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[Snakeye]

Who is your favorite (or most fascinating) historical figure...Mine is Huey P. Long....but a close second would be T. E. Lawrence..

[Boudica]

Boudica

Edited by Boudica, 03 July 2011 - 10:24 AM.

[ClaraTaylor]

Douglas Bader.

Not historical but old certainly.

[Trinity]

Queen Elizabeth 1st

[Smileyblue]

Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

[Wheelsonfire]

There are many, not for actions, but for their genuis.

genghis khan
adolf hitler
napoleon bonaparte

But to give one where blood pressure doesn't raise those who are sensitive;

Sun Tzu

[Edinburgh Colin]

Alexander Flemming.
Discovered penicillin and as a result many of the modern anti-biotics have become available and to us.
As a member of a group of people who can be particularly dependant on these medicines I feel he has to get my vote. Oh and he just happens to be a Scot as well.
EC

[pinkcloud]

The elephant man

I jest you not.

[evilmac64]

wyat erp doc holiday

[hooplady]

Man O' War

I have no idea why, but I read his biography as a pre-teen and he's always the first "figure" who pops into my head. Musta been one of those adolescent girl horse things.

[StillFingers]

Thich Nhat Hanh
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Maya Angelou

[McTavish]

Martin Luther King " I had a dream"

[greybeard]

Gaius Julius Caesar

Veni, Vidi, Vici - I came, I saw, I conquered.

[Tetracyclone]

hooplady, on 04 July 2011 - 03:59 PM, said:

Man O' War

I have no idea why, but I read his biography as a pre-teen and he's always the first "figure" who pops into my head. Musta been one of those adolescent girl horse things.

Hooplady,

In the 90s I lived next door to Tom, a very old guy who was Man O War's groom. Every year at Derby time the media would trot out to his tiny house to interview him.

Do I get points?

[hooplady]

Tetracyclone, on 04 July 2011 - 04:50 PM, said:

hooplady, on 04 July 2011 - 03:59 PM, said:

Man O' War

I have no idea why, but I read his biography as a pre-teen and he's always the first "figure" who pops into my head. Musta been one of those adolescent girl horse things.

Hooplady,

In the 90s I lived next door to Tom, a very old guy who was Man O War's groom. Every year at Derby time the media would trot out to his tiny house to interview him.

Do I get points?

Zillions of points! I didn't recall his name was Tom, but the book follows his story as he grows up along with the horse. Thanks for that memory!

[Illinois Boy]

Nikola Tesla.....

Now that guy could make the fireworks....

Jim

[dom]

Gotta be Franz Liszt

[Lucydog]

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

[dangerousdave]

Favorite Future Historical Figure Of All Time
The One ........... The Only



DangerousDave

Close second our Whinnie who saved the world from Natzi domination

Edited by dangerousdave, 05 July 2011 - 01:21 PM.

[Edinburgh Colin]

Well Dave if you continue to grow old disgracefully you will nodoubt will, you'll be imortalised beyond here.EC

[dangerousdave]

At the moment I'm trying to imortalise Woofy even though he is to old to be considered historical ... just plain loony .. but then all Woofys are

[The Black Sheep]

Illinois Boy, on 04 July 2011 - 06:00 PM, said:

Nikola Tesla.....

Now that guy could make the fireworks....

Jim

+2 I just watched a special on him a few days ago. He was an incredibly unique man. Unlike Edison and many others of that time, he wasn't interested in money. He was actually quoted as calling them circus pigs that would sell out for anything. Unfortunately that was his problem. Edison made millions by being a "business" man, along with a genius, but Tesla was kind of social-retarded. He's completely unappreciated in history! I remember sitting in science class in high school and yelling at the teacher for giving Edison credit for AC electric. Pffft. Teachers.

[Ratticis]

The Black Sheep, on 18 July 2011 - 04:29 AM, said:

Illinois Boy, on 04 July 2011 - 06:00 PM, said:

Nikola Tesla.....

Now that guy could make the fireworks....

Jim

+2 I just watched a special on him a few days ago. He was an incredibly unique man. Unlike Edison and many others of that time, he wasn't interested in money. He was actually quoted as calling them circus pigs that would sell out for anything. Unfortunately that was his problem. Edison made millions by being a "business" man, along with a genius, but Tesla was kind of social-retarded. He's completely unappreciated in history! I remember sitting in science class in high school and yelling at the teacher for giving Edison credit for AC electric. Pffft. Teachers.

I concur

[wheeliebear75]

I like those figures who stood out for their CONTRIBUTIONS TO BETTER HUMANITY!

Smileyblue, on 03 July 2011 - 09:48 AM, said:

Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

He'd have my vote as well. I would also add in The Dahli Lama , Martin Luther King Jr., and Mother Theresa for their efforts towards peace & loving their fellow man.

[wheeliebear75]

Edinburgh Colin, on 03 July 2011 - 12:31 PM, said:

Alexander Flemming.
Discovered penicillin and as a result many of the modern anti-biotics have become available and to us.
As a member of a group of people who can be particularly dependant on these medicines I feel he has to get my vote. Oh and he just happens to be a Scot as well.
EC

Yes he would have to get some major recognition....without his discovery a great # of people would be dead.

Also on the note of discoveries.....the discovery of antibiotics have saved a lot of children's ear-infections & fevers from causing hearing loss. When I lived in Arizona I went to ASDB (Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind) where we learned of his discovery AND the history of braille. So I'd like to throw in Louise Braille for bringing the gift of literature to the world of the bind.

Edited by wheeliebear75, 25 July 2011 - 09:25 AM.