Friday, August 24, 2007

10 Most Influential

What 10 people influenced or impacted the world to the greatest degree during my lifetime so far? If you can do the math you have already figured out I am talking about the years 1955 to present. Here is my list, with those who made the honorable mention list following. IMPORTANT POINT: Both groups are in NO PARTICULAR ORDER. Here goes:

1. Mother Teresa
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Ronald Reagan
4. Bill Gates
5. Martin Luther King
6. Lech Walesa
7. Nelson Mandela
8. C.S. Lewis
9. Elvis Presley
10. Osama Bin Laden


Honorable Mention:

1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Richard Nixon
3. Pol Pot
4. Billy Graham
5. Mao Zedong
6. The Beatles
7. Steve Jobs
8. Saddam Hussein
9. Albert Schweitzer
10. Jonas Salk

FYI- Einstein died 6 months before I was born, so he barely missed making the list!
And yes, it was hard to leave Bear Bryant off! :)

Give me your list. There are no wrong answers.

4 Comments:

At 2:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Edward Teller, the father of the atom bomb. That was done before 1955, but the change in atomic warfare and the resulting power structure has MOSTLY occurred since, and much of his work was after 1955.

Also, I would put Bob Dylan up there with the Beatles as far as influential. He even influenced them, and just about every other performer with a social conscience since.

don

 
At 4:49 PM, Blogger David U said...

Good points brother figure....especially the Dylan one.

I hear your leaving for November.

DU

 
At 5:09 PM, Blogger David U said...

Make that "you're". sorry!

 
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