes ghat bear his name - "The Nobel Prize winner". He was also the inventor of dynamite in 1867. 
21. Alice Wells: the first policewoman who worked for the Los Angeles Police Drpartment in 1910. 
22. Ambrogio Calepino : the first to produced the first known dictionary which was published in 1502 in Italy. 
23. Amerigo Vespucci: after whom America is named, explored the South American coast from 1500 to 1502.
24. Amy Johnson : the most famous woman who become the first woman to fly alone to Australia in 1930. In 1931 she made the first flight to Moscow in one day. 
25. Andre Maginot : French Minister of War who built the line of fortifications along the French border with Luxembourg and Switzerland between 1929 and 1934. The line was know as Maginot Line. 
26. Anne Bonny & Mary Read : the two most famous female pirates in the 17th century. 
27. Arthur Wynne : invented the Crossword Puzzle in 1913. 
28. Ashurbanipal : the King of Syria around 650 BC who had a library of 20,000 clay table bookd on all sorts of subjects. 
29. Boadicea: the Queen of Iceni tribe in Britain, the fighting queen who defied the might of the Roman Empires when the Roman invaded Britain in 43BC.
30. Buffalo Bill : An Indian who had shot over 4,000 bison to help feed men who were building a railroad. He was also one of the stars of the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1883. 
31. Charles Baggage: invented the first computer in the modern sense called "Analytical Engine" in 1834. 
32. Charles Darrow : invented the Monopoly game in 1931. 
33. Chrles Goodyear :Discovered a process called vulcanisation in 1839. 
34. Christian Barnard (Dr.) : South African surgeon who perform the first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
35. Christopher Cokerell : invented the Hovercraft.
36. Christopher Columbus: one of the most famous explorers of all time. 
37. Davy Crockett : an American who died while fighting the Mexican troops to save the Alamo in 1836. 
38. Dominique Jean Larrey: Napoleon's personal surgeon,design the first ambulance in 1796.
39. Edgar Allan Poe: the first person to write Detective story with title "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" published by Graham's Magazine, Philadelphia in 1842 > considered the world's first detective story. 
40. Edith Louisa Cavell : a nurse during the First World War > she and her colleague Philippe Baucq helped the English and French soldiers escape to Holland. She and Baucq was arrested in 1915 and condemned to death. 
41. Edward Jenner  : British physician > creating the smallpox vaccine in 1796. 
42. Edwin Budding : invented the first mass-produced mowers in 1832. 
43. Emil von Behring : developed a serum for diphtheria in 1890. 
44. Eric Shipton: the British mountaineer > on 8 November 1951, he took photographs of footprints in the snows of the Himalayas, believe to be the footprint of legendary Yeti, the abominable snowman. 
45. Ferdinand Magellan : a Portuguese navigator working for Spain. He was killed in the Philippines during a battle with the natives. 
46. Ferdinand Porsche : designed the Volkswagen in 1930s. 
47. Fletcher Christian: the mates on HMS Bounty who led the mutiny against the Commanding Officer Captain William Bligh in 1787. 
48. Florence Nightingale: the famous female nurse during the Crimean War in 1856, nicknamed "The Lady with the Lamp" because she carried a lamp as she checked on her patients during the night. 
49. Fran Phillips :  the first woman to set foot on the North Pole on 5th April 1971. 
50. Francis Beaufort (Admiral Sir): devised the "Beaufort Scale" in1806, used to record the wind speed. 
51. Franz Joseph Haydn: the Austrian composer known as "The Father of the Symphony". 
52. Frederic Francois Chopin : (1810-1849) > World's finest composer of classical piano music. 
53. Frederick Henry Royce & Charles Rolls : making luxury cars for millionaires called the Rolls Royce.
54. Frederick Louis Maytag : from Iowa, USA > developed an electric Washing Machine in 1911. 
55. Frederick Sanger: discovered the make-up os insulin for the treatment of diabetes in 1955. 
56. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit : invented the Fahrenheit temperature. 
57. George Crum : invented the Potato Crisps in 1853. 
58. George I : the King of England from 1715-1727 who could not speak English - only Germany. 
59. George Pullman : installed the first toilet on a train in 1859. 
60. Gertrude Elderle : the first woman to swim the English Channel on 6 August 1926. 
61. Ghiyath al-Din al-Kashani: Muslim Mathematician in the late 14th Century. He functioned the theory of numbers and techniques on computation. 
62. Grace Darling : on 7 September 1838, the steamship Forfarshire was shipwrecked on the Farne Islands off the coast of Nothumberland, Grace together with his father William Darling, the lighthouse keeper, rowed through rough seas to rescue the survivors. She became famous overnight. Her house in Bamburgh is now a museum. 
63. Guglielmo Marconi: Invented Radio in 1901. 
64. H.J. Lawson: designed his 'bicyclette' in 1879, the first bicycle to be powered by a chain drive to the rear wheel. 
65. Henry Ayers (Sir) : The Prime Minister of Australia where the Ayers Rocks in Australia was named in his memory. 
66. Henry Cole : invented the Christmas Cards in 1843. 
67. Henry Faulds : a Scottish physician - the first to suggest using fingerprints to catch criminals. 
68. Henry Ford : the first person to make cars in great numbers. He built his first car in 1896 and in 1903 founded the Ford Motor Company. The first car produced was the Model T in 1908. 
69. Henry Purcell: The British Composer, he was only 18 when he was appointed Composer for the King's Violin in 1677. 
70. Hiram Bingham : American archeologist > discovered the lost city of Machu Picchu in August 1911. 
71. Howard Carter : English Archeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes in Egypt in 1922. 
72. Ian Macdonald : produced the smallest book in the world in 1976, it was called "A Three  Point Type Catalogue in Use at Gleniffer Press", measured 2.9 x 1.5 mm. 
73. Ibnu Abi Ubaydah of Valencia : a leading astronomer in the 9th century. 
74. Ibnu Hayyan : the founder of modern chemistry. 
75. Ibnu Nafis :  described the Circulation of Blood in the 13th Century, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it. 
76. Ibnu Sina : Abu Ali Ibn Sina > the greatest physician until the modern era. His famous book 'Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb' remained a standard textbook even in Europe for over 700 years. 
77. J. Presper Eckert &  John W. Mauchly: invented the first completely electronic computer between 1942 and 1946 called ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. 
78. J.B. Dunlop: a veterinary surgeon who invented a pneumatic tyre for his son's bicycle. 
79. James Cook (Captain) : the greatest explorer of the 18th century. He was the first to approach Australia from the East. 
80. James Ogilvie (Sir) : the first to used envelope to send letter in 1696. 
81. James Starley : "the father on cycle industry" > developed a most unusual bicycle in 1871, called the Aeriel which had a large front wheel . 
82. Jean-Baptiste Constant Moans : the first known stamp dealer in Brussels in 1855. 
83. Jean-Baptiste-Jolly : discovered the basic principle of dry-cleaning in 1825. 
84. Joan of Arc :a young girl who lead and army of 10,000 to relieve the town of Orleans which was under the siege by the British in 1429. She was captured by the Duke of Burgundy and was executed on 30 May 1431 at the of just 19 years old. 
85. Johann Vaaler: of Norway who invented the Paperclip in 1900. 
86. Johann Christopher : designed the Clarinet in 1700. 
87. Johann Sebastian Bach : (1685-1750) > master of choral and instrumental music, over 1000 of his compositions survive even today. 
88. Johannes Guterberg : From Germany > began printing moveable type during 15th century.
89. John Alcock (Captain) & Lt. Arthur Whitten-Brown : the first to fly across the Atlantic in 1913. 
90. John Fitch : an American who design the first successful steamboat in 1787. 
91. John Harrington (Sir) : designed the first modern flush toilet in 1589. 
92. John Logie Baird : Scottish Electrical Engineer - invented Television in 1925. 
93. John Montague: a British politician in the mid of 18th century, developed a habit of eating beef between slices of toast, to avoid interrupting his long hours of playing cards. He was also the 4th Earl of Sandwich, hence the name of his favourite snack.
94. John Spilsbury : invented the Jigsaw Puzzle in 1760s. 
95. John Tomlynson : the first known stamp collector on record on 7th May 1840. 
96. John Walker : invented the matches by accident in 1827. 
97. Jonathan Scobie (Reverend): invented the first known rickshaw to escort his wife around Yokohama, Japan. 
98. Joseph Lister: the first to use antiseptics for surgery in 1865. 
99. Joseph Merlin : the first person to wear Roller Skates in 1760 in London. 
100. Joseph Nicephore Niepce:French inventor who took the world's first photograph. In 1822, he developed an early combustion engine, the pyreolophore. 
101. Karl Benz : built his first car in 1885, but did not last long - he crashed it into a wall. 
102. Khalaf Abul-Qasim Al-Zahrawi :famous surgeon in the 11th century. Many of the modern surgical instruments are of exactly the same design as those devised in the 10th century by Al-Zahrawi..
103. King Khafra: the Egyptian Pharaoh who built the Sphinx in about 2,600 BC. 
104. Kirkpatric Macmillian : a Scottish blacksmith who invented the frist pedal-driven bicycle in 1839. 
105. Kublai Khan : (1215 - 1294) - grandson of Genghis Khan > the great ruler in world history.  
106. Leonardo da Vinci: chiefly known for his art "The Mona Lisa", one of the greatest inventors of all time. 
107. Levi Strauss: creator of Levis brand.
108. Louis Braille : invented Braille's system in 1824. 
109. Louis Pasteur: renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination.
110. M.H. Sherman : the man who put up the famous "HOLLYWOOD" sign in Los Angeles in 1923. 
111. Marco Polo : an Italian merchant from Venice. In 1271, he joined his father and uncle on an overland journey to the Far East. He ended up staying in China for 17 years employed by the emperor Kublai Khan. 
112. Marcus Tito  : created a shorthand in 63 B.C. to record the speeches of Cicero, a Roman Stateman.
113. Margaretha Geertruida Zelle @ Mata Hari : a professional dancer and a spy for both the French and the German during the First World War. 
114. Maria Salomea Sklodowska @ Marie Curie : discovering polonium and radium
115. Maslamah al-Majriti : the first original mathematician and astronomer of al-Andalus, wrote a number of works on mathematics and astronomy. 
116. Matthew Flinders : (1774-1818) > the last of the great European navigators to explore the coast of Australia. 
117. Matthew Webb: the first person to swim the English Channel on 24 May 1875. 
118. Mercedes Jellinek : Daughter of the racing driver Emile Jellinek aged 11-years old, gave her name to Daimler Mercedes (Mercedes Benz). 
119. Michael Faraday : the first person to make an electric motor in 1821. 
120. Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khawarizmi : invented the subject of Algebra. The word "Algorithm"  is derived from his name. 
121. Nebuchadnezzar (King): the King of Babylon who built the Hanging Garden of Babylon aroung 600 B.C. 
122. Neil Armstrong : the first man to step foot on the moon on 20 July 1969. 
123. Neville Chamberlain (Sir) : invented the first game of snooker when he was serving with the British Army in India in 1875. 
124. Nicholas Cugnot : A French Artillery officer, invented the first mechanically powered vehicle to be used on road in 1763. 
125. P.L. Wingo : in April 1931, he started a journey from California to Istanbul, Turkey for 19 months and he walked all the way backwards. 
126. Pasqua Rosee : a Muslim Turk who coffee to England in 1650 and opened the first coffee House in Lombard Street in the City of London. 
127. Patty Hill Smith & Mildred Hill : composed the famous song "Happy Brithday to You" in 1892. 
128. Pliny The Elder : the Roman scholar who published the first known encyclopedia "Historia naturalis" in AD 77. 
129. R.A. Fessenden : the first person to transmit speech by radio during Christmas Eve in 1906. 
130. Rene Theophile Laennec (Dr.) : a French doctor - invented the Stethoscope in 1814. 
131. Richard Trevithick : a Cornish engineer designed a steam carriage in 1801. 
132. Roald Amundsen : Norweigian explorer > the first to reach South Pole on 14 December 1911. 
133. Robert Peary : American explorer > the first to reach the North Pole in 1909. 
134. Robert Watson-Watt : invented "RADAR" stand for "Radio Detecting and Ranging" in the 1920s. 
135. Robert Wilhelm Bunsen: a German professor of Chemistry - developed the Bunsen Burner in 1855. 
136. Robin Hood: a legendary outlaw thought to have lived in Sherwood Forest near Nottingham during the Middle Ages. 
137. Roger Bannister (Dr.)  : an English doctor > the first to run a mile in 4 minutes in 1954. 
138. Salomon de Caus: a Frenchman who was the first person to sugtest steam power for ships in 1615. 
139. Samuel Morse : invented the Morse Code on 4 September 1837. 
140. Siegfried Marcus: designed the first vehicle to be powered by a petrol engine in 1875. 
141. Sitting Bull : American Indian Chief who led the Sioux at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. He defeated the US 7th Cavalry commanded by General Custer. He also appeared in the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1883 with Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill.
142. Spencer Perceval: British Prime Minister elected in 1809 > shot dead by John Bellingham in 1812. 
143. Thomas Edward Lawrence: better known as Lawrence of Arabia > a leader in an Arab revolt against the Turks. His action drove the Turks out of Syria. 
144. Thomas Plucknett : invented a two-wheeled machine with a circular blade to cut grass and corn in 1805. 
145. Tuthankhamen : Famous Egyptian Pharaoh who lived from 1361 to 1352 BC. He was only 9 years old when he became King. 
146. Vasco da Gama: the Portuguese explorer, the first man to sail from Europe to India and back. 
147. W.A. Cockran (Mrs.) : invented the dishwasher in 1889. 
148. W.G.Gosse : Discover the Ayers Rock in 1873, an enormous stone in the Australian outback nerar the town of Alice Springs. 
149. Walter Hunt: invented the Safety Pin in 1849. 
150. Wiley Hardemann Post : the first man to fly solo around the world in 1933. 
151. Wilhelm Von Roentgen: the German scientist, discovered the X-Ray in 1895. 
152. William Addis : made the first toothbrush in 1780. 
153. William Bligh (Captain) : commanded the HMS Bounty. He was so strict the crew mutinied in 1787, setting him adrift with 18 men. 
154. William Caxton : published the first book to be printed in Britain title "Dictes and Sayenges of the Philosophers" on 18 November 1477. 
155. William Harvey : published his findings on the Circulation of Blood in 1628. 
156. William Huskisson : the Member of Parliament for Liverpool. On the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on 15th September 1830, he was run over by Stephenson's Rocket and died - the first fatal accident in the history of railways. 
157. William Paterson : Scottish Financier who suggested the Bank of England to be setup in 1694. His idea was approved by King William III on 27 July 1694. 
158. William Taynton: a 15 year-old London Office boy, the first person to have his image transmitted by television on 2 October 1925. 
159. William Webb Ellis : During the football match at Rugby School in 1823, William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it. This is how Rugby was invented. 
160. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Born: 1756 > the greatest classical composer in history. 

Reference:

1. 1000 Fantastic Facts - Peter Eldin: Grandreams Limited, 1999.
2. Islam Way : Muslims Contribution to Science
3. Islam Compass : How Islamic Inventors Change the World.
4. Famous Military
5. The First in Record
6. Women in Military History
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8. Islamic Medicine : 1000 years ahead of its times.

Update:

Hj Zulheimy Bin Maamor

Lembah Keramat, KL

20 October 2022 : 23 Rabiulawal 1444H: 5.32 pm