Who would be the Most Influential Persons in History?

Question

Postulate that we are Building a Monument to Humanity on the Moon, to Outlast and give Testiment to Who we were, as a Global Community. It can't be Torn Down, Vandalized, or Destroyed in a War, but Could be Added to. Once Added, the Personage could Not be Removed.
To be Included, the Person must have been Alive, and their Contributions Non-Fictional.
They must have had a Lasting Effect on History, thus a Contemorary Newsmaker would not yet have had the Test of Time. Leaders, Philosophers, Composers, Scientists, are Equal here.
Their Contributions could be Good or Bad.

We are going to Add some "Givens" to Begin with, and Save Space:
Religeon Founders/Elders like Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Budda, (forgive me if I left out your Favorites) have had an Obvious, Far Reaching Effect(even if you don't Believe), and will Already be Included. We'll include Adam and Eve for Completeness.

WHO would you Enshrine and Why? What History would you want Never to be Forgotten?

So far, a Lot of Good People, except for Harry Potter! However Few Reasons why!
OK-Here's One Hitler-obvious
Remembered as:He Unified a Beaten Germany into an Industrial Giant, Politically Stymied England and France for Large Gains, Staged Military campains across Europe, Africa, etc., Mass Murderer, Mystic, or Meglomaniacal Nutcase? Should we Remember Accomplishments or Attrocities?

Answer 1

George Washington: Without him there certainly would not be a free USA. We would be part of the commonwealth same as Canada and Australia are.

Edward de Vere: this 17th earl of Oxford under his pseudonym William Shakespeare, wrote plays and poems still popular and important over 400 years later.

Issac Newton: His ground breaking works are still the basis for calculus, mechanical physics, and optics

Johannes Gutenberg: His invention of the moveable type printing press thrust us out of the Dark Ages and made the Enlightenment Age possible

Moses: If you include Jesus Christ and Muhammad, you must include Moses. He is a major figure in three major religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

Answer 2

(Strictly looking at potential candidates from the U.S., because I have read a lot more about U.S. history than world history...)

One person I would include would be Abraham Lincoln. Not only did he see the United States through one of the most trying times in history, his life had an impact all over the world.

Others that might warrant consideration: George Washington, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, John D. Rockefeller, Franklin Roosevelt,...

Answer 3

this is a perplexing question to respond to because of the fact there have been lots of folk, and historic previous is an prolonged time. you ought to assert that the guy who invented writing became into the main influential person, or perchance the 1st person to desperate to cultivate flowers, yet we don't comprehend who any of those anybody is. yet once you're conversing approximately human beings whose names all of us comprehend, i could somewhat look at Socrates, whose techniques of philosophy prompted Plato and Aristotle, and different much less sought after Greek thinkers, who all in turn created the guidelines of Arabic and ecu getting to grasp. Their techniques of excellent judgment could ultimately lay the guidelines for medical theory and the in demand international. then lower back, we don't comprehend who prompted Socrates, or what different impacts the later thinkers absorbed. then lower back, Socrates' techniques does not have meant lots with out the Greek fulfillment in the conflict against the Persians, and that depended on the Themistocles, who rallied the adult adult males of Athens and directed the army on the conflict of Artemisium, or the Spartans and Thebans who gave their lives on the conflict of Thermopylae. with out them, Greek way of existence does not have survived or thrived the way it did. Greek way of existence prompted ecu, center eastern and chinese language civilizations; with out it the international could have been particularly diverse. on a similar time, there is likewise the impression of Judaism, whose holy texts served because of the fact the muse for the two Christianity and Islam. The founder of Judaism became into Abraham, which makes him rather influential besides.

Answer 4

Christopher Columbus- discovered America; Michaelangelo- magnificent painter; Miguel de Cervantes- greatest writer of Don Quijote, Mother Theresa of Calcutta- missionary

Answer 5

Grog of the Cave Bear Clan was dubbed "most influential person in history by the elders of the Tribe in the Year 66,563 BC for his creation of the concepts of gods, goddesses, angel, devils and things that go bump in the night....to keep members of his clan in line. The world has never been the same since...

Answer 6

I would have to put forth the Mahatma Gandhi. He tended to transcend Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. He desired to bring people onto common ground to meet together in peace...

Answer 7

Da Vinci - The real one not like in the FICTIONAL BOOK the da vinci code

Copernicus - Influence on mathematics, yea i know others did it first, but that does not matter, its who popularized that counts for this

Mao - Strongest modern influence on nearly half the world

Hitler - Obvious

Julius Ceaser - Rome civilized the western world, especially once the republic was shattered, thanks to Julius

Socrates - The father of modern thought

Answer 8

Ataturk,Da Vinci,Che Guevara,Elvis Presley,Hitler,Mozart,Newton,Gauss,Martin Luther King,Saladin,Genghis Khan,Giuseppe Garibaldi are the first ones that i remember..

Answer 9

Jesus, Buddha, Albert Einstein, Lao Tse, Harry Potter.

Answer 10

Shakespeare, who in all likelihood wrote his own plays.

Julius Caesar.

Marie Curie.

Jesus.