Time architects of civilization : 100 people who shaped history

Join "TIME" as we chronicle the fascinating lives and revolutionary times of history's 100 Most Influential People.

Here are royals and revolutionaries, spiritual leaders and scientists, artists and explorers, philosophers and philanthropists.

Here are heroes and villains, Christ and the Buddha, Galileo and Einstein, Joan of Arc and Alexander the Great, Aristotle and Jefferson.

Here are the individuals whose lives shaped the destinies of millions and changed history in its flight.