Who is you most fovorite peson in history?

Answer 1

Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, C.S.A.

Answer 2

I'm kind of amazed no one has listed George Washington. He is by far my most favorite.
1. Completely focused and goal-oriented. Always knew what he wanted to do and made plans to get there
2. Completely supported his leaders (British Gov't) until he knew there was no alternative
3. Refused pay while acting as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and as President of the U.S.A.
4. Used his own money on occassion to support the war effort.
5. Could have become king of America and started his own Empire but turned it down and resigned his commission. King George III even (his erstwhile enemy) said of him that he was the greatest man to ever live upon hearing that he was going to turn down the opportunity to become king.

In summary, he had the opportunity to be completely corrupted by his power, but turned it all down for the good of the country and its posterity. More than any other man he molded the office of president and did more than just about any other man to create the United States. He was by far my most favorite person in history.

Answer 3

Emily Davison threw herself under the king’s horse in the Derby.
Davison was a suffragette, a member of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) whose life’s work was the cause of women’s suffrage.

Davison was born in Blackheath, London, educated at Royal Holloway College, London and later at St Hugh’s College Oxford where she took first-class honours in English Literature. Oxford awarded her, not a degree, but the title of ‘Lady Licentiate in Arts’ as, at that time, Oxford and Cambridge did not award degrees to women.

Davison joined Emeline Pankhurst’s WSPU in 1906, and at once became involved in aggressive action. She was arrested on several occasions, once for attacking a man she thought was Lloyd George. She went on hunger strike in prison and was force fed. On the night of the 1911 census, she crept into the Hose of Commons and spent the night in a cupboard, so that she could legally write down ‘Palace of Westminster’ as her address. Mr Tony Benn relates that he has placed a commemorative plaque in this cupboard.

What took place on the afternoon of 4th June 1913 is unclear. Some say that Davison heroically committed suicide for the cause. Others say that she intended to stop the king’s racehorse ‘Amner’ and place the ribbon of the WSPU on the beast. Cine film of the incident shows Davison stepping onto the course as the field were rounding Tattenham Park Corner. Some eyewitnesses stated that Davison attempted to pull down the king’s horse. The fact that she had purchased a return railway ticket, however, points away from the suicide theory. What is certain is that Davison fell under the hooves of the racehorse, had her skull fractured and died four days later.

Davison is buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 2QT. Her tombstone bears the apposite WSPU slogan ‘Deeds Not Words’.

Answer 4

Napoleon Bonaparte and Abraham Lincoln

Answer 5

Abraham Lincoln. I love how he symbolizes opposites in so many ways - like zen buddhism. He was a free-thinker amidst fundamentalists, but that didn't stop him from having enormous influence. And while he was a politician, first and foremost, he was extremely tolerant and moral. I also love that he was such a gifted writer. His life, especially as President, is a classic tragedy.

Answer 6

Jerry Garcia. I went to a Grateful Dead back in 1985 and found out that I had 50,000 new friends. I loved his guitar playing. I miss him more than I care to say. I will always love the Lord before anyone, but, Jerry is right up there in my world.

Answer 7

Prophet Muhammad

Answer 8

Benjamin Franklin. Businessman, Inventor, politician and, Ladies Man, He did it All.

Answer 9

Erwin Rommel and Napoleon Bonaparte.

Answer 10

The roman emperor Constantine.