Historical Figures Quiz | Can You Name All 100?

Can you identify 100 of the most famous people in history? Let's find out!
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[@sharonmartin4036]

86/100 and I am 72 years old. In my humble opinion this was a quiz aimed purely at Americans. Although I did know Babe Ruth and several of the American presidents I felt there were way too many actors/singers like Bowie, Hepburn, Monroe, etc., etc. Not exactly what I would call "historical" figures.

[@susanbarlow1585]

Yes. I tripped up on many of the America people.

[@shawnopsahl4511]

Exactly - American arrogance again.

[@tonydalton459]

@@susanbarlow1585Same here. Even when given the name of some of them I was going “who ?”

[@grash4435]

No is not I am European and answered most of the questions. I only would not include entertainment people.

[@Toketree]

Yes the gall of an American channel focusing their videos towards America. Every single one of these people is 100% a historical figure, whether you know them or not. 😂

[@nefelichristogoula316]

Mostly us-centric, but overall many important people, still so many more to name, a part two would be interesting. I got 76/100.

[@Jehan-Descoteaux]

I got about the same, i agree this quiz would be good for americans

[@FACTOPEDIA2245]

Yes

[@Der_Deutscher_Wolf]

Same here

[@viktormetys]

I agree, I got 62

[@janeflip1]

Maybe because it was made by someone in the US!

[@S2C2S]

No Ramses II, Pericles, Leonidas, Philip II, Hannibal, Cleopatra, Augustus, Constantine, Justinian, Charlemagne, Frederick Barbarossa, Frederick II, Dante Alighieri, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Christopher Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Henry VIII, Philip II of Spain, Louis XIV, Louis, XVI, Mozart, Napoleon III, Garibaldi, Franz Joseph, Verdi, Bismarck... On the other hand, a half of them were actors and singers from just the last century. Interesting concept of "history".

[@aaropajari7058]

Art is history too.

[@nanasewdear]

Lack of photographs or any images could be a problem. Also, most of us are not knee deep in classical history.

[@MrShnazer]

they insignificant

[@aasenprivate5199]

@@aaropajari7058 No. Certainly not.

[@aaropajari7058]

@aasenprivate5199 Well, it is. It fills museums and adorns our cities both past and present. Sometimes, all we know about a civilization comes from the art that survives. And that is why such efforts are made to secure it.

[@giovannib27]

57/100, I'm 19 from the US. most of these seemed like old actors and actresses, would've been nice to have more actual historical figures.

[@janeflip1]

Tell me you are a teenager without telling me your age! Bahahahaha! What do you think HISTORICAL means eejit!

[@Christoff070]

You're 19 and u recognised 57 of these historical figures, u must really like history. For reference, I'm twice your age and knew only the most prominent actors, rebels, saints, leaders, military and artists, 41/100

[@lanamack1558]

Interesting who you include as historical figures. Some random US American actors/actresses, some random baseball player, etc.

[@billnoll]

Baseball player was Jackie Robinson, the first black player in the Major leagues

[@lorswat1245]

and Babe Ruth....2 of the most recognizable sports figures in the world. It's on you if you don't know them.

[@billnoll]

@@lorswat1245 Do non-US residents know Jackie Robinson? My guess is not many.

[@lanamack1558]

@@lorswat1245 well, I've never heard of either of these two celebrities and quite frankly, I don't really care. I've asked around, none of my neighbours have heard of these people either. Why would we as non-US Americans? I don't expect you to know Don Bradman, Anna Pavlova, Bob Menzies, or Mary Donaldson. All are world famous. It might surprise you, but the USA is not the centre of the universe.

[@aaropajari7058]

@lanamack1558 Cary Grant was a global superstar, as was Audrey Hepburn, and neither were American. That Saud, everyone should know Don Bradman. He was the greatest, as was Shane Warne. RIP both!

[@amandajohnston6915]

42/100 10% historical figures, 90% random americans

[@linengray]

In fact 51 were Americans.

[@WatcherofVideosSometimes]

I got the exact same score, didn't know most of the Americans either.

[@labla8940]

Not true half at best

[@rudituesday.822]

Most of these were Americans. Most were unknown in Europe.

[@ambirat]

I am European and got 94/100. The ones I didn't were the baseball players and the TV personalities

[@janeflip1]

So?

[@linengray]

In fact 51 were Americans.

[@antoinemozart243]

Too many American unknown people

[@11111123ful]

59%. Would have liked to see more non-westerners.

[@rivermoon6190]

Make your own quiz. What’s stopping you? 🙄

[@Ameisenigelytk]

​@@rivermoon6190why so mad? It's an objectively correct point.

[@TatianadeSaPires]

Hmm. No. 👎It's unnecessary and very rude of you, mate . ​@rivermoon6190

[@rivermoon6190]

@@Ameisenigelytk Who’s mad? What you are implying is that anyone who disagrees with another comment is mad? Is my reply not an objectively correct point too, or does that only apply to comments you agree with? 🙄 Also explain why people who COMPLAIN that a free quiz is not to their liking cannot be asked to produce their own quiz?

[@Ameisenigelytk]

@@rivermoon6190 it's called feedback. What's your problem with people expressing their opinion? Isn't that such an important thing in the lAnD oF fReEdOm?

[@pillarofflowers8088]

i do not think actors and actresses are historical figures but got 95/100. looked up Sojourner Truth 1797-1883, very moved to learn about all that she did. if i was ever taught about her i had forgotten and should not have forgotten

[@boxsterman77]

What do you think history is? They merely have to be written about to be history. Pre-history is when man didn’t have a written language.

[@gtx7743]

Sadly to inform these americans but our history is thousand years old, not 100 years of actors

[@menaleo7872]

Totally agree. This was geared more towards an American audience. I can also say that most younger Americans wouldn't have recognised most of their own .

[@SM-dk8cs]

Yes! For Americans, a 30 year old car park is an historical place.

[@menaleo7872]

​@SM-dk8cs Ain't that the truth 🤣🤣!! The title 'Historical Figures' would need at least 5 rounds of 100 names each before getting to the US side of things.

[@thunderbust1260]

America was discovered on 1492 then how thousand years old

[@TheJstroud24]

Okay go find pictures of them 😂

[@HeidiSue60]

David Bowie as a historical figure kinda blows my mind lol

[@johnanderson9765]

The only real criteria seems to be the person is dead.

[@susanford2388]

Because he was not a historical figure but great artists. The silly video had too many Hollywood actors. Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin, Ada Lovelace they are far more relevant.

[@imnotmike]

That was also a terrible picture of David Bowie. I know who David Bowie is, but didn't recognize him from that picture.

[@MrMousley]

... and Princess Diana. ''Historical'' already.

[@trudypegg437]

A bit picky it's diana princess of Wales

[@kevinogill6726]

94/100 You should have dumped one of the actors for Earnest Hemingway the only man to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize for literature

[@tenderloinstew1359]

Was also surprised not to see him.

[@averone2915]

So did John Steinbeck.

[@MosesDeLaRoses]

94 is pretty amazing. I lost count but I reckon I got between 75 and 80

[@kevinogill6726]

@ Thanks, I'm probably just a lot older than you is all.

[@MosesDeLaRoses]

@@kevinogill6726 It's nothing to do with that. I love Cary Grant and James Dean as much as the next man. My weakness is not being able to tell one 18th century president from another, or baseball players (you guessed it, I'm English).

[@karenburrows9184]

87/100, also 72. Age is an advantage here, also being North American. Would like to see more international historical figures if you make a next one.

[@laustpeternielsen-norman9569]

That's so ok, I'm good with not knowing old American history as a dane😂

[@mariatony40]

Very American mostly!

[@lanamack1558]

... As usual

[@boxsterman77]

Not even. You haven’t counted. I have.

[@boxsterman77]

No. British • Charlie Chaplin • Alfred Hitchcock • Elizabeth Taylor • David Bowie • John Lennon • Queen Victoria • Princess Diana • Winston Churchill • T. E. Lawrence • William Shakespeare • Margaret Thatcher • Queen Elizabeth I • Agatha Christie • Stephen Hawking • Virginia Woolf • Cary Grant French • Coco Chanel • Napoleon Bonaparte • Marie Antoinette • Joan of Arc • Charles de Gaulle German • Anne Frank • Ludwig van Beethoven Dutch • Vincent van Gogh Indian • Mahatma Gandhi South African • Nelson Mandela Albanian • Mother Teresa Argentinian • Che Guevara Chinese • Mao Zedong • Confucius Vietnamese • Ho Chi Minh Russian • Vladimir Lenin • Nikita Khrushchev Spanish • Salvador Dalí • Pablo Picasso Macedonian • Alexander the Great Egyptian • Nefertiti • King Tutankhamun Jamaican • Bob Marley Mexican • Frida Kahlo Brazilian • Pelé Hungarian • Harry Houdini Bahamian • Sidney Poitier Roman (Italian) • Julius Caesar Swedish • Ingrid Bergman

[@boxsterman77]

No. Here’s the updated list with Jean-Michel Basquiat removed: British • Charlie Chaplin • Alfred Hitchcock • Elizabeth Taylor • David Bowie • John Lennon • Queen Victoria • Princess Diana • Winston Churchill • T. E. Lawrence • William Shakespeare • Margaret Thatcher • Queen Elizabeth I • Agatha Christie • Stephen Hawking • Virginia Woolf • Cary Grant French • Coco Chanel • Napoleon Bonaparte • Marie Antoinette • Joan of Arc • Charles de Gaulle German • Anne Frank • Ludwig van Beethoven Dutch • Vincent van Gogh Indian • Mahatma Gandhi South African • Nelson Mandela Albanian • Mother Teresa Argentinian • Che Guevara Chinese • Mao Zedong • Confucius Vietnamese • Ho Chi Minh Russian • Vladimir Lenin • Nikita Khrushchev Spanish • Salvador Dalí • Pablo Picasso Macedonian • Alexander the Great Egyptian • Nefertiti • King Tutankhamun Jamaican • Bob Marley Mexican • Frida Kahlo Brazilian • Pelé Hungarian • Harry Houdini Bahamian • Sidney Poitier Roman (Italian) • Julius Caesar Swedish • Ingrid Bergman 45. Hardly all Americans.

[@jopekpl3986]

@@boxsterman77 So 45% are Americans and mostly actors, singers and baseball players?

[@blondstallion]

This is pretty USA biased fame. Nobody in Europe would recognise Julia Childs for instance

[@susanhopemason]

I recognized many of the faces, but could not remember or think of many of their names because I am getting old. But, I did remember quite a few of both the names and faces. There were also quite a few faces I didn't remember or recognize even though I was familiar with their names.

[@susanw8471]

I had the same issue with the 3-second time limit there. I knew who they were and what they did but I couldn't come up with a name in that time span if; I could have come up with it at all. I saved it to watch it again later. I'm uncertain if knowing who it is in context (to also knowing what they accomplished) I believe we both probably did a good job. 🙂

[@porschagirl4198]

Same ❤

[@debra13]

same happened to me at 73. I got 69 percent, much lower than I would have thought even though I knew far more-my mind sort of stallls!

[@someguy7805]

I knew who most of them were, but the short time limit was too much for my slow memory retrieval process.

[@debra13]

@@someguy7805 Compassion! ;-)

[@annedunne4526]

Too many Americans. I failed on photos of early American presidents cos i didn't know what they looked like.

[@eveny119]

If you know American money you would have gotten them.

[@lixin_9660]

​@@eveny119 what if im not american

[@eveny119]

@@lixin_9660 I assumed this quiz is just for fun. I'm just saying we don't know what all the presidents look like either, but we see 5-6 of them on our money every day. ps ...and Im not African, European, nor Asian but I knew their leaders on the quiz.

[@-yoann-]

Same because I am European

[@himmelsvid8389]

Dont worry. The US people need some help. You probably answered better than most of them anyway.

[@nbreuer2029]

The world history doesn't consist out of 100 american actors. You hadn't even people like Hitler, Bismarck or Helmut Kohl. Instead there were 80 american actors and sporticians and 20 famous people.

[@sergioaraujo2177]

America is a relatively young country, yet its people seem to believe that world history revolves around them.

[@rancher12121]

nobody knows what a person, a thousand years ago looked like,

[@bulkax303]

​@rancher12121 it might be new to some americans but there were such things as 'statues' or 'paintings' and even 'mosaics' since the dawn of civilzation.

[@ΘοδωρήςΚαραπάνος]

71/100 and as a Greek, I tend to agree that this quiz focuses on American cultural heritage!!!

[@aivalistavro]

I got 61 correct.

[@stephaniehight2771]

85%, a solid B. I agree with many of the commenters: too American, too Western, and too many entertainers from movies, TV and sports. Also, a bit too modern; most of the people were born in the 20th century.

[@vickimckeown3086]

I agree. An American quiz with so many people not known outside of the States. I got around 70 but most of those I didn't know were the more obscure Americans.

[@MrShnazer]

nobody cares about other cultures unless their food is good. so far western food is the best so other cultures fall behind on that as well

[@lcronkright]

C+ 😂 This is going to make a great family quiz over Christmas. Thanks!

[@lisa.3585]

So American, so Hollywood! And why should I know two baseball players?

[@FelixNemo]

Ha! I KNEW ONE baseball player bc of an embarrassing moment where I assumed “Babe Ruth” was a strip tease artist! Great laughter and merriment at my expense. BTW the only other baseball player worth knowing about is Yogi Berra. It’s Deja vu all over again etc.

[@StephenLyons-tl8ie]

I did and I'm English.

[@seattlewa8500]

You think Ghandi, Churchill, Einstein, Bonaparte, T E Lawrence, De Gaulle, Pele, Van Gogh, Queen Victoria, Mother Teresa, William Shakespeare and others were so American and so Hollywood? Wow.

[@kathyharris1627]

Jackie Robinson broke the race barrier in professional baseball. Even a non-athlete should know and celebrate that.

[@FelixNemo]

@@kathyharris1627 That’s great that race barriers have been broken. But to be historical and not just of sporting or American interest, it needs to have meaning in a wider context such as 1936 Berlin Olympics and Jesse Owens.

[@nathkashi]

It's unfortunate that this list is largely made up of Americans. There is a vast world outside of America.

[@AshleyCobalt]

47/100. Better than I thought I’d do considering I am young and a Brit, and most of these are Americans from the 20th Century

[@DioFtbl]

Same here

[@mauricebatchoun2943]

This is biased to the USA people.

[@mamziemay1575]

Because the channel is American and so is YT. Doh !

[@sugar.free_mint]

I liked it, but I'd appreciate seeing Tchaikovski, da Vinci or George Orwell over some American baseball players or actors.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

I understand the popular intention of the survey. In reality the vast majority of the characters are Anglo-Saxons of dubious historical relevance or very ephemeral: actors, singers, second-rate politicians, boxers... characters like Charlemagne, Pericles, Philip II, Isabel I of Castile, Jesus Christ, Mozart, Bach, Christopher Columbus, Copernicus, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Proust, Cervantes, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Mohammed, Buddha, Galileo are missing... Very few people will remember Bob Marley, David Bowie, Chaplin, Lawrence of Arabia, Tatcher or Lady Di... in 100 years. This is a popular survey, not historical, or it is semi-historical, of course.

[@jonrichardson8461]

Like several of the people in the quiz we don’t have accurate portraits of many of them taken in their lifetime - Mohammed, Jesus, Pericles, Buddha, etc. But yes some like Galileo, Copernicus and Bach we certainly do, and would make good inclusions, though difficult for most of us.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@jonrichardson8461 It's a popular list. There are many faces that we see a lot on television for 30-60 years and then they are very marginal, like all pop culture. I want to remember that there are transcendent characters for humanity that are a bit in the shadows, but are almost unmatched for their influence and value.

[@nicolab2075]

Do your own quiz then

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@nicolab2075 Sure, and when I don't like the politics in Afghanistan, I make my own politics in Afghanistan... Videos are not made for people to say "Wow, yes, wonderful!" There is the word debate and the word opinion, respectful but free.

[@nicolab2075]

@@Gloriaimperial1 Oh true. It just seemed that what you were after was a different quiz...

[@hannamakela6989]

I knew space would get me in the end. Sally Ride was the only one who got away, even though I had heard of her (but could not tell her by her picture).

[@DiBaozi]

From the comments, I agree about the western/America centric part. But as far as historical figure vs recognizable face, entertainers tend to have more recognizable faces than scientists, inventors, and philanthropists. How many people would know what Marie Curie looks like or Hedy Lamarr? Political world figures would best fit the categories of historical, recognizable, and not Americentric.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

I would??! I actually answered a Marie Curie question at trivia last week. I also know Hedy Lamar...TRIVIA she did work on what has now become Wifi. She patented 'frequency hopping' in the early 1940's and it remained classified until the 1980's.

[@bulkax303]

Marie Curie got a Nobel prize in2 separate fields as the only person in history to do so, but I guess that some afroamerican DEI made it onto the list (I have nothing against black people, they are overrepresented here)

[@ghostapostle7225]

I bet more people would know who Marie Curie was than random baseball player worldwide.

[@Uetti]

75. I'm from Europe and I never knew those baseball players plus a couple of US presidents and some other. All in all, pretty good

[@nadze13]

95/100 - not bad for Latvian ;)

[@alecfoster4413]

Pretty darn good! I got a 90. Very good for an American. :D

[@myitbos1335]

I call bs

[@nadze13]

@myitbos1335 because?

[@mbrant4879]

@@nadze13 80 of 100

[@meeting_meghan]

I correctly got 40/100, and knew another 15-20 by their photo, I just didn't get the correct name in time. But I didn't see any recognizable Canadians shown. Also, the video title says Historical figures, but the description box says "most famous people". Famous & Historical are two completely different things, and many were from the US.

[@fallsmaps651]

I mean, it's a very Americancentric list. Some of these characters are only known in the us

[@LeonardoMontanini]

Most of them are from America. Would have been nice if you make the quiz more worldwide.

[@geralynpinto5971]

Include more men and women of medical science: Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, Jonas Salk, Alexander Fleming, Rosalind Franklin, Christiaan Barnard, Lord Joseph Lister, Paul Ehrlich....So many to choose from and to whom millions owe their very lives.❤

[@DiBaozi]

So you know what those people look like?

[@mubangiziaston-xb7vf]

You include all these entertainers and there's no place for MJ?

[@jorgensn2446]

Frrrrrrr

[@lelnewc]

To make it less American you could have included a lot of other people: how about Indira Gandhi, Pierre Trudeau, Tony Blair, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Charles Dickens, Joseph Goebbels, Herman Goring, Tchaikovsky, Brigitte Bardot, Francois Mitterrand, Mozart, Mata Hari, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor Hirohito, Haile Selassie, Bjorn Borg, Steffi Graf, Boris Becker, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Sophia Loren.

[@RDB2002]

And Nikola Tesla!

[@rebeccacahill1000]

Gahndi was included

[@Stopitgetsomehelp3012]

​@@rebeccacahill1000 Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi are different people

[@Ameisenigelytk]

And less actors. Makes me feel like all the US got are actors and presidents.

[@agatahb]

this is more like US trivia quiz than historical figures quiz

[@NSabcdefg]

I like it ! Pls do more of the concent like that , fun and educational 👍

[@shereeneltoukhi3263]

Hi Brian,86 Greetings from Cairo, Egypt.Looking forward to seeing you once more in Cairo.All the best 💐

[@A808K]

I'm 73... that was fun. Younger people might not think so much. Maybe one for that gen?

[@C-D14]

You have 20 years on me but this was good. I missed a number of the actors/actresses, but that's more about me not paying attention to those much.

[@joannewhite877]

Got an A

[@Hp-Fan2010]

I'm 14, and I really enjoyed it, but then again, I enjoy reading about history and watching older films, so...

[@annaleewilliams8602]

B this miss essential figure such as Stalin, Hitler, Mouslini, Allan Edgar Poe, Castro,Zcar, Herny 8 , people that change the world

[@ralphturner3798]

I got two wrong: Bozo the clown, and Humphrey Bogart's dog's trainer, Tinker.

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Haha

[@menaleo7872]

73/100. Mostly not recognized were American. There's also a difference between historical and celebrity. America compared to the old world is a baby still. Compile one more geared to world historical as opposed to American.

[@amal_samad]

American presidents and hollywood actors list

[@JonathanBresnihan77]

86/100. I honestly thought I would do better. I got 50 out of the first 51 but there were several towards the end that I had never even heard of. Many of our American heroes were on this list too. I'm happy to live in the USA.

[@tarakeels1631]

I found this very entertaining, but a sad commentary on my knowledge, or lack thereof. However, there were several I’d have gotten in 5 seconds-I’m legally blind, so it takes me 3 seconds just to focus! I still got 74, if I counted correctly, so, given the visual impairment, I think I did fairly well. I did enjoy it. I’m ashamed to say, though, that I did not recognize Agatha Christie & I’m a huge fan of her work. Thanks!

[@Dawn-u7v]

I'm legally blind too so disguising take time lol it was a fun quiz

[@imnotmike]

The time was too short. I could get them in that time, but it wasn't enough time to be able to track your score.

[@inapickle806]

Unusual older picture of her. The most famous one is her as a young woman. I missed that one too.

[@eirenmist12]

@@imnotmike I would suggest for the next quiz of this type, just hit the pause button and take your time, which is what I did. 🙂

[@batista5163]

90/100, too many americans, i miss most important figures like Robespierre, Red Baron, Rasputin and Marie Curie.

[@calamityj3634]

Yep very American focused

[@donnamckinney7734]

Very entertaining, educational, and fun! Will share with friends😊

[@Ameisenigelytk]

Including random american actresses and baseball players. Wow. 🙄

[@sheri1973]

I got 76. I'm 51. There were a few who I knew what they were famous for but I blanked on their names

[@sfowler1017]

This was a bizarre list with so many 20th century musicians and movie stars in it. I missed eight not because I wasn't familiar with them but because I'd never seen *that* image.

[@MusicManPotter]

I got about 80%. Not bad. Some of the writers and historic figures were obscure to me. I’d love to see you do a quiz on classical composers!

[@pjwhite530]

A+. Missed 2. Confused Confucius and Genghis Khan.

[@devinjones6670]

98 ain't an A+

[@suzyfarnham3165]

@@devinjones6670 It IS ...ACCORDING to the graph the creator put up at the end? Did you NOT watch until the end??

[@titinghangsing7981]

So you are telling me american some unknown baseball players are more popular that CRISTIANO RONALDO MESSI MARADONA AND OTHER BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND MICHAEL JACKSON AND OTHER GREAT SINGERS AND RAPPERS CAN EVERY ONE AGREE THAT AMERICANS ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO LIKES TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR FAMOUS PEOPLE ONLY.

[@johnwraith4232]

2 american baseball players but no Yuri Gagarin, the first man is space? Dozens of amercans but 2-3 chinese? Could you be any more america-centrist? This video tells much less about our education than yours 🤭

[@beachboysandrew]

In other words: you didn’t do very well on the quiz 😊

[@bulkax303]

​@@beachboysandrew Have you ever taken a test on Yugoslavian pop culture in the 60s? I wonder how that would turn out😅

[@beachboysandrew]

@@bulkax303 it’s almost as if Yugoslavia is not a global superpower with worldwide cultural exports and a population of hundreds of millions

[@bulkax303]

@beachboysandrew I wonder if anybody cares about American Football who isnt an american, anybody cares about some desegregation person except mlk. Celebrities come and go and dont have much of an impact. I wonder if anyone would know about the Hawk Tuah girl in 10 years. Scientists and politicians are most important and thry should be prioritized over some guy that was popular in the 60s. I dont think you realize how little people outside of the US care abt your culture

[@beachboysandrew]

@@bulkax303 considering all the sold-out American football games in Europe over the past several years, clearly they do care. :D More than I care myself, even. I’ve lived in multiple countries and visited dozens, and American culture is wider spread in the 21st century than any other. You all watch our movies, use our slang, and right now you’re using an American app, acquired by another giant American company. I understand this may make you feel insecure about wherever you come from, but it’s just reality.

[@Wendellpether]

All your other quizzes geography etc are very good but this one wasn’t as overwhelmingly US history not world history

[@amrhamdy-i5q]

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[@ContentIsCool]

I got 84/100 on the quiz because most of these were Americans. Why was there no diversity, there were just baseball players, presidents, leaders, musicians and actresses. Where are the others 😢

[@Old-McDonald]

I am not american, and I lived in the Philippines, but tried my best, and I have named only 28 historical figures, I just forgot some of the names of others but remember them and their faces, I just ran out of time. I Its not a surprise to me, because I often saw them whenever I watched classic movies and doing searching in google or watching historical videos that pops-up on my feed on KZbin, that is why I somehow managed to name some of the others. ITS REALLY ON MY MOUTH, THAT IT WAS HOUDINI! BUT ITS TOO LATE LOL HAHA

[@MR_DARK391]

Hey Brian iam one of your old fans why did you change your content all of a sudden?

[@lawrencelawrence3305]

Just asked myself that same question 😂

[@sealstorm1935]

Half of these were just famous American actors and sportstars, C'mon!!!

[@lelnewc]

I didn't know some of the more obscure Americans: Jackie Robinson, Ray Charles, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Gertrude Stein, Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, Aretha Franklin. And I misidentified Ho Chi Minh as Chiang Kai-Shek (whoops). Other than that, I think I got them all. There were way too many Americans in this, I think. So 91/100.

[@nicolab2075]

Obscure????

[@OwenAnimatingandGaming]

I don't think Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton are more obscure than Audrey Hepburn. I think Hepburn is very recognizable, but compared to two people who helped form America? I dunno man.

[@beachboysandrew]

Not a single one of those you listed is remotely obscure lol

[@lelnewc]

@@beachboysandrew They are to a Brit

[@beachboysandrew]

@@lelnewc not to an educated Brit, no. Maybe go back to school

[@Cajugax7541]

Élisabeth taylor and Napoleon in the same quizz 🤔

[@williambarnes3868]

Too many Americans and far too many actors. Actors are not really 'historical' figures, especially as most of them were Americans. Where were Marie Curie, Hemingway or Turing?

[@leslieherman7955]

Why are american actors not historical figures in your opinion

[@janetg5176]

Their idea of historical personalities are not mine james Dean and Marilyn Monroe, for example. Not really known for their marks on history.

[@debbiemcnamara7059]

I got 92 right and I will be 73 soon.

[@Jehan-Descoteaux]

Congrats madam McNamara

[@trutadaora4083]

This is a 100% american list. There are some random dudes that are unknown outside usa

[@kittykins4115]

Too american ?? Baseball players are not world figures.

[@carollackhansingh2732]

Thank you Brian! I’m enjoying learning 🎉

[@pattiowen7908]

Actors & actresses are not necessarily "historical" just because they're famous in the US, unless they did groundbreaking things.

[@NobleGuy-cf6ut]

Not sure what you mean by groundbreaking? Does all the people you consider historical figures did ground breaking things? So only scientists and modern age activists? Like a lot of the significant figures in history didn't really do anything "groundbreaking".

[@Ameisenigelytk]

​@@NobleGuy-cf6utthat's the point of being a famous historical figure. A legacy. They have all been important for humanity at some point and actors haven't.

[@christoph-3288]

​@@AmeisenigelytkI think all listed figueres have a legacy in their specific field and at least pop cultural influence. And on the other hand, who decides what is groundbreaking?

[@Howdeejustmee]

I do think ppl in the entertainment industry like Elvis were pretty groundbreaking, but I guess that kind of mark in the culture left by him and others obviously can’t go for all singers/actors

[@NobleGuy-cf6ut]

@@Ameisenigelytk I asked what the og commenter meant by the word "groundbreaking". Some middle age ruler having a legacy (literally anyone from any field can have a legacy) doesn't mean they have done anything groundbreaking! Some may have, but alot of them didn't. That's what I was asking.

[@mike196212]

The standard pic of Shakespeare,I learned decades ago when I was an English major in the 80s,is most likely not him. An excellent PBS doc I recently watched sheds a fascinating light on this controversy.

[@KABOS60]

ماشاء الله لغتك الانجليزية ممتازة😂😂😂😂

[@ghdfgbnd]

😂😂😂

[@elbarto550]

75% are american people that nobody knows that isn't from the us

[@vivienhodgson3299]

The amount of time allotted was far too short! I knew a lot of them, especially the historical figures, but needed more than 2 seconds to think of their names! Give us a break! And it went by far too fast to keep tabs on my score.

[@C-D14]

I thought the time was great for this type. I did pause between people (right after the answer was shown) to get a quick break though.

[@MrMousley]

That's what PAUSE is for.

[@JediSimpson]

Very 20th Century and USA centric.

[@christycase2324]

How are we supposed to know older authors when they never had their pictures on books jackets, book jackets weren't around then? Virginia Wolfe looks nothing like Nicole Kidman's academy award winning portrayal. And I'm a boomer who doesn't know any Russian bad guys. Should have thrown Victoria's cousin Nicholas in the mix, he was much more notable. Never saw any real pictures (or heard of) Eva Peron before the movie. But only missed about ten, but did call Babe the Sultan of swat.😅

[@wheredowegofromhere86]

Chavez and Stein 😮 Damn!!!! That was fun, I must credit Vogue magazine, My love of great and not so great cinema, and my love of History and Psychology. I was always on an adventure as a child, met all these people I did along the way.

[@mchapman1928]

I missed three Sojourner Truth, James Baldwin, Virginia Woolf. I’m old.

[@thomasturner6827]

Liar! You did not get Jean-Michel Basquiat...lol

[@mchapman1928]

@ - Actually I did get him correct. I am very familiar with his work. I am originally from Brooklyn NY, lived in NYC to my middle age, I’m 76. He was well known in the art world. Beethoven almost got me, but I did get him right. It’s not nice to say I’m a liar. I am a voracious reader and a history buff.

[@C-D14]

@@thomasturner6827 That's the one I had no idea who it was even after the name was revealed.

[@automaticmattywhack1470]

Age 52. I missed 3. Coco Chanel, Eva Perón, and Gertrude Stein. I guess I'm just not a feminist.

[@rivermoon6190]

Please Ignore the selfish, self-important people moaning on here. Fed up of not being able to watch a film or take a quiz without the mindless people moaning it wasn’t done specially for their knowledge or to their liking, To those people, make your own quiz and start your own channel, instead of your constant moaning about people who at least make some effort. Also for your information, despite what the illiterate like to try to portray, the majority of the world’s history in the last 500 or so years has come from western civilisation. Make your own specific regional quizzes - no one is stopping you! 🙄

[@SMac-bq8sk]

Well said.👍

[@Jehan-Descoteaux]

The problem is that it should be called american quiz since most of the people in the video are only known by americans, like the base-ball players, nobody in the world except americans and japanese knows base-ball.

[@rivermoon6190]

@@Jehan-Descoteaux I am not American but live in Europe. Of course there are subjects like Baseball we do not know enough about BUT is that not the whole idea of expanding one’s knowledge and learning? What are you learning if watching all the quizzes is only for things you know? This world has well and truly been dumbed down but I, for one, will continue to try to learn new things every day!.

[@lordtouchme77]

I don't think anyone who make this understand the meaning of "Historical"

[@sultanwadood7467]

Why is this heavily biased toward Western American people? There are many others like Yuri Gagarin, Steve Irwin, and Malala Yousafzai!

[@AhmadHossam]

He Probably got this from a bias statistic or something Its not really that big of a deal anyway

[@robertmatthews2009]

His biggest audience is in the United States.

[@wendyw7304]

Ho Chi Min? Lenin? Mao Tsedong? Confucius? Nelson Mandela? Last I checked, they weren’t part of Western Civilization. Maybe Mandela, I’ll give you that. Although I do agree that Steve Irwin & Malala Yousafani are BRILLIANT!

[@miniveedub]

@@wendyw7304those you mention are one person from each country and some countries didn’t even have one person mentioned. It was very unbalanced.

[@rivermoon6190]

@@miniveedubBecause historically, despite what some people like to portray or think, the majority of the world’s history was created and run by great western people. Get over yourself. Fed up of people moaning, from morning until night because they are offended or upset by something. Make your own quiz up and put it on here instead of moaning about what others do!.

[@FortyHumans]

Thank you, poster. I recognized them all (not all by face but once you named them I was 💡)!!! FUN! A little USA heavy though, like the others said but hey I'm sure someone in Europe is creating similar content, right? It's getting to be a big and ever bigger internet every day 😲🤓🤪

[@gillesbrenier406]

I'm French and got 93/100. Baseball players (2) and american TV "stars" (3) are not at all worldwide famous... Aretha Franklin was so young on this picture I didn't recognize her :( I have to say I never heard of Sojourner Truth, although I should have...

[@peplluisrex]

Most of them Americans and people from Hollywood.

[@noitawl]

Got an F! Half of these people aren't world famous!

[@deer105]

You must be kidding. The only person I didn't recognize and wasn't familiar with is Buster Keaton. With faces, on the other hand, I only recognized 80 immediately.

[@StamperWendy]

Title says Historical Figures, not World Famous

[@Bigfoot-px9gj]

I would say I got about 70 or 80 out of 100. There were several people I'm familiar with their names and who the are / were, but don't recall ever seeing a photo of them. And I have to hand it to you, Brian. Even if they are clickbait monetized videos, at least your quizzes are challenging and entertaining.

[@odetoclear]

could you make a quiz that isn't as american-centric?

[@tricaurelie]

88/100. Is this quizz only meant for Americans?

[@MichaelWolfe1000]

This is too US oriented, a third actors, a third musicians...just a few could qualify as historic in broad terms. Amuses me mentioning Frida Kahlo and leaving out Diego Rivera, but I understand, she has taken the spotlight shadowing Diego.

[@joysynmonds9082]

As "Historicsl figures, this was a very comprehensive list across the world. Obvs America had much credit, as do they all ! ❤

[@pokerface8242]

Only missed Coco Chanel and Virginia Woolf. Thanks for the (mostly) thought provoking quiz. I would trade out the Hollywood types and substitute more "serious" historical personalities.

[@damealeta3541]

Yay! I got an A: 91/100!!!! Most of the more obscure people I had trouble identifying. Honestly, 3 seconds is a little hard on we folks who are in declining mental status. I knew who they were but recalling names gets harder as you approach the twilight years. Fun, though! 😀

[@claudiapennisi3844]

I got an "A"..fun little bit of trivia 😊

[@eallawson7601]

Lots of fun, recognised 65. Struggled with American Presidents (the old paintings), baseball stars and repeatedly answered Rosa Parks until she eventually turned up. Also thought that Nefertiti was Cleopatra and that Confucius was Kong Qiu (wasn't he?). As for my other errors I hadn't a clue and could repeat this test and still not know who they were or why they were included. Lots of historical giants but also lots of celebrities. All in all, an enjoyable 10 minutes. Expected to see Oscar Wilde, perhaps next time?