Can you name the 100 Most Influential People in History? by jesswong87

Can you name the 100 Most Influential People in History?

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Source: Ranking of 100 Most Important People in History & Reasoning behind the #1 Choice
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Life Dates	Person	Influence
570 - 632		Religion
1643 - 1727		Science
4 BC - 30 AD		Religion
563 - 483 BC		Religion
551 - 479 BC		Thoughts
5 BC - 67 AD		Religion
50 - 121		Invention/Industry
1398 - 1368		Invention/Industry
1451 - 1506		Exploration
1879 - 1955		Science
1822 - 1895		Science
1564 - 1642		Science
284 - 322 BC		Thought
323 - 283 BC		Science
1351 - 1271 BC		Religion
1809 - 1882		Science
259 - 210 BC		Politics
63 BC - 19 AD		Politics
1473 - 1543		Science
1743 - 1794		Science
272 - 337		Politics
1736 - 1819		Invention/Industry
1791 - 1867		Science
1831 - 1879		Science
1483 - 1546		Religion
1732 - 1799		Politics
1818 - 1883		Politics/Thought
1871 - 1948 & 1867 - 1912		Invention/Industry
1162 - 1227		Politics
1723 - 1790		Thought
1564 - 1616		The Arts
1766 - 1844		Science
356 - 323BC		Politics
1769 - 1821		Politics

Life Dates	Person	Influence
1847 - 1931		Invention/Industry
1632 - 1723		Science
1819 - 1868		Science/Invention
1874 - 1937		Invention/Industry
1889 - 1945		Politics
428 - 348 BC		Science
1599 - 1658		Politics
1847 - 1922		Invention/Industry
1881 - 1955		Science
1632 - 1704		Thought
1770 - 1827		The Arts
1901 - 1976		Science
1787 - 1851		Invention/Industry
1783 -1830		Politics
1596 - 1650		Thought/Science
1475 - 1564		The Arts
1035 - 1099		Religion
586 - 644		Politics/Religion
304 - 232 BC		Politics
354 - 430		Religion
1578 - 1657		Science
1871 - 1937		Science
1509 - 1564		Religion
1822 - 1884		Science
1858 - 1947		Science
1827 - 1912		Science
1832 - 1891		Invention/Industry
1476 - 1541		Politics
1485 - 1547		Politics
1743 - 1826		Politics
1451 - 1504		Politics
1878 - 1953		Politics
100 - 44 BC		Politics
1027 - 1087		Politics

Life Dates	Person	Influence
1856 - 1939		Thought
1749 - 1823		Science
1845 - 1923		Science
1685 - 1750		The Arts
600 - 470 BC		Religion
1694 - 1778		Thought
1571 - 1630		Science
1901 - 1954		Science
1707 - 1783		Science
1712 - 1778		Thought
1469 - 1527		Thought
1766 - 1834		Thought
1917 - 1963		Politics
1903 -1967		Science/Invention
216 - 276		Religion
1870 - 1924		Politics
541 - 604		Politics
1460 - 1524		Exploration
600 - 530 BC		Politics
1672 - 1725		Politics
1893 - 1976		Politics
1561 - 1626		Thought
1863 - 1947		Invention/Industry
372 – 289 BC		Thoughts
628 - 551 BC		Religion
1533 - 1603		Politics
1931 - Present		Politics
3420 - 3345 BC		Politics
742 - 814		Politics
850 BC (approx)		The Arts
483 - 565		Politics
599 - 527 BC		Religion

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100 Most Influential People in History Quiz

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	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 09:34 GMT		7 points
	Use the search bar before making a quiz, mac.

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	cwpiper:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 19:24 GMT		10 points
	also, why no gandhi or MLK? They have influenced millions in a time where over 10% of all people who have ever lived are alive.

	antlyon:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 00:32 GMT		14 points
	John Kennedy on this list and no Abraham Lincoln? Fail

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	harry2quinn:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 04:35 GMT		5 points
	'Queen Elizabeth', 'Da Gama', 'Alexander' and 'Mohammed' didn't work. Alternative spellings should be included.

	jesswong87:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 05:34 GMT		-1 points
	I completely agree cwpiper, as there would be quite a few people I would have changed but this list is only one author's opinion. Sorry harry2quinn about that, I have included alternative spelling for Da Gama and Mohammed but to change the other 2 would be too easy. Cheers

	magical_cola:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 17:19 GMT		-2 points
	What about Winston Churchill! One of the most influential men of all time, along with Gandhi who wasn't on the list. It should also have Martin Luther King and Kennedy!!!!

	jobo:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 06:11 GMT		1 point
	Maybe it needs a better description of the source, otherwise it's an interesting challenge.

	Gangsterls:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 09:55 GMT		5 points
	Should take Galileo (the name most commonly used to refer to him), William for William the Conqueror, and Paul for St. Paul.

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	jesswong87:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 02:32 GMT		1 point
	JC3, I think you have Martin Luther King mixed up with Martin Luther. MLK is not actually on the list whereas ML is. ML was a German priest who initiated the Protestant Reformation whereas MLK was an African American who was a prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement.

	fluffy:	Nov 28th, 2009 at 17:49 GMT		-1 points
	This list is extremely Eurocentric.

	magicpebble:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 06:14 GMT		3 points
	Weird that Genghis Khan is under "exploration," while Alexander the Great is under "politics." Seems to me like they had similar accomplishments.

	SOAR21:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 06:46 GMT		1 point
	Actually, its one of the better ones. If anything at all, I like how this quiz has many influential Eastern figures usually left out, even though they are just as important. A lot of missing people, but what about Abraham? Isn't he the holy ancestor of three different religions?

	jesswong87:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 07:14 GMT		1 point
	magicpebble: 'exploration' for Genghis Khan was an error and has been changed to 'politics'. Thanks!

	Anonymous42:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 19:16 GMT		2 points
	You need to take simply "Augustus" and "Mao", as they're commonly referred to only by those names. Also, you should take "Justinian the Great" or maybe even just Justinian -- when people refer to "Justinian," I can assure you they're not talking about the second one. After all, you take just "Elizabeth," but there was an Elizabeth II, wasn't there?

	roditg:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 14:56 GMT		2 points
	I just think its funny to point out that the only one who is still alive is old Gorbachev there

	borisyegerov:	Dec 4th, 2009 at 00:53 GMT		2 points
	Disappointed that having guessed Xerxes and Darius, I overlooked Cyrus the Great. And I thought I knew Persia... I would like to see Saladin, Martin Luther King, Dmitri Mendeleev, Gandhi and Catherine the Great on this list. And Elvis Presley.

	oohindu:	Dec 4th, 2009 at 03:11 GMT		1 point
	Shi huangdi should be an acceptable spelling.

	xhunter:	Dec 11th, 2009 at 17:36 GMT		1 point
	Roentgen should be acceptable, as are Asoka, and al-Khattab

	object_holder:	Apr 21st, 2010 at 21:50 GMT		0 points
	Apparently black civil rights and women's rights aren't historically important?

	colsharpe:	May 26th, 2010 at 13:57 GMT		1 point
	augustus caesar died in AD14, NOT 19

	pinkfloyd:	Jul 24th, 2010 at 23:18 GMT		-1 points
	I have to spell out QUEEN ELIZABETH I ???

	Aristocles:	Nov 17th, 2010 at 23:37 GMT		-1 points
	Mohammad should have been # 2 or # 3. Really, Hart just put him above Jesus to stir up controversy, otherwise, no one would have heard of the book. Who founded the larger religion? Who is in both the Bible and the Koran? Whose religion changed the world from polytheistic to monotheistic? Jesus. Mohammad simply founded a second religion alongside the larger one, and a far less original one. The reasoning that "he was a general too" is specious, as the same can be said of Constantine I, who also spread a religion, and over a much larger population and land area in his lifetime.

	Almasa:	Jan 1st, 2011 at 16:57 GMT		2 points
	@Aristocles: Judaism is monotheistic, and was around before Jesus....and you can argue that any religion has "changed the world". And to contend that Christianity is "more original" than Islam is pointless, and doesn't make it greater anyway - and by pointless, I mean 'specious'

	Bretzky:	Apr 22nd, 2011 at 20:13 GMT		2 points
	Since there is no standard English spelling of Muhammad's name, this quiz really need to accept alternate spellings. Plus I entered St Paul and it didn't take it. It's ridiculous that it wouldn't have accepted over a missing ".".

	redcobra7:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 14:53 GMT		2 points
	@Aristocles My guess for why Mohammed is first is because Mohammed was much more groundbreaking. Jesus led a movement that could have occurred anyway, and had already started with John the Baptist and others. Mohammed on the other hand solely founded Islam and began an empire. If I were writing this list, I would have put Genghis Khan up much higher. He single-handedly caused Western European domination for the next 8 centuries by destroying everything from Korea to Kiev.

	jakespooky:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 19:48 GMT		-1 points
	Errr, how come it's got Edison and Marconi but not John Philip Sousa?

	Golonguthur:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 18:16 GMT		1 point
	@ Aristocles: Hart's justification for Muhammad's placement is that he founded not only the 2nd largest monotheistic religion in the world but also one of the largest political units in the world, where science and culture flourished.