Who do you feel was the most influental person of twentieth century?

Question

This could be political, economic, religious, an inventor, etc.....but who do you think has helped shaped the course of human history more than anyone this past century?

Answer 1

Gavrilo Princip, the guy who shot Archduke Ferdinand, leading to world war one, and less directly, the fall of colonialism, world war two and the cold war.

Answer 2

i imagine Princip in trouble-free terms set the fuse to what grow to be already a time bomb. people accross europe were so enthousiiastic about the "tremendous conflict" at the same time as it broke out, they cheerily marched to the front. also, atlhough ww2 can not be understood without understanding about ww1, histoey i no longer a unmarried music from reason to effect. without the ignorant delight of clemenceau, the submit ww1 international would have regarded lots diverse too. Becasue of the dominant position of technology in the twentieth century, the most important individual of the century for my area must be a scientist, and the scientist who inspired politics the most through his moves grow to be Robbert Oppenheimer, so as which will be my vote. the discovery made through his crew determined the arriving international order, with its proxy wars, minuteman missiles and diametrical political ideologies. On a aspect be conscious, Robbert Oppenheimer did attempt for nuclear disarmament immediately after the conflict, and he vigorously hostile the type of the hydrogen bomb.

Answer 3

John Logie Baird inventor of the Television.

Answer 4

Adolf Hitler.
He changed the economics and political alliances of the second half of the century and is responsible for the existence of Israel which has caused so much trouble in the Middle East

Answer 5

Moahndas Karamchand Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, Hindi: मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी, IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhī, IPA: [moːhənd̪aːs kərəmtʃənd̪ gaːnd̪ʱiː]) (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948), was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. In India, he is recognized as the Father of the Nation. October 2nd, his birthday, is each year commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, and is a national holiday. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Hindi: महात्मा, məhatma ; from Sanskrit, mahātmā: Great Soul) and as Bapu (in Gujarati, Father).

Answer 6

Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek. The series is seen everywhere in nearly every language and it gives a hope that mankind will outgrow the mess we are currently in. It got everyone thinking about a future where we could really just say we are Terrans or Earthmen and leave it at that.

Answer 7

Winston Churchill.
Churchill was a statesman, orator, author, historian and Prime Minister who rallied the British people in the Second World War and took them from the edge of defeat to victory.

Churchill’s leadership during the war is legendary. He became Prime minister when the Cabinet were on the verge of seeking terms with Hitler and Germany. But Churchill would not contemplate defeat or even a honourable truce. His saying was ‘We will never give in’. Churchill is credited with conducting the war single-handedly. He made himself Minister for War as well as being Prime Minister and delegated the running of home affairs to junior ministers. Churchill sat at his desk in the Cabinet Office, dictating memos and orders and giving instructions but letting others get on with it. Churchill’s true talent was leadership, not performance. Churchill had a bed in his office suite and habitually slept in the afternoon. He had by a side, in his office, a mixture of brandy and water, which was continually refreshed. Critics say that this put him in a continuously drunken state.

Churchill was a historian. He wrote The History of The English Speaking Peoples, an account not just of English history but also of the British Empire and United States. This work was designed to demonstrate that the British people and their colonies are a unique culture distinct from European civilisations.

Churchill was an author. His book My Early Life, although outwardly an autobiography, is in fact novel with the young Churchill as one of the characters. In the book, Churchill sits the entrance examination for Harrow but on taking the Latin paper, carefully wrote the title, his name and the question number 1. After further thought, he adds brackets to the number but cannot think of anything to write and his paper is smudged by an inkblot. Churchill’s comments on the wisdom of the headmaster in accepting him despite this is an ironic comment not on the inability of his younger self but on the educational system of the time.

Churchill was known for his eloquence and his ready wit. On being accused of being a turncoat for changing parties twice, Churchill reposted ‘anyone can rat, but it takes a certain ingenuity to re-rat.’ When an official criticised other writers for ending sentences with propositions, Churchill added a note ‘This is the sort of English, up with which I will not put’. On one occasion a lady heckler shouted ‘Sir, you are drunk’. Churchill replied ‘And you, madam are ugly, but I shall be sober, tomorrow!’

Answer 8

Mahatma Gandhiji

Answer 9

John F Kennedy

Answer 10

Adolf Hitler redefined every aspect of life across the globe. His influence may have been negative, but it was decidedly the most profound. Everything we've accomplished with modern technology, including space exploration, was overtly influenced by Hitler and Nazi Germany.