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The Modern Era
The industrial and imperial centuries: inventors, statesmen, artists, and the makers of the modern world.
Modern era
Jack Nicklaus
b. January 21, 1940
American golfer (born 1940)
Modern era
Arnold Palmer
September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016
American golfer (1929–2016)
Modern era
Don Bradman
August 27, 1908 – February 25, 2001
Australian cricketer (1908–2001)
Modern era
John D. Rockefeller
July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937
American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)
Modern era
Andrew Carnegie
November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
Modern era
J. P. Morgan
April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913
American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)
Modern era
Henry Ford
July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947
American business magnate (1863–1947)
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Milton Hershey
September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945
American businessman (1857-1945)
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Madam C. J. Walker
December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919
American entrepreneur (1867-1919)
Modern era
Coco Chanel
August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971
French fashion designer (1883–1971)
Modern era
Estee Lauder
July 1, 1906 – April 24, 2004
American businesswoman (1906–2004)
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Enzo Ferrari
February 18, 1898 – August 14, 1988
Italian racing driver and entrepreneur (1898–1988)
Modern era
Soichiro Honda
November 17, 1906 – August 5, 1991
Japanese engineer and industrialist
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Akio Morita
January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999
Japanese businessman (1921-1999)
Modern era
Howard Hughes
December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
Modern era
Sam Walton
March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992
American businessman (1918–1992)
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Ray Kroc
October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984
American businessman
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Warren Buffett
b. August 30, 1930
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
Modern era
Ratan Tata
December 28, 1937 – October 9, 2024
Indian industrialist (1937–2024)
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Ingvar Kamprad
March 30, 1926 – January 27, 2018
Swedish business magnate (1926-2018)
Modern era
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979
4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
Modern era
Pervez Musharraf
August 11, 1943 – February 5, 2023
Pakistani soldier and politician (1943-2023)
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Ayub Khan
May 14, 1907 – April 19, 1974
President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969
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Liaquat Ali Khan
October 1, 1895 – October 16, 1951
1st Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951
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Fatima Jinnah
July 31, 1893 – July 9, 1967
Pakistani dental surgeon, biographer and stateswoman (1893–1967)
Modern era
Abdul Sattar Edhi
February 28, 1928 – July 8, 2016
Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian
Modern era
Ruth Pfau
September 9, 1929 – August 10, 2017
German-Pakistani physician and Catholic nun (1929–2017)
Modern era
Mehdi Hassan
July 18, 1927 – June 13, 2012
Pakistani singer (1927–2012)
Modern era
Noor Jehan
September 21, 1926 – December 23, 2000
Pakistani singer and actress (1920–2000)
Modern era
Iqbal Bano
August 27, 1928 – April 21, 2009
Pakistani singer (1928-2009)
Modern era
Farida Khanum
b. January 6, 1929
Pakistani classical singer
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Hanif Mohammad
December 21, 1934 – August 11, 2016
Pakistani cricketer (1934-2016)
Modern era
Fazal Mahmood
February 18, 1927 – May 30, 2005
Pakistani cricketer (1927-2005)
Modern era
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
January 17, 1925 – April 21, 1996
Indian cricketer (1925-1996)
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Sadruddin Hashwani
b. February 19, 1940
Pakistani businessman
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Syed Babar Ali
b. June 30, 1926
Pakistani businessman, philanthropist and former Finance Minister of Pakistan
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Hussain Dawood
b. September 20, 1943
Pakistani industrialist, educationist and philanthropist
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Anwar Maqsood
b. 1935
Pakistani writer
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Sadequain
June 30, 1923 – February 10, 1987
Pakistani calligrapher (1923-1987)
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Gulgee
October 25, 1926 – December 16, 2007
Pakistani artist (1926-2007)
Modern era
Amrita Sher-Gil
January 30, 1913 – December 5, 1941
Hungarian-Indian painter (1913–1941)
Modern era
Ahmad Faraz
January 12, 1931 – August 25, 2008
Pakistani writer (1931–2008)
Modern era
Habib Jalib
March 24, 1928 – March 13, 1993
Pakistani poet (1928–1993)
Modern era
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
February 13, 1911 – November 20, 1984
Pakistani Urdu poet and author (1911–1984)
Modern era
Saadat Hasan Manto
May 11, 1912 – January 18, 1955
Indo-Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912-1955)
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Bano Qudsia
November 28, 1928 – February 4, 2017
Pakistani writer
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Mustansar Hussain Tarar
b. March 1, 1939
Pakistani writer and actor
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Waris Ali Shah
1817 – 1905
Indian Sufi saint
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Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
1830 – 1907
Punjabi poet
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Khwaja Ghulam Farid
November 25, 1845 – July 24, 1901
19th-century sufi Punjabi poet of the punjab , polyglot, scholar and writer
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Pir Mehr Ali Shah
April 14, 1859 – May 11, 1937
Historical figure
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Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki
December 29, 1817 – October 18, 1899
Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi saint (1817–1899)
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Tajuddin Baba
January 27, 1861 – August 17, 1925
Indian Sufi Master (1861–1925)
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Hazrat Babajan
1806 – September 21, 1931
Indian Sufi
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Meher Baba
February 25, 1894 – January 31, 1969
Indian spiritual master (1894–1969)
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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
October 17, 1817 – March 27, 1898
Indian Muslim reformer and social activist (1817–1898)
Modern era
Maulana Shaukat Ali
March 10, 1873 – November 26, 1938
Indian activist (1873–1939)
Modern era
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
January 19, 1873 – 1956
Pakistani writer (1873–1956)
Modern era
Hasrat Mohani
January 1, 1875 – May 13, 1951
Indian independence activist and an Urdu language poet
Modern era
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
November 16, 1897 – February 3, 1951
Pakistani politician (1897–1951)