40 of the Most Influential People of All Time

40 of the Most Influential People of All Time

Trista - January 29, 2019

40 of the Most Influential People of All Time
Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800. Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain.

32. Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, penned the words of the Declaration of Independence. He also helped write the Constitution and became the third president of the new country. He is also remembered for having an affair with one of his slaves, producing illegitimate mixed-race children, and for pioneering the idea of “separation of church and state” in US politics.

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