Who is the one man who had the most influence on history this century?

Question

There is only one answer.

Without him there would be no World War I or II, Vietnam War or Korean War.
Without him there would be no Taliban or Al Queda.
Without him there would have been no attacks on Sept. 11th.
Without him there would be no war in Iraq and the Middle East would be peaceful.
Without him the US wouldn't be as powerful as it is.
Europe, and the rest of the world would look much different if he had never existed.
It is not Hitler. It is not Jesus.

Only one right answer. The first one to get it gets ten points.

You're right, I am splitting centuries but his one act has had a severe effect on history even to this day.

How did I say Sept 11th was bigger than WWII? That's foolish.

How would the nonexistence of Reagan forestall World War I?

This blind adoration of Reagan is ridiculous. You people really need to think about this. It's not that hard.

and how is selling weapons to guerillas bringing "eloquence" to the presidency?

bpiguy got it. It is gavrilo princep.

If he had not shot Archduke Ferdinand there would be no WWI

Without WWI there would be no WWII

Without WWII there would be no Cold War

Without WWII there would be no Israel

Without WWII America would not have become the superpower it is.

Without the Cold War there would be no Korea or Vietnam.

Without Israel there would be no war in the Middle East, Taliban or Sept. 11th attack.

Of course there is good reason to believe that something would have happened to set off the war without him but if it would have gotten as large as it did is questionable.

Answer 1

Your "one act" remark suggests Gavrilo Princep, but if he didn't trigger WWI, someone else would have.

If it was a Brit, it might have been David Balfour, but I don't think so.

Karl Marx couldn't have prevented WWI. Nor could Churchill. Lenin, Stalin, and Roosevelt were too late.

It was not an American, nor a Frenchman. I think it was a German, maybe.

The two Germans who might fill the bill were Otto von Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Bismarck was the leading diplomat/manipulator of his time, but he carefully maintained a balance of power.

Wilhelm fired Bismarck, and WWI would not have occurred without his approval. Without WWI, there's no Hitler, maybe no WWII, and maybe no Russian Revolution. (1905 happened, but maybe not 1917.)

On the other hand, Queen Victoria was the grandmother of the Kaiser, and somehow she was related to the tsarina of Russia.

So she's a candidate: what if, for example, she had no children?

So I'll go back to Germany, and cast my vote for Wilhelm, not Bismarck.

Arguably, all you say in your question might have been altered if Kaiser Wilhelm II had not existed.

Answer 2

The only possible answer is Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame. Few people know this, but he died at the ripe age of 181, his chicken cited as the reason for his longevity and virility.

Touted as the 'Fountain of Youth', the Colonel's secret 7 herbs & spices recipe was stolen, triggering WWI & WWII. The recipe was later returned by Indiana Jones who was heard to say, "This belongs in a museum." How very true.

A copy of his recipe was once rumored to be in Southeast Asian. The Vietnam and Korean wars quickly followed.

The Taliban & Al Queda know that possession of this national treasure would bring the U.S. to it's knees by lunch, dinner at the latest.

Scholars agree, all strife in the Middle East orginated with the question, "Which is better, extra crispy or the Colonel's original recipe?" They've never agreed on anything since.

KFC has infiltrated every country in the world, who's employees act as spies. Sensitive information was funneled back to Col. Sanders who used it to further his empire, making him the most powerful man on the planet.

The world has changed considerably because of Col. Sanders. The mere aroma from one of his restaurants in West Germany caused the starving masses from the East to tear down the Berlin Wall.

Yes, Colonel Sanders has shaped the world in ways we may never truly understand. Anyone who disagrees is a Vegan and is currently being monitored by KFC spies.

All Hail Sanders!
:)

Answer 3

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 4

You say man. So I am assuming you can't mean God which I would disagree with anyway.
The one single person who so much influenced the world would be "Vladimir Lenin".
Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the "war communism" period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight "by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the State."

Lenin would be the only man who influenced the world so much, caused so much change even after his death by his ideas which live on even today.

Answer 5

George Washington

Answer 6

woodrow wilson

without him america would not have entered the war
if he had pushed more for the US to ratify the league of nations no WW2 and so on.


but the most influencal person in history. George W. Bush
even after alll the **** that we have put on him about how much of a jackass, retarded, redneck he is, he still became president and we make fun of him so much but yet he still got the office!

Answer 7

Leon Czolgosz, the man who assassinated President William McKinley.

Answer 8

Your query comprises in itself the proper reply: Muhammad, the Holy Prophet, is probably the most influential individual in historical past. May God bless him, and would possibly God bless all folks, and would possibly there be peace on the planet--now and perpetually.

Answer 9

Teddy Roosevelt.

Answer 10

So you think Sep 11 was bigger deal than WWII? Think again. Think outside the "globe of the US" haha. There is no such man you are asking about.