Tobias Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Moving away from a subject guaranteed to cause argument and back to the topic.... I note that Winston Churchill hasn't had a look in; for one, he came up with the idea for a military campaign that would help create a national identity for Australia (Gallipoli). He wrote an extensive history of the English-Speaking peoples in a way that sounds more like a good story then monotone history (in my opinion - the four volumes are great reads). He fought and won one of the most terrible conflicts of the 20th century (obviously not single-handedly, but you get my point), and also could be said to have laid the basis for the Cold War by countenancing Stalin. He certainly influenced the shape of Europe for years, and his words will last for ages to come. Definitely someone worthy of consideration, in my book. An influential woman to consider is Zenobia - it would take a ballsy woman to take control of the Roman East! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladius Hispaniensis Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Scipio Africanus. Were it not for him, we'd all probably be walking around with turbans wrapped around our heads. Why is that? I never knew the Carthaginians walked around with turbans wrapped around their heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Scipio Africanus. Were it not for him, we'd all probably be walking around with turbans wrapped around our heads. Why is that? I never knew the Carthaginians walked around with turbans wrapped around their heads. Neither do I; I think you have a good point, GD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDickey Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Moving away from a subject guaranteed to cause argument and back to the topic.... Thank you. I wanted to jump in there, but I thought I'd bite my tongue instead. Oh, it was hard! Aside from that ... I've got nothing. I'm actually at work trying to kill some time, so ignore this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neil Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 (edited) Thank you. I wanted to jump in there, but I thought I'd bite my tongue instead. Oh, it was hard! Aside from that ... I've got nothing. I'm actually at work trying to kill some time, so ignore this post. Well, I could not resist the temptation I'm afraid - the discussion was nonetheless pertinant to this thread, as the personality of Mohammed was discussed in view of his rightful place in this list. However, trolls posting repeatedly on a single issue, using aspects of religious faith to sound off their views on established scientific theory using mildly vulgar language, need to be challenged. In my view this should be done in as polite a way as possible by longer serving members of the forum, in such a way that attempts to draw them back to the original topic. Talking of which, Darwin of course should be up there too, maybe a bit below mohammed given that in todays world the Koran is influential in the lives of many people. Edited August 6, 2008 by Northern Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Salve, NN Talking of which, Darwin of course should be up there too, maybe a bit below mohammed given that in todays world the Koran is influential in the lives of many people. Well, both events happened at quite different scales. Even if Mohammed's message had certainly affected the lives of millions of humans across many centuries, the biological mechanisms and processes of Evolution described by Charles Darwin had affected all life for at least 3,7 billion years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 It seems inevitable that a topic titled "100 most influential people in history" will lead to separate -- sometimes impassioned -- discussions regarding individual choices for inclusion on such a list. The off-topic discussion on Gallipoli nonetheless was related to history, was interesting, and warranted its own thread. So I've split the topic for those who wish to continue that discussion. Now, back on topic here, 'k? -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpon Posted November 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 I sincerely apologize for dropping in on you guys like this but here is my updated list on the most influential people in history. I apologize in any way if this rubs anybody the wrong way. The list is an attempt at diversity, so some of the more influential people might have been excluded due to the main field they influenced ran out of the number of entries. 1. "Mitochondrial Eve" 2. Otto von Guericke 3. Cyrus II 4. Johannes Gutenberg 5. Muhammed 6. James Watt 7. Christopher Columbus 8. Carl Bosch 9. Isaac Newton 10. Genghis Khan 11. Aristotle 12. Homer 13. "ancestor of all that has natural blue eyes" 14. Louis Pasteur 15. William Paterson 16. Charles Darwin 17. Malcolm McLean 18. Mehmed II 19. James Clerk Maxwell 20. Tiglath-Pileser III 21. Abbes Sieyes 22. Alhacen 23. Li Si 24. Euclid 25. Julius Caesar 26. Claude Shannon 27. Edward Coke 28. Justinian I 29. Maharshi Veda Vyasa 30. Karl Marx 31. Brahmagupta 32. Alexander Fleming 33. Cai Lun 34. Martin Luther 35. Francis Russell (Duke of Bedford) 36. Menes/Narmer 37. Napoleon Bonaparte 38. Alyattes/Alyattes II 39. Johann van Oldenbarnevelt 40. John Snow 41. Thespis 42. Abu Bakr 43. Luca Pacioli 44. Edwin Drake 45. Gavrilo Princep 46. Marquess of Shen 47. Thomas Edison 48. David Ogilvy 49. Sundiata Keita 50. Harun al-Rashid 51. Adam Smith 52. John Montagu (Earl of Sandwich) 53. Richard Arkwright 54. Robert Peel 55. Ebenezer Cobb Morley 56. Parameswara 57. Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt 58. John Locke 59. Norbert Weiner 60. Charles Frederick Worth 61. Nicolas Appert 62. Friedrich Wohler 63. Elvis Presley 64. Dhabhani 65. George Cayley 66. Cesare Beccaria 67. Simon Stevin 68. John Smeaton 69. Pericles 70. Boulanger 71. Sumu-Abum 72. Gratian 73. Henry Bessemer 74. Vasili Arkhipov 75. Carl Wilhelm Scheele 76. Russell Marker 77. Saints Cyril and Methodius 78. Zhong Yao 79. Wilhelm von Humboldt 80. Otto Hahn/Lise Meitner 81. Thomas Cook 82. William Cullen 83. Hugh Capet 84. Norman Borlaug 85. Henrietta Lacks 86. Charles Henry Brent 87. Otto von Bismarck 88. Sanford Fleming 89. James Bonsack 90. William Shockley, Walter Brittain, John Bardeen 91. Henry Ford 92. Hennig Brandt 93. Charles Gordon Greene 94. Henry Luce 95. Charles Augustus Fey 96. James Ritty 97. Rachel Carson 98. Elizabeth Arden 99. Professor Ludovico Brunetti 100. Matthew Prior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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