Can you name the 50 most important people ever? by ovin

Field	Person	Era - Location
Religion		570 AD - 632 - Saudi Arabia
Religion		4 BC - 33 AD - Israel
Religion		623-543 BC - Nepal
Science		1643-1727 - England
Invention		1398–1468 - Germany
Science		1879-1955 - Germany
Thought		1818-1883 - Germany
Thought		384 - 322 BC- Greece
Science		1564-1642 - Italy
Science		1809–1882 - United Kingdom
Thought		551-479 BC -China
Religion		1483-1546 - Germany
Exploration		1451-1506 - Italy

Field	Person	Era - Location
Politics		1870- 1924 - Russia
Thought		428-348 BC - Greece
Science		1822–1895- France
Science		1473-1543 - Poland
Religion		5-67 - Turkey
Invention		1736-1819 - United Kingdom
Politics		1893-1976 - China
Mathematics		c. 300 BC - Egypt
Military/Politics		1769-1821 - France
Religion		c. 1400 BC - Egypt
Military/Politics		356–323 BC - Greece
Politics		1889-1945 - Austria
Science		1791-1867 - United Kingdom

Field	Person	Era - Location
Invention		50-121 - China
Invention		1847–1931 - United States
Military/Politics		1162–1227 - Mongolia
Science		1822-1884 - Czech Republic
Invention		1847–1922 - United Kingdom
Politics		1732-1799 - United States
Invention		1874–1937 - Italy
Invention		19th/20th Cen. Duo - United States
Thought/Science		1856-1939 - Czech Republic
The Arts		1564-1616 - United Kingdom
Politics		1878-1953 - Georgia
Science		1881-1955 - United Kingdom
The Arts		1770-1827 - Germany

Field	Person	Era - Location
Politics		100–44 BC - Italy
Science		1845-1923 - Germany
The Arts/Science		1452 - 1519 - Italy
Politics		742-814 - Belgium
Economics		1723-1790 - United Kingdom
The Arts		1685-1750 - Germany
Medicine		1749-1823 - United Kingdom
Thought		1712-1778 - Switzerland
Science		c. 287 -212 BC - Greece
Science		1831- 1879 - United Kingdom
Politics		272-337 - Serbia

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50 most important people ever Quiz

by ovin

Created Sep 7, 2011 in History
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	marzoz10:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 01:51 GMT	1 point
	Please cite your source.

	coolrick92:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 01:58 GMT	1 point
	you spelled hitler wrong, you forgot the 't'.

	imclala:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 02:06 GMT	13 points
	This is good, but you could accept more spellings of Muhammed and Zedong (I tried Mohammad, Mohammed, and Tsetung, all spellings I've seen used often), and accept first names for those people who are known better or solely by their first name, like Galileo. Maybe Napoleon as well.

	amwoods13:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 02:09 GMT	6 points
	While you're at it, the name of the first person on the list is spelled many different ways, so you should include alternatives. In addition, the Italian scientist who lived from 1564-1642 was primarily known by his first name, so that should also be an accepted answer.

	carbon_rod:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 02:51 GMT	5 points
	It's usually "Genghis" Khan.

	Vordeo:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 03:53 GMT	5 points
	Fun quiz, though I'd change the name to '50 most INFLUENTIAL people ever', as that's what the source lists. Also, I'd accept Mao for Mao Zedong, as that is his last name. I'd also accept Mao Tse Tung, which is an alternate spelling.

	AutonomusPlebian:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 11:52 GMT	7 points
	Needs to accept alternate spellings (eg Mohammed). Also accept first names for people who were known by their first name (eg Galileo). Also just accept Alexander for Alexander the Great. Finally, you need to accept Mao as Mao was actually his surname

	cupcakes:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 14:57 GMT	2 points
	agree with "genghis" as the usual spelling

	AnaO:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 15:29 GMT	0 points
	Mao Tse Tung.

	PublicEnemy:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 16:08 GMT	1 point
	Yeah you really need to accept the occasional first name. I'm mainly talking about Galileo like imclala and AutonomusPlebian already mentioned.

	purplebackpack89:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 17:11 GMT	2 points
	agree with more answers needed for mohammed, mao, etc. Some of the countries are confusing...you should list the countries mostly as they were at the time (i.e. USSR for Stalin, Rome or Byzantium for Constantine). Also, who the hell is Tsai Lun?

	trivial:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 19:00 GMT	3 points
	Accept Roentgen. That's how it's usually spelled in English.

	redpegasus:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 20:51 GMT	10 points
	@purplebackpack I did a search on the internet and found that Tsai Lun invented something called "paper".

	rsplenda477:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 23:29 GMT	1 point
	Where is Abraham Lincoln??

	Triffid:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 00:30 GMT	1 point
	"Belgium" didn't exist until 1830, so you might want to look at that again.

	eddddedddd:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 02:36 GMT	-1 points
	I'm surprised Abraham isn't in for Religion.

	spurtle:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 13:16 GMT	1 point
	United Kingdom has the most. Woohoo we're the best!!

	Robble:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 18:08 GMT	-1 points
	Napoleon one of the 50 most important people ever? Hmm, if you say so...

	paulio_ham:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 20:32 GMT	3 points
	This was a good quiz and doesn't deserve such a low rating, especially now Ovin seems to have made some sensible corrections. Fellow sporclers you should amend your scores for once!

	AlexRandom:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 21:34 GMT	2 points
	It is a good quiz indeed, and as it stands now it deserves a much higher rating. No such list can be perfect or uncontroversial, of course, but this one seems quite better assembled that some I saw in other quizzes. (No Princess Diana nonsense!)

	WCRoentgen:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 10:23 GMT	9 points
	Anyone care to guess who I missed?

	spikethedee:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 16:43 GMT	1 point
	Babbage? Computers have a wee bit of an impact on the world recently. Tesla, Benz & Ford too.

	tulliuscicero:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 21:33 GMT	1 point
	Accept Roentgen, since that's how people who don't use umlauts spell it, Cai Lun, which is an equally accepted spelling, and I think it might be better to say where they flourished rather than whey they were born (Constantine started his career in Britain and was the Roman emperor, Charlemagne's capital was in Germany, etc.

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	BJack:	Sep 11th, 2011 at 15:47 GMT	-2 points
	Moses? Really?

	wonderkid:	Sep 12th, 2011 at 00:02 GMT	1 point
	we'd be lost without the UK by the looks of things!