just curious.
(My all time favorites:
Simon Bolivar,the liberator
Che Guevara,the revolutionary utopian idealist
Martin Luther King for his patience, tenacity, and faithfulness
Nelson Mandela for his lifelong dedication to the fight against racism)
2006-09-11 08:42:13 · 13 answers · asked by Soledad Mendez 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Pericles, founder of ancient Greece as we know it
Louis XIV and Julius Caesar, great nation builders
Einstein, just so cool
Mahatma Gandhi, a personal hero
2006-09-11 08:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by bhalrog72 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignaz Phillip Semmelweiss (I'm not sure of the spelling, but I think he was Hungarian). He sacrificed his life to bring aseptic procedures into hospitals so that patients would not die from infections.
Albert Schweitzer. He was so thankful for the life he had that he decided to show his gratitude to God by becoming a doctor and going to help some of the poorest people in Africa.
Mother Teresa needs no introduction or excuse. I couldn't have done what she did.
Queen Elizabeth. She has devoted her entire life to the service of her people. She does her duty quietly with dignity and has done her best not to create controversy. She is one of the hardest-working (rich) women in the world...and she's still going strong at eighty.
The Beatles, especially John and Paul for bringing about a revolution in music and style.
2006-09-11 08:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You never heard of mine. Megathenes. He was an ambassador to India for one of Alexander the Great's successors. He negotiated away some provinces for 300 war elephants that were used to decide the last major battle between the successors. He wrote of the country but all that remains is a few comments in reference by others.
So why would he be the most interesting, because he is the hardest to learn about. I can use him as a the one person in the middle of the important developments of his day.
2006-09-11 08:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by Woody 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Among Politicians Winston Churchil. So astute and prudent.
Among all, Madame Curie. So intelligent a lady. Alexander Solzhenitsyn. All about sufferings of humanity, yet so beautiful to read.
2006-09-11 09:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by binaryFusion 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
President James K. Polk!!!! He is by far the greatest president of all time. The man was an actual honest politician. Go figure. He mapped out his plan for the US and came through on each one of his four points that he wanted to achieve.
2006-09-11 10:03:38 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Napoleon. a short guy who conquered the total Europe except for 2 places, England and Russia. He inspired me that no one is born completely and finally each body is sturdy or smart if diverse way.
2016-11-26 01:36:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert E Lee because he was an awesome general. Jeff Davis because he was President of the Confederacy. Any Civil War soldier because they fought for what they belive in.
2006-09-12 04:55:37 · answer #7 · answered by Queen of the Dachshunds 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
John F Kennedy-elan,heroism and grace...Benjamin Franklin-ingenuity,inventiveness and sensuality.....Benvenuto Cellini-creativity,courage and conviction.....Leonardo da Vinci-divine talent,multiple contextual genius and originality of thought!!!Alexander the great for raw indomitable will and adventurousness!!!isis-who reassembled the parts of her brother/husband even though they were dispersed in time as well as distance to reincarnate him after his brother set had dismembered him ans scattered his body to the winds!!j.p.allegro-the archaeologist/scholar and discipherer of the copper scroll and hunter of it's hidden treasures!!
2006-09-11 08:55:33 · answer #8 · answered by eldoradoreefgold 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Napoleon Bonaparte...for his ambition
Octavianus Augustus Caesar,just so....he is sympathic
Evita..but maybe i like the myth...
2006-09-12 05:26:59 · answer #9 · answered by andrea s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US President
He had the first siamese cat in the US.
2006-09-11 11:00:54 · answer #10 · answered by mjkinoh 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋