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Who would you consider to be the most IMPORTANT person in history?

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anxju
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new thread, last one was a fail

person must be identifiable, for example, no saying "the guy that invented the wheel!"

interesting discussion in Latin today, i would rank em

Jesus
Alexander the Great
Caesar
George Washington
Buddha
Ovid


other names that came up were gandhi, hitler, FDR, etc etc
Nov 3 2009 6:03PM
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Reonic
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jesus
not because he killed people or anything
but ideas that he preached and whatnot became a huge part of modern religeon....not to mention of many wars have been fought in his name
while the wars may not have been his doing he has had the most mysterious and profound impact after his time then any of the others i would say personally

Nov 3 2009 6:05PM
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rvca
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US history- George Washington 

World history- Charles Darwin

Nov 3 2009 6:09PM
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Malcolm
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billy mays
Nov 3 2009 6:10PM
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soulskier
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al gore, because without him we wouldnt be talking on these here internets
Nov 3 2009 6:10PM
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GayWolf420
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obama
Nov 3 2009 6:11PM
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blackoutbill
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I would have to say Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle. I can't remember which was whose student but all three are very important. Plato basically invented democracy with The Republic and Socrates invented the western world philosophies (democracy).
Nov 3 2009 6:11PM
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anxju
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darwin is actually really good and i hadnt had thought of him. however, the only reason he published the origin of species was because that other guy said "if you dont publish, i will" and that other guy also knew about the theory of evolution

but thats really good
Nov 3 2009 6:12PM
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Blurst
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alexander was not really that important he just took over a ton of the world. He was sweet but his work did not have the long lasting effect that some of the others listed did. I would say Hammurabi, he had a pretty long lasting effect on our legal system.
Nov 3 2009 6:13PM
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Tinga
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socrates hated democracy.

i would have to say johanes gutenburg and martin luther.
Nov 3 2009 6:15PM
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anxju
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alexander connected the world. without him, nobody would know about jesus. hed just be a jew that died. alexander made it possible for people to communicate across the known world
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.Asain-Skiier
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gangis kong or what ever
Nov 3 2009 6:16PM
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anxju
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i thought about the printing press today, but realized it wouldve been invented without him
Nov 3 2009 6:17PM
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soulskier
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its good, but what did he actually do for humanity?

i would be looking for people who changed how we live/made our lives better
Nov 3 2009 6:19PM
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Tinga
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probably right but that doesnt take away from the fact that he did and of how important the printing press was/ is.
Nov 3 2009 6:21PM
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blackoutbill
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You are absolutely correct. I forgot that he thought democracy was the worst type of government. He wanted a meritocracy run by philosophers and educated people
Nov 3 2009 6:21PM
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anxju
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did darwin not change the course of human history? if it wasnt for him wed all be religious creationists

and im not looking for better, just influencial
Nov 3 2009 6:21PM
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dbstar
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jesus, answer is obvious, created a religion that dominated everything that is western culture for 2000 years

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Nov 3 2009 6:26PM
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DrZoidberg
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Descartes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes
Nov 3 2009 6:30PM
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dbstar
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and, personally i dont really think that darwin is the a main reason why people aren't that religious anymore, there are tons of people that are religious still, especially in poorer countries, i would say that the rise of consumerism is the reason.
Nov 3 2009 6:30PM
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rvca
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he definitely changed how people lived... he made people see how species evolve and basically how humans were created. call me crazy but that seems kinda important
Nov 3 2009 6:44PM
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207
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Definately not the most important person in history but Winston Churchill has gotta be up there.
Nov 3 2009 6:45PM
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butteredpretzel
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shane
Nov 3 2009 6:47PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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For modern history it is and of the "early" the enlightenment philosophers.  Sir Francis Bacon was one.
Nov 3 2009 6:50PM
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soulskier
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i'm not trying to say hes worthless by any means, i just dont think the world would be that much different without him

feel free to correct me if i'm wrong
Nov 3 2009 6:59PM
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ski_ENDUB
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WIN
Nov 3 2009 7:01PM
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Blurst
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i think socrates taught plato and plato tought aristotle
Nov 3 2009 7:03PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Glenn Beck.
Nov 3 2009 7:03PM
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.AR6rider.
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Hmm without putting too much thought into it I would have to go with Darwin and Hippocrates.
Nov 3 2009 7:04PM
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Crack.
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Genghis Khan, no doubt. guy was a straight up G
Nov 3 2009 7:04PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Martin Luther was pretty important with his 95 theses. Christopher Columbus is pretty important. Jacques Cartier no doubt. Lewis and Clark. Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin.
Nov 3 2009 7:05PM
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gbirrd
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why is jesus first..... Cris angel i bet can do everything jesus can.
Nov 3 2009 7:07PM
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captainEMERICA
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me
Nov 3 2009 7:07PM
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Balto
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who ever invented egg nog because they just made me cum
Nov 3 2009 7:09PM
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Rachy
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Newton.

The man pretty much developed differential calculous and made science make sense. It would have happened sooner or later, but really..... the man was a genius.


Tesla. Computers, TVs, remote controls, xrays, flash photography, AC electricity, robots, the radio, and the theory that we currently use today in regards to gravity being a wave.

yeah... he did more than Einstein or Edison.
Nov 3 2009 7:09PM
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afrocentric
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Albert Einstein
Capernicus
Gallileo
FDR

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Chickendodo
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...who cares about history?
Nov 3 2009 7:11PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Actually yeah. Nikola Tesla was pretty amazing. I learned all about Alternating Current in grade 7!
Nov 3 2009 7:12PM
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churchill
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Haha yes! But for real maybe Da Vinci, he had so many ideas for inventions that we still use today. Scissors, Robots, flying stuff and so much more.
Nov 3 2009 7:13PM
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Drew.C
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Atilla the Hun.
Nov 3 2009 7:27PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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Constantine anyone????
He changed the officail religion of the world(rome) from pageanism to christanity.
Nov 3 2009 8:41PM
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Armanzoid
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Hitler
Napoleon
Alexander The Great


None changed or shaped history more than these military commanders. For evil, for good, for whatever, they changed the world leaving effects to this very day.
Nov 3 2009 8:45PM
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MADmidwest
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the caveman who put  a point on a stick
Nov 3 2009 8:47PM
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MN_Nice
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So many come to mind but when I first think of it I think of Gandhi and Jesus.
Nov 3 2009 8:50PM
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noelo12
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Constantine and Martin Luther are both really good ones but their impact would have been nothing if it were not for Jesus. So Jesus trumps them.
Nov 3 2009 8:52PM
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Smuffy
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well, if you go by influence you could say Jesus and Muhammad, simply because of the two largest religions. there is debate of Jesus was a true historical figure, but thats up to you. If anybody has anything proving his existence i would be curios to see it. i take an agnosticish view on things so its interesting for me.

Other than that,
Ghengis Khan (largest empire of all time)
Julius Caesar

i dunno, theres more but im not thinking right now
Nov 3 2009 8:53PM
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Scott29~
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Newton motherfuckers~
Nov 3 2009 8:56PM
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Tinga
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the fact that he does/ doesnt exist doesnt matter.
Nov 3 2009 8:57PM
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*Dos*Planker*
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Nov 3 2009 8:57PM
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Merrrick
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Ricky Bobby
Nov 3 2009 8:58PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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yea but you gotta think of constantine as the amp of jesus electric guitar, if it wasnt for him than he wouldnt of been heard ya dig
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