100 Most Influential People of the Millennium

[soulten]

This is the list by A&E. I know there are some not so famous people are prety high up. So who do you think deserves a better or worse place?

0 Koopaking (internet legend)
1 Johann Gutenberg (mass media--movable type for printing)
2 Isaac Newton (gravity)
3 Martin Luther (Protestant Reformation)
4 Charles Darwin (evolutionist writer)
5 William Shakespeare (Renaissance playwright)
6 Christopher Columbus (explorer)
7 Karl Marx (19th c. political writer)
8 Albert Einstein (physicist)
9 Nicolaus Copernicus (astromony)
10 Galileo Galilei (astromony)
11 Leonardo da Vinci (for science)
12 Sigmund Freud (psychoanalysis)
13 Louis Pasteur (bacteria)
14 Thomas Edison (inventor)
15 Thomas Jefferson (3rd US president, Declaration of Independence)
16 Adolf Hitler (Nazi leader during WWII)
17 M. Gandhi (led peaceful revolution in modern India)
18 John Locke (17th c. philosopher)
19 Michaelangelo (Renaissance artist/sculptor)
20 Adam Smith (18th c. Scottish philosopher and economist)
21 George Washington (1st US president, General of Revolutionary War)
22 Ghengis Khan (12th c Mongul conqueror)
23 Abraham Lincoln (16th US president)
24 St. Thomas Acquinas (Catholic philosopher)
25 James Watt (Scottish inventor; steam engine)
*26 W A Mozart (great Classic composer)
27 Napoleon (French general, president and self-proclaimed emperor)
*28 JS Bach (great Baroque composer)
29 H. Ford (mass production of automobile)
*30 Beethoven (great late Classic/early Romantic composer)
31 WatsonCrick (DNA)
32 Descartes (philosopher)
33 ML King Jr (US civil rights leader)
34 Rousseau (great philosopher of French "Enlightenment")
35 N. Lenin (Russian political lewader/writer)
36 A Fleming (pen)
37 Voltaire (great philosopher of French "Enlightenment")
38 Francis Bacon (deductive reasoning)
39 Dante Alighieri (Medieval writer)
40 Wright Bros. (first human flight)
41 Bill Gates (computer software giant)
42 Mendel (genetics)
43 Mao Tsedung (1st Chairman of Chinese Communist party)
44 A G Bell (telephone)
45 William the Conquerer (11th c. leader of Normans and English)
46 Machiavelli (political philospher)
47 Charles Babbage (17th c. early "computer" pioneer)
48 Mary Wollstonecraft (women's rights)
49 Gorbachev (1st Soviet premier to establish good relations with US)
50 Margaret Sanger (crusader for birth control legislation)
51 Edward Jenner (vaccination)
52 Churchill (Prime Minister of Britain during WWII)
53 Marie Curie (radioactivity)
54 Marco Polo (explorer)
55 F. Magellan (explorer)
56 E. Stanton (womens rights)
*57 Elvis Presley (first major icon of Rock and Roll)
58 Joan of Arc (French religious martyr)
59 I. Kant (philosopher)
60 FD Roosevelt (longest serving US President)
61 M. Faraday (chemist/physicist; electricity & magnetism)
62 Walt Disney (early animation)
63 Jane Austen (writer)
64 Pablo Picasso (painter)
65 Werner Heisenberg (physicist; "uncertainty principle")
66 D W Griffith (film)
67 Vlad Zworkin (TV/RCA)
68 Ben Franklin (inventor, writer, statesman)
69 William Harvey (blood circulation)
70 Pope Gregory VII (separated church & state)
71 Harriet Tubman (underground railroad)
72 Simon Bolivar (great South American general and freedom fighter)
73 Princess Diana (human rights)
74 Enrico Fermi (nuclear physicist; quantum theory)
75 Pincus (birth control pill)
*76 The Beatles (most influential band in rock history)
77 Thomas Hobbes (17th c. philosopher)
78 Queen Isabella I (supporter of Columbus' voyages)
79 Joseph Stalin (ruthless Russian leader during WWII)
80 Elizabeth I (Queen of England in late Renaissance)
81 Nelson Mandela (imprisoned leader against Apartheid)
82 Niels Bohr (atom)
83 Peter the Great (Russian Czar)
84 Marconi (radio)
85 Ronald Reagan (40th US President)
86 James Joyce (author)
87 Carson (environment)
88 Oppenheimer (atomic bomb)
89 Susan B. Anthony (US women's suffrage)
90 Daguerre (photo)
91 Spielberg (film)
92 Florence Nightingale (medicine)
93 Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights)
94 Patient Zero (1st AIDS victim)
95 Chaplan (film)
*96 Caruso (famous singer and early recording star)
97 Salk (polio vaccine)
*98 Louis Armstrong (great jazz trumpeter and scat singer)
99 Vasco de Gama (explorer)
100 Suleyman I (greatest Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)

[InnocentW]

O__O i dont think i've even heard of half those people....

[quietchat]

I'm not so sure of putting anyone that all they did was to rule a nation, or play some music (As much as I enjoy The Beatles)

[Koopaking]

Number 0. Koopaking (internet legend)

[Stray_Pube]

#1- Stephen Colbert!!!!
#0- Koopaking
#-0 Stray!!

[Mugen]

Adolf Hitler, are you SRS?

[soulten]

What's wrong with Hitler, he controled a country, caused mass genocide and a whole world war. Seems pretty influential to me.

[Ryuuzaki]

I say #0 Koopaking and #-1 Ryuuzaki. Those two people right there are so influential. And Hitler. I pick him.

[Mugen]

15 Thomas Jefferson (3rd US president, Declaration of Independence)
16 Adolf Hitler (Nazi leader during WWII)
17 M. Gandhi (led peaceful revolution in modern India)

[soulten]

I know, that always makes me laugh.

[atomsk]

the guy who invented the enigma machine and thus computers. he won wwII for us single handed. i forget his name but he my fav. followed by Oppenheimer the nuke guy. "i have become death shatterer of worlds" and then ben franklin. what didnt he do

[analogZero]

first off, amazing name: 59. I. Kant (philosopher)
second, spielberg is balls and shouldn't even be thought of as a great man in history.
aside from that, ya, there's some strange placements, but whatever, that's how these lists go it seems.
Oppenheimer's a maybe. Point is Einstein's up there instead, because without his theories they'd've never come up with the principles to make a nuke in the first place. I also think that Gutenberg get's a little heavy credit. The printing press I'll admit is likely the greatest invention, but I'm not sure how influential that makes him. Newton is top notch though, I can see him in the top 3 for sure, cuz he did way more than just hypothesize gravity. He created calculus, and derived the most principle of physical equations that are the standard for physical science to this day. Plus his standard model, which ironically enough can prove most anything but gravity. gotta say he earned his spot.

[abcman]

ha man dats a long list....im goin with walt disney and MLK jr

[AyumiBee]

This is the list by A&E. I know there are some not so famous people are prety high up. So who do you think deserves a better or worse place?

0 Koopaking (internet legend)
1 Johann Gutenberg (mass media--movable type for printing)
2 Isaac Newton (gravity)
3 Martin Luther (Protestant Reformation)
4 Charles Darwin (evolutionist writer)
5 William Shakespeare (Renaissance playwright)
6 Christopher Columbus (explorer)
7 Karl Marx (19th c. political writer)
8 Albert Einstein (physicist)
9 Nicolaus Copernicus (astromony)
10 Galileo Galilei (astromony)
11 Leonardo da Vinci (for science)
12 Sigmund Freud (psychoanalysis)
13 Louis Pasteur (bacteria)
14 Thomas Edison (inventor)
15 Thomas Jefferson (3rd US president, Declaration of Independence)
16 Adolf Hitler (Nazi leader during WWII)
17 M. Gandhi (led peaceful revolution in modern India)
18 John Locke (17th c. philosopher)
19 Michaelangelo (Renaissance artist/sculptor)
20 Adam Smith (18th c. Scottish philosopher and economist)
21 George Washington (1st US president, General of Revolutionary War)
22 Ghengis Khan (12th c Mongul conqueror)
23 Abraham Lincoln (16th US president)
24 St. Thomas Acquinas (Catholic philosopher)
25 James Watt (Scottish inventor; steam engine)
*26 W A Mozart (great Classic composer)
27 Napoleon (French general, president and self-proclaimed emperor)
*28 JS Bach (great Baroque composer)
29 H. Ford (mass production of automobile)
*30 Beethoven (great late Classic/early Romantic composer)
31 WatsonCrick (DNA)
32 Descartes (philosopher)
33 ML King Jr (US civil rights leader)
34 Rousseau (great philosopher of French "Enlightenment")
35 N. Lenin (Russian political lewader/writer)
36 A Fleming (pen)
37 Voltaire (great philosopher of French "Enlightenment")
38 Francis Bacon (deductive reasoning)
39 Dante Alighieri (Medieval writer)
40 Wright Bros. (first human flight)
41 Bill Gates (computer software giant)
42 Mendel (genetics)
43 Mao Tsedung (1st Chairman of Chinese Communist party)
44 A G Bell (telephone)
45 William the Conquerer (11th c. leader of Normans and English)
46 Machiavelli (political philospher)
47 Charles Babbage (17th c. early "computer" pioneer)
48 Mary Wollstonecraft (women's rights)
49 Gorbachev (1st Soviet premier to establish good relations with US)
50 Margaret Sanger (crusader for birth control legislation)
51 Edward Jenner (vaccination)
52 Churchill (Prime Minister of Britain during WWII)
53 Marie Curie (radioactivity)
54 Marco Polo (explorer)
55 F. Magellan (explorer)
56 E. Stanton (womens rights)
*57 Elvis Presley (first major icon of Rock and Roll)
58 Joan of Arc (French religious martyr)
59 I. Kant (philosopher)
60 FD Roosevelt (longest serving US President)
61 M. Faraday (chemist/physicist; electricity & magnetism)
62 Walt Disney (early animation)
63 Jane Austen (writer)
64 Pablo Picasso (painter)
65 Werner Heisenberg (physicist; "uncertainty principle")
66 D W Griffith (film)
67 Vlad Zworkin (TV/RCA)
68 Ben Franklin (inventor, writer, statesman)
69 William Harvey (blood circulation)
70 Pope Gregory VII (separated church & state)
71 Harriet Tubman (underground railroad)
72 Simon Bolivar (great South American general and freedom fighter)
73 Princess Diana (human rights)
74 Enrico Fermi (nuclear physicist; quantum theory)
75 Pincus (birth control pill)
*76 The Beatles (most influential band in rock history)
77 Thomas Hobbes (17th c. philosopher)
78 Queen Isabella I (supporter of Columbus' voyages)
79 Joseph Stalin (ruthless Russian leader during WWII)
80 Elizabeth I (Queen of England in late Renaissance)
81 Nelson Mandela (imprisoned leader against Apartheid)
82 Niels Bohr (atom)
83 Peter the Great (Russian Czar)
84 Marconi (radio)
85 Ronald Reagan (40th US President)
86 James Joyce (author)
87 Carson (environment)
88 Oppenheimer (atomic bomb)
89 Susan B. Anthony (US women's suffrage)
90 Daguerre (photo)
91 Spielberg (film)
92 Florence Nightingale (medicine)
93 Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights)
94 Patient Zero (1st AIDS victim)
95 Chaplan (film)
*96 Caruso (famous singer and early recording star)
97 Salk (polio vaccine)
*98 Louis Armstrong (great jazz trumpeter and scat singer)
99 Vasco de Gama (explorer)
100 Suleyman I (greatest Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)

He shouldn't be here, yes he is famous but he killed 6 million people...
I don't know this/these person/s
I think you can't say that he was more important or not,Maybe if there were a list of just philosophers or medicians ect. but I know that Hitler shouldn't be on these list (just like Stalin) or maybe they can be on the most bloodiest dictators list... An for the order, everything was important in it's own way, you can't compare it!

[Axe Man]

#1- Stephen Colbert!!!!
#0- Koopaking
#-0 Stray!!

exactly wut I was gonna say Stephen Colbert =#1

[analogZero]

for the hitler naysayers, I think this shows where some of the influence vs importance got mixed up when A&E made this list. Hitler was very influencial, he's remembered for what he managed to accoplish, and not his moral beliefs and intent. It's not a list of the greatest people, but those who've swayed the world to what it is today.

[ja85]

mr. Rogers

[Russkie]

What's wrong with Hitler, he controled a country, caused mass genocide and a whole world war. Seems pretty influential to me.

Yeah? Whats wrong with Hitler?

[leerock89]

Funny koopa came in 0 place. Does that mean he doesn't really matter or...

[Snoopy]

you're missing Henry the 8th he caused a hundred year war with france and he made the anglican church which caused countless deaths and conflicts all over europe for centuries

[analogZero]

c'mon, the king of the jews didn't make the list, what makes you think a king of england would?

[Snoopy]

c'mon, the king of the jews didn't make the list, what makes you think a king of england would?

If you mean Jesus he allegedly lived 2000 years ago this list is of the LAST millenium i.e people who lived from 1008 to 2008 and also it was Constantine who should probably get the praise for Jesus' influence in this Millenium before Constantine converted the roman empire to catholicism most of the world had forgotten Jesus had even existed

[analogZero]

if he was ressurected, then he's somewhere around here.
plus there's no saints kickin' about on the list. make martyrdom all the more worthwhile.

[hubbabubba]

flavor flav and rev run should both be on that list, and how the hell did spielberg make it and not malcom x

missing malcom x

your also missing Neo.....i mean if keanu reeves cant make it on what hope is there for humanity

[Areku]

I've read the list two-three times but I can't find MacGyver. I mean when you can make a bomb with a rubber band and a paperclip you deserve to be in that list.

And the dude above me is gonna get slapped for that TRIPLE post.

[analogZero]

no dalai lama...mother theresa...the ghostbusters...

[carolyn07]

...oh!?,.wheres my name!,.joke?,.

i know most and i kinda agree,.

they are so famous because of what they had done!,.♥

[Shigami]

Number 1# is without doubt Jesus chirst..

and who's 0 "Koopaking (internet legend)" that anyway

[Pandora]

51 and down are completely out of order and some of those people shouldn't even be up there. I think the person who created this list was really into the first 50 but after that I bet you he was like eh screw this and then starts putting random people at random spots. I mean, I would do it. 100 names and to really study them and think they should be at that number.. pfft. I'd rather watch paint dry. Plus, this is based on opinion and not fact. It's completely biased unless they did a survey to which over half the people who took it would do the same as the guy who created the list. I honestly don't think that Johann Gutenberg should really be number 1. The Chinese had already invented a press it just wasn't as highly developed but I bet if you gave them time they would have invented what he did. Hitler should defiantly be up there just not at 16. He showed that will persuasion and corruption can get you a country and possibly he was the only man who was able to almost take over the world.