Iconic personalities can be categorized as international icons or global icons, national icons and educational icons. These personalities either lead their country during some crisis situation or play a pivotal role in the development of the country. In this blog the author wishes to highlight some icons that had played a crucial role, either in the international or in the national level. For every nation, education plays a critical role in its development. The blogger had listed some iconic educators also who had played a decisive role in the development of a country.