Question: who has been the most powerful person in history?
Answer: No. 1: Julius Caesar (100 B.C.-44 B.C.) Emperor, Roman Empire. ... 
No. 2: Qin Shi Huang (259 B.C.-210 B.C.) Emperor, Unified China. ... 
No. 3: Peter the Great (1672-1725) ... 
No. 4: Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) ... 
No. 5: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) ... 
No. 6: Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) ... 
No. 7: The American president since 1945.