7 INFLUENTIAL PERSONALITIES

Seven Influential Personalities

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Tri Ratna Manandhar Sharad C. Pyakurel Subita Kapali Sunita K.C. Sujesh Man Shakya Suresh Thapa Umesh Agrawal Mahatma Gandhi Albert Einstein Pushpa Basnet Bill Gates Jimmy Hendrix Michael Jordan Kahlil Gibran

Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948)

Trained barrister 21 years in South Africa (1893-1914) Reputed Indian nationalist, theorist and organizer Struggle for Indian Independence (1915-1947) Non-cooperation, nonviolence and peaceful protests Fought against communalism and other social evils

Mahatma Gandhi
First national leader of India Preacher of Truth and Non-violence Life and teachings inspired many International Day of Non-Violence
I am mindful that I might not be standing before you today, as President of the United States, had it not been for Gandhi and the message he shared with America and the world Barack Obama

Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)

All of science is nothing more than refinement of everyday thinking. E=mc Photoelectric Effect The special theory of Relativity General theory of relativity Why sky blue?

Albert Einstein
Global Positioning System (GPS) Optical Devices semiconductors and computer chips proposed for president of Israel Einstein = Genius "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

James Marshall Hendrix

(1942-1970)

Twentieth centurys most innovative musician. His recording career spanned only four years, from 1966 to his death in 1970. Widely considered to have been the greatest electric guitarist in the history of popular music. Inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005

James Marshall Hendrix

Rolling Stones ranked his albums Are You Experienced (1967), Axis: Bold as Love (1967) and Electric Ladyland (1968) among the 100 greatest of all time Ranked him the number one greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist. Drug abuse and alcohol addict Died in London of a drug overdose. Hendrix quoted, My goal is to be one with music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.

Adapted from Wikipedia

Pushpa Basnet

Born :Kathmandu, Nepal Citizenship :Nepali Occupation :Social worker, Entrepreneur Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) and Butterfly Home Awards and Recognition : CNN Hero 2012, Honored speaker in TEDx Kathmandu and Banquet in GW University, Washington, ELGA Foundation Korea, Ashoka Forum for Young Social Entrepreneurs

Michael Jordan
best basketball player Hall of Fame shooting guard who played in the NBA from 1984 to 2003 for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards voted the Finals MVP a record six times two gold-medal winning USA basketball teams the Chicago Bulls turned into a club that is known to everybody

Michael Jordan
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Bill Gates

William Henry Gates, III Born on October 28,1955, in Seattle, Washington The 2nd richest person in the world Chairman of Microsoft Corporation Introduction of Microsoft Windows

Bill Gates
Broad economic opportunities to everyone across the world using computers Microsoft provided employment over 80,000 in above 100 nations Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Philanthropic Efforts

Khalil Gibran
(1883-1931)

Born in Lebanon and Immigrated to the US First published in English in 1915. Became politically active during the war against the Ottoman army The Prophet published in 1923. The Prophet, is now in its 117th printing. His books translated into more than 50 languages and sold over 8 million copies.

Khalil Gibran
Very spiritual books Champion of cause of women's education in Syria, advocated modernism and liberalism. Has influenced The Beatles, John F

Kennedy and Indira Gandhi.

Strong social message in his work (Kennedy's "Ask not..." from Gibran's "Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country?" in The New Frontier.)

Khalil Gibran
"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you". This line was used by John Lennon for his song. The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.

Conclusion
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Leader Scientist Social Worker Entrepreneur Musician Sportsperson Writer Mahatma Gandhi Albert Einstein Pushpa Basnet Bill Gates Jimmy Hendrix Michael Jordan Kahlil Gibran