Guest Juanky Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Well, we are all very familiar with the Babe Bowl tournament, the Favorite Marlin tournament, and some may even remember the Greatest of All Time series in the Media Forum. Now, a bundle of joy from my troubled and puzzled mind, comes a tournament that has alot more stake in our everyday lives: a historical one! Simple setup: Just nominate two people who you think should be considered among the most important people in history since the year 1500 AD. Anyone can be nominated, and their names will be thrown into a head to head tournament until we come up with 1 man or woman who has had the biggest imprint on life since our magical year of 1500. I'd like to do a 64 person thing, but I'm not going to put a number out there yet because there's alot of people to choose from but something tells me not many to actually make nominations. As to why head to head, I can't really do a poll of 140 people so this way is easier. Plus, the result should be equal regardless, in theory of course. Feel free to drop opinions during the poll process and during nominations, and give reasons for selections if at all possible. Let's make this a good experience. Nominated so far (64): Adam Smith Locke Hitler Mao Einstein The man formerly known as Shakespeare Darwin Francis Bacon Washington Lincoln Castro Gandi Napoleon Alexander Hamilton Lenny Bruce Thomas Jefferson Galileo Fredrick Douglass Benjamin Franklin FDR Watson Crick Hubble Marx John Maynard Keynes Gifford Pinchot Cyrus McCormick Nicola Tesla Edison Newton Nietzche Martin Luther Immanuel Kant Copernicus Pope John XXIII Mother Teresa Magellan Mussolini Mozart Theodore Herzl Freud Oppenheimer Ford Raymond Albert Kroc Charles DeGaul Winston Churchill Vladimir Lenin Joseph Stalin Kaiser Wilhelm II Otto Von Bismarck Martin Luther King, Jr. Susan B. AnthonyJohn Paul II Tecumush Lewis and Clark collectively Stephen F Austin Santa Anna Nelson Mandela Malcolm X Harriet Tubman Pinochet Theodore Roosevelt John Muir J P Morgan Rockerfeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Adolf Hitler Mao Zedong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heckeroo Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Albert Einstein William Shakespeare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Gee, I wonder what your economic philosophy is? :lol Really cool idea btw. Charles Darwin Francis Bacon If it ends up you don't get 64, I've got a ton I'd like to add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FishFanInPA Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 George Washington Abraham Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Gee, I wonder what your economic philosophy is? :lol Really cool idea btw. Charles Darwin Francis Bacon If it ends up you don't get 64, I've got a ton I'd like to add Yeah, I've got plenty to add as well. And of course I love me some classical liberalism, but really I have to say Adam Smith is my early favorite to win this whole thing and he's definitely getting a #1 seed. Nothing, in my opinion, has changed the world since 1500 like capitalism has. Even Karl Marx said it was the best economic system ever invented. If Karl Marx says it's teh goodz, it's gotta pwn! :plain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Gutenberg just missed the cut off, otherwise I'd think he'd win. Their's plenty of worthy canidates, should be fun and hopefully opens up some good historical debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Gutenberg just missed the cut off, otherwise I'd think he'd win. Their's plenty of worthy canidates, should be fun and hopefully opens up some good historical debate. That's the plan :thumbup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Tank Frenzy Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Christopher Columbus Fidel Castro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 EDIT: I'm changing mine. Since I'm too dumb to know who was born after 1500. I'll go with: Lenny Bruce and (drumroll please) former President and Vice President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independance, advocate of equality and liberty, statesman, ambassador to France, political philosopher, revolutionary, agriculturalist, horticulturist, land owner, architect, archaeologist, slaveowner, author, inventor, and founder of the University of Virginia: Thomas Jefferson. He also admitted Ohio into the Union. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzie Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Mahatma Gandhi Napoleon Bonaparte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Tank Frenzy Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Christopher Columbus Sure you don't want to revise that one? 946248[/snapback] Sorry Sir...im STONED...but he was alive after 1500 AD even though his biggest claim to fame came 8 years earlier...but if you insist Ill change it to Alexander Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TariAJ Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Galileo Galilei Frederick Douglass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndLine Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Benjamin Franklin FDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IknowFeloRamirezIRL Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Darwin's got my vote, but some other important names are: 1) James Watson & Francis Crick 2) Edwin Hubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanks1212 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Even though I'm not a big fan of either, I'm going to nominate Karl Marx (I didn't see him up there yet, if he is I'll nominate someone else) and John Maynard Keynes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 You know what, I have way too many. I'm going to pick two though for various reasons: Cyrus Hall McCormick..why? Look up the McCormick Reaper and figure it out. Gifford Pinchot..why? He along with John Muir were the first two most influential environmental figures in United States history. Pinchot being the basic founder of the conservationatist view toward the environment, one which has proven to be extremely influential to shaping of many of my views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moneyball Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Nicola Tesla Thomas Edison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IknowFeloRamirezIRL Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 erm... I know I already posted but I forgot to mention this guy, and I'm surprised no one has nominated him yet :o 3) Sir Isaac Newton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzie Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 somebody give some love to my fellow Germans and nominate Nietzsche :shifty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I'll go ahead and add a couple more I feel deserve nomination: Martin Luther Immanuel Kant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Mollusk Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Awesome topic Juanky. We can easily fill this up. I narrowed my choice down to two. Martin Luther Nicolaus Copernicus If we dont get to 64, should we just start nominating more people? Because it would be a shame if this doesnt fill up. Also, Gutenberg misses the mark but he would have been another great choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Mollusk Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Damn it, you beat me by 9 minutes to Luther. I would have beaten you to it but I was researching the second person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 No worries FM, I'll change mine to someone else. EDIT: And that someone else is Pope John XXIII, the Pope who called the Second Vatican Council. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Mollusk Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 ok cool. thanks. I was gonna replace him with Freud or Mendel. Debating which one is more influential. Luther is definitely a major pick though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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