Who were the most influential people of the 20th century?

Question

Rank them from 1 to 5. Please also state why.

Answer 1

1. Adolf Hitler - WWII was the the defining political event of the 20th Century
2. Thomas Alva Edison - Not just his range of inventions (many of which we still use today, or we use derivatives today), but how he went about inventing things with a the focussed research lab -a model for later organizations
3. Henry Ford - Not only did he bring personal transportation to the masses, he developed an industrial model for mass production techniques that remain applicable
4. Albert Einstein - basically defines the nature and content of 20th Century science
5. Lenin - the Bolshevik takeover of the Russian government following the fall of the Czar set the stage for many of the political events that transpired through the remainder of the century

Answer 2

Very difficult task indeed... but¨I will do my best:
1) Lenin. Not because I like communism too much, but because he created one the the states that would dominate the whole century.
2) Einstein, who not only defines our understanding of "genius" and not for his general contribution to science, but because his work led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
3) Hitler, whose war transformed the whole world and signified the end of one age and the onset of another.
4) Churchill, whose extraordinarily broadminded political thinking informed most of the first half of the century.
5) Tim Berners-Lee, whose invention of the Internet ushered in a new millennium and a truly new age.
This task is very difficult, so I readily admit that some people might disagree with my choice of actors.

Answer 3

most influnetial people of the 20 century dosent seem from the 20th century, lol, like christ.
yet if ya like takin it literally...it'd be perhaps:

1)gandhi :influenced the hearts of largest populus nation,there by pavin one way, for toppling the empire where the sun never sets.

2)hitler:paving way for war ,its mass terror to change lives, as history hadnt yet had witnessed until then or beyond.

3)Henry ford:mechanization/enstien: theory of explosive energy

our own life's are influnced more by:

4)bill gates:the computer's mass appeal, his invention.

5)lol ya caught me there not sure if its mother thresa or michael jackson or pale or elvis or latha mangeshkar or stephen spielberg or mandela or all 've been masters at their own particular field.....lol there are a whoe lotta contenters there....

Answer 4

Henry Ford - made automobile available to masses

Philio Farnsworth - invented the television

Vinton Cerf - invented the internet

Wright Brothers - first successful airplane flight

Susan B. Anthony - suffragette who was instrumental in women achieving the right to vote in the United States.

Answer 5

1. hitler: this is the guy who essentially started ww2 which lead us to the world that we live in today
2. oppenhiemer: created the atom bomb.. that should be self explanatory
3. stalin: leader of the soviet union, started the cold war which made america the most powrerful nation on the planet
4. lenin: the creator of modern day idea of commmunism
5. ayatollah hameni: the starter of the iranian revolution, basically the guy responcible for the middle east of today

Answer 6

1. Ghandi
2. Clinton
3. M.L. King
4. John Lennon
5. Madonna
may be Micheal Jackson - Nirvana LOL

Answer 7

1. Einstien
2. MLK
3.The Kennedy's
4. Princess Diana
5. Oprah

Answer 8

I will not venture to assume that I would have the capacity for this task...,
BUT...! I would like to throw a name into the arena...,

Bucminster (Bucky) Fuller.., : an inventor,par none..,
Most famous for the Geodesic dome..amongst thousands of other inventions and patents.

Answer 9

1. Elvis---changed music as we know it.
2. Ghandi---inspired his contemporaries through peace.
3. MLK Jr.---Same as above.
4. JFK---The head of "Camelot"
5. Billy Graham---Has preached the Holy Word to UNTOLD millions, has helped to spread Christianity, AND NEVER ONCE CALLED FOR A FOREIGN LEADER'S ASASSINATION.!

Answer 10

1]mother theresa
2]Gandhi
3]P.Diana
4]Winston Churchill
5]Tunku A Rahman