Who's the most over-rated person in history?

Answer 1

In the short-term I agree with the answer of Princess Diana. However, in a hundred years she is unlikely to be in the history books.

In the long term...
Richard the Lionhearted - Let's see...his Crusade failed, he bankrupted his country, he got himself captured, he paid no attention to his responsibilities as king to England (he was only there 6 months out of a 10 year reign), and he rebelled against his father (and failed). Why are people impressed by him?

Runner up...
Queen Victoria - Lots of things happened during her reign, but she wasn't responsible for most of it! Essentially she's famous for living a long time and not being amused.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

John Kennedy - As a President, he was mediocre at best. The only reason people still hold a fondness for him was his good looks, his idealism and the fact that he died so young. If one looks at his policies, he wasn't that great. He was great during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but he failed on Civil Rights. He played too much politics with Civil Rights. If he had not been pushed by events, Civil Rights might not have come as soon as they did. He failed during the Bay of Pigs. If he had not messed with the plans that the Eisenhower Administration had worked up, then it might have worked. In my opinion, he just couldn't make good decisions as often as he could/should have.

Answer 4

Christopher Columbus

Answer 5

FDR. His soultions were amazing in the short term, but have done more harm in the long term.

As for so many saying Columbus, I think he may just be the most under-rated! Everyone says 'He was a greedy gold seeker'. 'He killed native americans' but if historians would stop getting their facts from other historians, and actually read copies of Columbus' personnal journals, they would see that is wrong.

On second thought, historians are the most over-rated people in history.

Answer 6

King Arthur

Best evidence is the he was an mixture of a bunch of kings and warriors. And if the actual man lived and accomplished what they say, his contribution is still negligible to world history or even English history for that matter.

Answer 7

I've seen some good answers here, but thanks to 300 it might King Leonidas of Sparta for awhile. There were simply so many more important Greeks than he, and there were even Greeks that have much greater influences over the outcomes of the Persian Wars.

Answer 8

Louis XIV was a spoiled rich kid who didn't actually do much for humanity. In the last 100 years I'd have to say Kurt Cobain. Come on, so he had some heroin-induced ramblings set to music... big deal.

Answer 9

Victoria Beckham

Answer 10

Jeebus
Chris Columbus
tie: Paris Hilton/Britanny Spears
Madonna
Batman (do comic heroes count?)
Gen. Lee
....in that order