2006-06-24 15:51:39 · 21 answers · asked by Adam 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler.
FDR was an extrodinary man who pulled our country out of the depression and had amazing rhetoric.
Hitler is so infamous and crazy it's difficult to find anything about him uninteresting.
2006-06-24 18:50:02 · answer #1 · answered by anonymous 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pericles!
After the Persian efforts to invade Europe, Greeks stopped them and Pericles proceeded into utilizing the Democratic reforms of Cleisthenis and Solon and eventually gave, besides the Parthenon, the New Athens (since Persians fully destroyed the city) building a new way of civil life, which utilized the existing level on every aspect and improving it even more, ....
Immediate result are the raising of Socrates, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, and thousands of philosophers, engineers, scientists, poets, writers, artists, etc.!
2006-06-25 19:49:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sir Thomas Moore
Nelson Mandela
Castr
2006-06-24 21:45:13 · answer #3 · answered by brence3000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that Alexander should be there - the most extraordinary shooting star. Although Genghis Khan was probably more extraordinary.
Alexander started as royalty (always an advantage), but Genghis Khan started from nothing - an outcast, and created the greatest empire the world has ever seen.
2006-06-24 22:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johannes Kepler....
Here was a brilliant man of faith... trying to apply his own desire for proof of God's handy-work by way of the scientific field of astronomy, But by strictly adhering to the scientific method he was eventually able to set aside his expectations and come up with the right answer, and give us his three laws of planetary motion as his legacy for the future of man. He is the single most perfect example of how Science will always be preferable to Religion when you are looking for answers.
2006-06-24 16:59:03 · answer #5 · answered by eggman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In your part of the world Shotoku Taishi, hands down !
He would definitely be one person I would love to meet. There are so many mysteries about him...even his very existence has serious questions.
Japanese people believe all sorts of things about him, and while much of it has to allegorical, he is credited with so much: spread of Buddhism into Japan, first Japanese constitution, creation of a Japanese court / aristocracy based on the Chinese model, imperial advisor; and is revered a man of inestimable knowledge, wisdom and honesty.
2006-06-26 01:59:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alexander the Great. Taught by Aristotle, one of the worlds greatest philosophers, he went on to conquer most of the world with only 100,000 men. He brought Hellenistic culture to the barbarian world, and its due to him, not the romans, that democracy was able to seed itself in many countries.
2006-06-24 21:11:57 · answer #7 · answered by thomas p 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leonardo da Vinci vs. Julles Vernes. Men with great power of vision.
2006-06-26 13:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anno Domini 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snoop Dog
2006-06-24 15:54:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elizabeth I... She was put in a mans position, at a very young age, and held the throne for 40+ years without caving in.
2006-06-24 16:05:17 · answer #10 · answered by bebe75204 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋