Excluding religious figures like Jesus and Moses: Who do you think are the greatest people in American history for their ability to affect the lives of others...
My list (in no strict order)
1. Andrew Carnegie- Industrialist/entrepreneur
2. Benjamin Franklin- Inventor, Diplomat, Printer
2. George Washington- First president
3. Abraham Lincoln- President
4. Martin Luther King Jr.- Human rights worker
5. President Dwight D. Eisenhower- General/ okay president
6. Franklin D. Roosevelt- President
7. Chief Justice John Marshall- ....
8. Thomas Jefferson- Founding father/president
9. Neil Armstrong- Astronaut
10. Walt Disney- Entertainer
2007-06-18 12:06:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
sorry about the Jesus/Moses thing- the question way originally to be in history but i would then spend hours researching historically significant people and need to revise my list heavily
2007-06-18 18:50:30 · update #1
Only 10? I know I listed more than ten, but each of these has to be considered. They are listed with no particular ranking in mind.
Henry Ford
Ronald Reagan
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ben Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Payne
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Martin Luther King, Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Elvis Presley
Bill Gates
Woodrow Wilson
James Madison
George H. "Babe" Ruth
Jackie Robinson
Andrew Carnegie
Walt Disney
George Lucas
Steven Speilberg
William Jennings Bryan
Susan B. Anthony
2007-06-18 16:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by Big Ben 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. George Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Benjamin Franklin
4. Walt Disney
5. Ronald Reagan
6. Thomas Edison
7. Alexander Graham Bell
8. Douglas MacArthur
9. Albert Einstein
10.Barbara Bush
Those would be my choices of the ten greatest Americans.
2007-06-18 13:48:34 · answer #2 · answered by No one 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin Roosevelt
Thomas Edison
Jonas Salk
Wright Bros
Martin Luther King
Steve Jobs/Steve Wozniak - Apple, birth of the viable comsumer PC.
Henry Ford
2007-06-18 12:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by gromit801 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Elvis - The King
Steven Speilberg - Director
Babe Ruth - The Great Bambino
Walt Disney - The Disney Visionary
John Cena - The Champ
okay i got half of them now i am bored
2007-06-18 12:21:30 · answer #4 · answered by Cena_Kix_Ass 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋