10 Most important people of all time

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Would be interested in seeing who people thought were the 10 most important people of all time.

In no particular order:

Jesus
Mohammed
Hitler
Churchill
Shakespeare
Martin Luther King
Alexander the great
Einstein
William Wilberforce
Bell

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Gangsta! wrote:

my thoughts in bold below

Jesus - fictional character. Might as well have put Scooby Do.
Mohammed - why is a boxer in your list of all time most important people?????
Hitler - Charlie Chaplin should be here instead as he had the mo idea first.
Churchill - the dog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv0SvfHgj4k&feature=related)???????? Ohhhhhhh yes
Shakespeare - I prefered his sister.
Martin Luther King - spent more time dreaming than actually doing.
Alexander the great - William the Conqueror invented a game.
Einstein - great hair. Should be here for that alone.
William Wilberforce - not as good as Charlie from Groundforce.
Bell - clock.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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No Billy T. James?

Fail imo.

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Well i'm ready to take this seriously if no-one else is. Now, quite clearly people with differing theological standpoints will think otherwise, but I would rather keep religion out of it.

I regard the great explorers to be amongst Planet Earth's most significant citizens. Sure, if they hadn't got there others would, but it takes a whole lot of guts and perseverance to set out in a boat not knowing where you are going, or indeed if there is actually anywhere to go to. Henceforth, forthwith, in no particular order...

Marco Polo

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco da Gama

Captain James Cook

David Livingstone

I'd round these explorers off with the following;

Nelson Mandela

William Shakespeare

John F Kennedy (a personal preference admittedly)

Neil Armstrong (ditto)

I know most of this list is horribly Eurocentric and that it could be argued that it is more a list of Great Colonisers than of Great Explorers but, as I mentioned, the determination and courage shown by this hardy troupe of souls I feel sets them apart from most.

Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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Benjamin Franklin should be in any top 10 (except the religious/joke inclusive ones)

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no order -

Yves Saint Laurent (for pin striped suits and women wearing trousers)

Elton John (he's the f**kin man)

William Shakespeare (for plays, poetry and many glorious words like "bubble")

My Mum (Grade A good c**t)

Alexander Fleming (for inventing penicillin)

Julie Andrews (my hero)

Homer the poet

Leonardo da Vinci (fabulous artwork and inventions)

Helen Clarke (as minister for health, gave midwives right to practise without doctor, yippee!)

Seth McFarlane (for Family Guy)

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I think Smarah has discovered Carlsberg Special Brew...

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Lists like this are incredibly subjective...but here's my list, at least for the Western world:

Johannes Gutenberg
Bill Gates
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Abraham Lincoln
Constantine
William Shakespeare
Ho Chi Minh
Christopher Columbus
John Lennon

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...no love for Feverish ?

How's my driving? - Whine here

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el grapadura wrote:

Lincoln is a good call, as was Franklin (mentioned earlier) and Gutenberg. So would be people like Alexander Bell and Guglielmo Marconi.

But Bill Gates? Splutter.....cough....choke

Such a subjective list all right. How about Karl Marx, Robert Peel, even John Nash or Ernest Rutherford? If you are talking about people who have changed the world, then these four should probably be there too.

Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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Imagine having Julie Andrews as your hero....

Which reminds me, a mate of mine's father regards Chevy Chase as the most important man in history.

TheJam2008-08-28 12:55:43

Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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Really you could have one list for inventors, one for explorers, one for leaders, one for entertainers that had a huge influence, you could have lists for all these kind of things and try to merge them into one list.
Would be very difficult, i cant really compare a Lincoln to a Ben Franklin or Guttenberg or or Karl Marx. Pretty difficult to do but fun none the less

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TheJam wrote:

How about Karl Marx,John Peel, even John Nash or Ernest Rutherford? If you are talking about people who have changed the world, then these four should probably be there too.

Fixed.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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Overrated. All he did was play other people's records. I do that every day.

Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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Figured I may aswell explain my thoughts. I basically thought about people that (for lack of a better word) changed history.

Gangsta! wrote:

Would be interested in seeing who people thought were the 10 most important people of all time.

In no particular order:

Jesus - Even if you don't believe the Son of God/Prohpet stuff he still started one of the worlds major religions.
Mohammed - Ditto
Hitler - Basically changed Europe. Started WW2.
Churchill - Stopped Hitler.
Shakespeare - Created half our language.
Martin Luther King - Changed America. Gandi and Mandela amongst others could be on this list for similar things.
Alexander the great - Took the idea of Democracy to the world.
Einstein - He was a genius, nuff said.
William Wilberforce - Stopped slavery.
Bell - Invented stuff.

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Terry

Ricki

Princess Di

Gazza

Hard News

Founder

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Bill Hicks.

There are no others.

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento

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TheJam wrote:

Imagine having Julie Andrews as your hero....

Jason Pine. With Julie Andrews in a Helipro.

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Dean Windass

and 9 others

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Diego Maradona

Eusebio

Roberto Carlos

Eric Cantona

Wynton Rufer

Zinedine Zidane

George Best

Zico

Roger Milla

Costa Barbarouses

You know we belong together...

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TheJam wrote:

el grapadura wrote:

Lists like this are incredibly subjective...but here's my list, at least for the Western world: Johannes Gutenberg Bill Gates Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Abraham Lincoln Constantine William Shakespeare Ho Chi Minh Christopher Columbus John Lennon

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Lincoln is a good call, as wasï¿½Franklin (mentioned earlier) and Gutenberg. So would be people like Alexander Bell and Guglielmo Marconi.

But Bill Gates? Splutter.....cough....choke

Such a subjective list all right. How about Karl Marx, Robert Peel, evenï¿½John Nash or Ernest Rutherford? If you are talking about people who have changed the world, then these four should probably be there too.

Think what you want, but the personal computer has revolutionised the world. I know Gates can't take the sole credit for it, but he's been able to bring it to the masses that not many thought was possible even only 30 years ago.
Don't want to argue about others, like I said lists like this are highly subjective, and it's also really easy to forget people. Just thought I'd point out why I included Gates.

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Leo Africanus
Ibn Battuta
Hippocrates
Francis Bacon
John Harrison
Herodotus
Nzinga Mbande
Zhu Yuanchang
Kanishka
Peter Henlein

with subjective being the key...

dairyflat2008-08-28 18:32:29

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20

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Gangsta! wrote:

Figured I may aswell explain my thoughts. I basically thought about people that (for lack of a better word) changed history.

Gangsta! wrote:

I don't want to critcise anyone's list because of their highly subjective nature, but if you think that

a) Churchill stoppd Hitler
b) Alexander the Great brought democracy to the world
c) William Wilberforce stopped slavery

I suggest you brush up on your history a bit.

Also, why include Jesus and Mohamed in the list, and not Buddha for example?

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Shakespeare didn't create half our language - France did

I like tautologies because I like them.

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Shakespeare did a bit to though, lets be honest

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In my internet world they're only 7 important people who make me waste time on here and laugh.

1. Hard News

2. Feverish

3. CNUT

4. Smithy

5. LF1

6. Cosimo

7. Frankie Mac

ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH

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Scottishbhoy wrote:

In my internet world they're only 7 important people who make me waste time on here and laugh.

1. Hard News

2. Feverish

3. CNUT

4. Smithy

5. LF1

6. Cosimo

7. Frankie Mac

hugs

I like tautologies because I like them.

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Scottishbhoy wrote:

In my internet world they're only 7 important people who make me waste time on here and laugh.

1. Kiwi Pie

2. Feverish

3. CNUT

4. Smithy

5. LF1

6. Cosimo

7. Frankie Mac

Aww, bless...

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el grapadura wrote:

Gangsta! wrote:

Figured I may aswell explain my thoughts. I basically thought about people that (for lack of a better word) changed history.

Gangsta! wrote:

Yea your right. Buddha amongst others could be on the list.

a) Churchill along with the yanks stopped Hitler, ok it wasn't him on his own but he was certainly apart of it.

b) I just wikied and I was wrong! (Wiki knows all)

c) He was the major reason the legal slave trade was stopped in the British Empire.

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kiwi pie wrote:

Scottishbhoy wrote:

In my internet world they're only 7 important people who make me waste time on here and laugh.

ï¿½

1. Kiwi Pie

2. Feverish

3. CNUT

4. Smithy

5. LF1

6. Cosimo

7. Frankie Mac

ï¿½

Aww, bless...

Post of the day

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Cosimo wrote:

Shakespeare didn't create half our language - France did

France = 50%
Shakespeare = 50%

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Gangsta! wrote:

c) He was the major reason the legal slave trade was stopped in the British Empire.

Unfortunately he didn't manage to stop it in place that weren't under british control thus most of the Americas practiced slavery for a long time afterwards

www.kiwifromthecouch.blogspot.com

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Gangsta! wrote:

Cosimo wrote:

Shakespeare didn't create half our language - France did

France = 50%
Shakespeare = 50%

more like 0.5%

I like tautologies because I like them.

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Cosimo wrote:

Gangsta! wrote:

Cosimo wrote:

Shakespeare didn't create half our language - France did

France = 50%
Shakespeare = 50%

more like 0.5%

I may have made a slight exaggeration

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And the Germans, the Irish, The Romans, the Vikings...

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Scottishbhoy wrote:

In my internet world they're only 7 important people who make me waste time on here and laugh.

1. Hard News

2. Feverish

3. CNUT

4. Smithy

5. LF1

6. Cosimo

7. Frankie Mac

Brown noser

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Homer Simpson
Linda Lovelace
John Lydon
Ebenezer Cobb Morley
Quentin Tarantino
Gordon F'kin Ramsay
J.C. Jacobson
Irvine Welsh
Cheech
Chong

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Scottishbhoy wrote:

In my internet world they're only 7 important people who make me waste time on here and laugh.

1. Hard News

2. Feverish

3. CNUT

4. Smithy

5. LF1

6. Cosimo

7. Frankie Mac

that better not be in order.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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