Name a few powerful famous people?

Question

ex: Ghandi

Answer 1

Artists & Entertainers
J.J. Abrams
George Clooney
Dixie Chicks
Ellen DeGeneres
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Wayne Gould
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Arianna Huffington
Ang Lee
Renzo Piano
Rain
Rachael Ray
Jeff Skoll
Kiki Smith
Will Smith
Zadie Smith
Howard Stern
Meryl Streep
Reese Witherspoon
Rob Pardo
Daddy Yankee
Tyra Banks
Dane Cook
Matt Drudge
Stephen Colbert

Scientists & Thinkers

Whether by harnessing the power of the Internet or probing the mysteries of the mind, they have come up with the big ideas of our time

Mike Brown
Kelly Brownell
Nancy Cox
Richard Davidson
Kerry Emanuel
Jim Hansen
Zahi Hawass
Bill James
John Jones
Ma Jun
Jim Yong Kim
Steven Levitt
Jacques Rossouw
Andrew von Eschenbach
Jimmy Wales
Geoffrey West

Leaders & Revolutionaries

Dictators, democrats, holy men (and a TV host)—these are the people with the clout and power to change our world
Muqtada al-Sadr
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Hugo Chavez
George W. Bush
John McCain
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Pope Benedict
Condoleezza Rice
Wen Jiabao
Ehud Olmert
Pervez Musharraf
John Roberts
Ismail Haniya
Angela Merkel
Jigme Singye Wangchuk
Archbishop Peter Akinola
Junichiro Koizumi
Oprah Winfrey
Bill & Melinda Gates

Answer 2

Bill Gates
George W Bush
Richard Branson
The Pope
Donald Trump

Answer 3

William Randolf Hearst, Ted Turner, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, That Forbes dude.

Answer 4

King Leonidas of Sparta
Xerxes of the Persian Empire

300<--- Fantastic Movie

Answer 5

Before Ghandi & MLK was Henry David Thoreau.

Oprah Winfrey my ***!

Answer 6

Rockefeller, Getty, Astor: all three grew exhorbantly wealthy for their time in the early dawn of the 20th century--comparably to the wealth currently enjoyed by Bill Gates and Donald Trump. All of which are considered aggressive Beta personalities--driven by focused greed.....and they ALL weave a common thread that their wealth DID (and still does) affect our U.S. economony system to a tepidly dangerous degree.

Winston Churchill: eccentrically British spokesman--bearing NO real military expertise other than he weilded the power of persuasion and was the British Army's catalyst for their driven focus in WW II. Many claim that w/out Churchill, the UK surely would perish into Nazi domination. Discreetly, Churchill claimed to a few trusted confidants that he may be psychic.......and for years, he had a beloved mistress along with his equally beloved wife.

What really is power? Power is the unobjectional privilege to do pretty much what your will suggests. It's measured and grown by social graces and favors given/owed.

The hat-trick is to not break laws (or not get caught breaking laws) to attain such power....be it via persuasion--or outright purchased. Two final cases in point:

The Kennedy Legacy: The wealth attained by Joe Kennedy was born out from bootlegging Canadian whiskey ( highly ILLEGAL) during Prohibition. Wisely saved, Kennedy massed a mega amount of wealth that bought him plenty of social AND political empowerment that allowed Joe to buy a political victory Presidential win for his son, known as JFK. From the underbelly of criminal scum and illegal deeds gave rise to pristine prim clean exhorbant wealth.

Simon Cowell: In a 17 year span, Cowell went from common working joe in the music media business, to Sony/BMG executive, to rights owner of American Idol and The X Factor--massively popular in America and UK--also featured in 36 other countries....with Cowell getting $$$ from each one. Cowell's take is estimated at $100 million--worth more than Sony/BMG client Bruce Springsteen--and Cowell has no musical experience and boasts no formal college education as well.

Answer 7

Bill Gates
Donald Trump

Answer 8

Ronald McDonald

Answer 9

Bill Gates
G.Bush
Steve Jobs
Stelios

Answer 10

just adding in a military aspect:
Chairman Mao, Adolf Hitler, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte.

Whats your definition of powerful? By their wealth or by their legacy?