And what makes them great?
2006-10-21 09:34:49 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
jesus
2006-10-21 09:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
To me this is a matter of opinion. Christians would say Christ is the greatest because he is the savior of the world. Albert Einstein would be considered one of the greatest because of his brilliant mind. To me a great man may not be well known but he is someone who as a positive effect on the people around him making others a better person. This person would be selfless thinking of others needs first full of humility.
2006-10-21 17:02:53 · answer #2 · answered by Brenda K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln - for holding the Union together and ending slavery
Albert Einstein - for redefining the universe
Walter Payton - for showing us how to be a superstar and still maintain some humility
Stevie Ray Vaughan - for creating some of the nastiest guitar licks ever
Leonardo DaVinci - for being 500 years ahead of his time
Michelangelo - for making marble look as soft as skin
Werner Von Braun - the master of modern rocketry
Lewis and Clark - for traveling 2000 miles into uncharted territory in a canoe
2006-10-21 22:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by texasbikerdude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ronald Reagan -- Ending the Cold War
Abraham Lincoln -- Ending slavery
Henry Ford -- Establishing the assembly line
Bill Gates -- Connecting the world through the internet
Albert Einstein -- Brilliant theories
Johann Sebastian Bach -- Beautiful music
Billy Graham -- Uniting the world in Christianity
The list could be huge... you're doing right by taking a survey
2006-10-21 16:44:32 · answer #4 · answered by Jim I 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The greatest people who ever lived are the people like my parents. They raised their kids, went to work, voted, paid their taxes, and fought and in some cases died to preserve their way of life. If it weren't for the everyday people of all ages, there would be no civilization, no countries, and likely no humanity to think about these questions.
2006-10-21 20:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by ron k 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Plutarch, Herodotus, Sun Tzu, George Carlin.
2006-10-21 17:54:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Peter the Great of Russia
His modernization and westernization of Russia, allowed him to defeat the premier fighting force in Europe at the time (Swedish army), reforming the entire judicial system and political system, setting the stage for Catherine the Greats successful reign and by actually transforming Russia from a landlocked, isolated, xenophobic and backwards economy, to a major player in world events and transforming it into a "modern economy"
2006-10-21 16:43:24 · answer #7 · answered by Per S 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Winston Churchill - had he not chosen to fight at all costs, to the last man & child, & delay / deter Hitler's invasion of England, you'd be typing this question, on a manual typewritter, & We'd be responding to you via letter to you new home in jail ( because you wrote the letter ), but it would't matter, because We'd be speaking to you soon, because we answered it too!
everyone needs to watch public television for this reason, change channel when America haters ( frontline) come on, but learn history!
2006-10-21 16:44:29 · answer #8 · answered by Bonno 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is a judgement question. There will be an many answers as there are answerers. Who is or was great to one person is far from great to another.
2006-10-21 18:14:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the most influential, if not greatest, man who ever lived is Aristotle. Try to find anything that doesn't, in one form or another, come back to his ideas...
2006-10-21 17:27:40 · answer #10 · answered by Darrell Keller 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
albert einstein:he was the greatest physicist
martin luther king:a great activist
mahatma gandhi:a great activist
2006-10-21 17:10:18 · answer #11 · answered by bluelille 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋