The 100 Most Influential People Of All Time
Here are the top 20
agreements? disagreements?
http://www.biographyonline.net/people/100-most-influential.html
100 most influential people in world history
This is a list chosen by Michael H. Hast, from the book ‘ 100 most influential people in the world ‘. He chose people on a ranking of who had done the most to influence the world.
- Muhammad (570 – 632 AD) Prophet of Islam.
- Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) – British mathematician and scientist.
- Jesus Christ (c.5BC – 30 AD) Spiritual teacher and central figure of Christianity.
- Buddha (c 563 – 483 BC) Spiritual Teacher and founder of Buddhism.
- Confucius (551 – 479 BC) – Chinese philosopher.
- St. Paul (5 – AD 67) – Christian missionary and one of main writers of New Testament.
- Ts’ai Lun (AD 50 – 121) Inventor of paper.
- Johann Gutenberg (1395 – 1468) – Inventor of printing press.
- Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) – Italian explorer landed in America.
- Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German/ US scientist discovered Theory of Relativity.
- Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895) French biologist. Developed cure for rabies and other infectious diseases.
- Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) Italian scientist – confirmed heliocentric view of universe.
- Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) – Greek philosopher and polymath
- Euclid (c. 325 – 265 BC) – Greek mathematician
- Moses (c 1391 – 1271 BC) A key figure of Jewish / Christian history gave 10 Commandments of Old Testament
- Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) –Scientist who proposed and popularised theory of evolution.
- Shih Huang Ti (259 – 210 BC) – King of the state of Qin who conquered and united different regions of China in 221 BC.
- Augustus Caesar (63 BC – AD 14) – First Emperor of Rome
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who believed Sun was centre of Universe – rather than earth.
- Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743 – 1794) French chemist and biologist who had leading impact on the chemical revolution.
I remember when this book came out years ago. How could Muhammad be ranked ahead of Jesus, people thought.
This was the reason the author gave
"My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels. "
-
-
I suppose an update might have Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
Trump is gonna be pissed. He'll probably call for an investigation to see why he isn't on the list.
LOL
I look forward to the next list!
I don't know why but I guess there are people out there that care what his opinion is.
In 1996, Hart addressed a conference organized by Jared Taylor 's white separatist organization, New Century Foundation , publisher of American Renaissance . He proposed partitioning the United States into four states: a white state, a black state, a Hispanic state, and an integrated mixed-race state. [1]
Hart organized a conference held in Baltimore in 2009 with the title, Preserving Western Civilization . It was billed as addressing the need to defend "America's Judeo-Christian heritage and European identity" from immigrants, Muslims , and African Americans . Invited speakers included: Lawrence Auster , Peter Brimelow , Steven Farron, Julia Gorin , Lino A. Graglia , Henry C. Harpending , Roger D. McGrath, Pat Richardson , J. Philippe Rushton , Srdja Trifković , and Brenda Walker.
Why don't you publish an alternative list, Dean? I find it interesting. A whole lot better than some member's articles that are oh so fixated on the ob/gyn news bulletins.
I figured if you were interested in his opinion on who was the most influential you might also be interested in some of his other opinions like separating the country into a white state a black state a hispanic state and a mixed race state.
Dean,
Interesting wiki page, but why does he then give Muhammad the number 1 spot? I would disagree and give it to Jesus, since he was the first to understand how to get a message out and his followers built a powerful centralized empire, that is still here today.
I believe his reasoning was that Muhammad was successful both in religion and in secular affairs (nation building I guess) within his own lifetime. Christianity was certainly successful in both the religious and secular realms, but Jesus himself wasn't.
That is the way I read it anyway.
I think you could put Moses in that conversation also.
It's just his opinion and nothing more. I'm not in any position to guess what goes through his mind.
What did Jesus do that Buddha didn't do before him?
I don't know who everyone is, Dean. Thanks for the research. Seriously, if you find another article with a different list, I would be interested in reading it.
Well, you got me there Dean. I didn't investigate the author's background before posting the seed. Maybe I should delete it.
It is pretty clear that the list is written from a "white" perspective now that you mention it. It is hard to imagine the average person in China, Japan , Africa or India agreeing with it.
I do wonder though, how many of the 100 most influential were racist or otherwise bigoted or 'white supremacist' themselves. That might make an interesting research project.
Nah leave it. It makes for interesting discussion.
Others not on the list for consideration:
Johnnie Walker
George Halas
Golda Meir
Cecil B. DeMille
Thomas Jefferson
Maimonides
Franz Liszt
Steve Jobs
Thomas Jefferson is number 64. I don't think your others made his cut.
The book was written prior to Steve Jobs. I assume he would be on a new version.
Others on the list.
28 . Orville and Wilbur Wright Orville (1871 – 1948) – Wilbur (1867 – 1912) – Created and flew first aeroplane.
31. William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright.
39. Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) – Dictator of Nazi Germany.
69. Sigmund Freud
76. Enrico Fermi
81. John F. Kennedy
91. Henry Ford
Those are understandable selections, for the most part.
Why JFK? I can think of a few other Presidents that would make the grade before him.
Yup like John Adams, or Benjamin Franklin, Hamilton, (the first two as fathers of this country, the other for our Constitution)
Also I would argue that Edison was a hack, who had one true idea of his own and should be replaced by Tessler, a true genius.
Tessler
Are you attempting to turn Elon Musk into a Jew?
LOL.. no. Misspelled his name silly me!
But there is no denying his accomplishments:
1. Alternating Current
2. Light
3. X-rays
4. Radio
5. Remote Control
6. Electric Motor
7. Robotics
8. Laser
9 and 10. Wireless Communications and Limitless Free Energy
One of the greatest minds of any century. Nikola Tesla.
I would also add:
Sir Isaac Newton
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Adolf Hitler, (in a bad way)
Winston Churchill
Stalin, (also in a bad way)
Mao Tse Tung, (in a bad way)
Homer
Virgil
Archimedes
Anwar Sadat
Ramses the Great
(I'm thinking-- we have a whole lot to go to get to 100!)
Add to my list: John Laing Leal, who first put chlorine in drinking water, disinfecting the water supply of Jersey City, NJ-- and removing all kinds of pathogens from drinking water. A HUGE breakthrough that has saved millions of lives.
Even if no one has ever heard of him...
Here is another list, of the famous people of the past three centuries. Although it appears to be a ranking, it doesn't say what the criteria were.
This list includes famous actors, politicians, entrepreneurs, writers, artists and humanitarians.
In case you are wondering where Steve Jobs is, he is number 78 on this particular list.
Well, I would never argue Mc Carthney
If Paul McCartney is on the list, where is Bob Dylan? Nobody can deny that Bob Dytan influenced a whole generation.
No Hugh Hefner how can that be?
Interesting!
This list has FDR (#30) below both Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle. Must have been written by a Republican.
Maybe it's because of where I'm living that I think Mao Tse Dong should be considered pretty influential.
A few more:
Alexander the Great
Ghengis Khan
Napoleon Bonaparte
Karl Marx
Tecumseh
Shaka Zulu
Attila the Hun
Imhotep
God takes the Bronze.