In Britain there was a long running TV show in which viewers would get to vote for the 'Greatest Briton in history. Each episode a candiate would be argued for by a well known contempory person. It was a great series and attracted more votes than pop idol. That is surprising for an intellectual show. Se some of significant Britons mentioned below.
I am interested in what an American top ten would look like - whats yours?
So here are some of the key Britons:
(a) Winston Churchill (he was votest Greatest by the public)
(b) William Shakespear
(c) Kingdom Brunel (Britain was the first country in the world to have an industrial revolution and he was the greatest industrial entrepeneur)
(d) Isaac Newton
(e) Charles Darwin
(f) Horatio Nelson - defeated Napoleon at Trafalgar and so stopped him conquering Britain as he had the rest of Europe.
(g) John Lennon
(i) Alan Turing (inventor of the computer)
(j) Alexander Fleming (discovered penicillin)
2006-08-02 17:46:56 · 12 answers · asked by David i 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
In no particular order:
1. Abraham Lincoln for saving the Union.
2. George Washington for founding the country.
3. Thomas Edison, the greatest inventor in American History
4. Martin Luther King, Jr.
5. James Hill, the railroad pioneer
6. The Wright Brothers for inventing flight.
7. Andrew Carnegie, the industrialist
8. Carl Sagen, the astronomer
9. Mark Twain, the Author
10. Fred Rogers, for making TV safe for kids
The Discovery Channel did a show called the Greatest Americans a few years ago where people just voted and then they told the outcome of the polling. The list was horrible and Ronald Reagan came in first, after a campaign by conservatives to inflate his importance. The BBC series was much better.
2006-08-02 17:59:53 · answer #1 · answered by hedgeman 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
1. Jesus Christ
2. William Jefferson Clinton
3. Hillary Rodom Clinton
4. Jack Kinnedy
5. Douglas McCarther - General
6. Orval E. Faubus
7. Merl Haggard
8. Judge Isaac Parker
9. John Wayne
10. Brenda Lee
2006-08-02 18:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My choice for the Americans are"
1. Benjamin Franklin-Statesman and Inventor
2. George Washington-Soldier and 1st President
3. Edgar Allan Poe-Writer
4. Robert E. Lee-Civil War General
5. Booker T. Washington-Scientist
6. Amelia Earhart-Pilot
7. Abraham Lincoln-President
8. Martin Luther King-Civil Rights Leader
9. Caesar Chavez-Union Activist
10 Bill Gates-Entrepreneur.
2006-08-02 17:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Edison
George Washington Carver
Ronald Reagan
Carl Sandburg
Geronimo
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Phillips Sousa
Walt Disney (that's 11, but Walt's gotta get his props)
2006-08-02 18:03:18 · answer #4 · answered by freebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, Merriwether Lewis, U.S.Grant, Jed Smith, Crazy Horse, Joshua Chamberlain, Ronald Reagan
2006-08-02 17:54:00 · answer #5 · answered by badbear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm
George Washington
Martin Luther King
Alexander Graham Bell
Wright Brothers
JFK
2006-08-02 17:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by merigold00 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just off the top of my head;
George Washington
Thomas Edison
John Wayne
Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Ronald Reagan
Wright Brothers
Charles Lindburgh
Douglas MacArthur
In no particular order.
2006-08-02 17:56:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's my list - no particular order, OK just a little order but just loosely off the top of my head --
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Sacajawea
Abner Doubleday
Geronimo
John Wesley Powell
Vince Lombardi
Hoagy Carmichael
Henry Ford
Bill Gates
2006-08-02 18:00:25 · answer #8 · answered by just visiting 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in no particular order
Wright Brothers
Eli Whitney
Henry Ford
Howard Hughes
Dwight Eisenhower
Admiral Nimitz
Every soldier / sailor that ever served.
Mom
Aldolphus Busch
RJ Reynolds
2006-08-02 18:12:13 · answer #9 · answered by cherokeeflyer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't know for sure, but seeing as how many Americans love fast food, I'm sure the list goes something like
a. McDonald founders
b. Burger King founders
c. Domino's founders...
Something like that.
2006-08-02 17:52:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋