Most favourite person of the 20th Century

[EAS_Intrepid]

This is a very wide topic, I know.
There are many people who would fit there, as there are many good (discussable) ideas people had. Let's debate about it, I am sure it will be interesting, enlightning and funny!

Here's a list of a few persons that would come to my mind:

John F. Kennedy; assasinated President of the USA (1961-1963)
Martin Luther King;1968 assasinated US Civil Rights activist
Sigmund Freud; Psychoanalyst, founder of the modern day psychology
Albert Einstein; Physics genius, developer of the relativity theorie
Earnest Hemingway; Author
General Bersarin; Red Army, 1945-1946 Commader of East-Berlin, managed to make the basis for the rebuilding efforts
Kofi Annan; current UN Secretary General
U Thant; UN Secretary General in the 60s
Willy Brandt; German Chancelor (from 1970 to 1975, I think), "Knee-fall of Warszaw"
Rudi Dutschke; German left-wing Civil Rights activists, shot 1968; died in the 70s
Jack Nicholson; Actor, "A Few Good Men" "Wolf"

It's a longer list, yes I know.
Most favourites would be Sigmund Freud and General Bersarin (and W. Brandt).

So what about you?

 

[Jess]

That's a really hard question!! I'll have a think and get back to you

 

[Blindeye]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, no doubt.

Others.....

Woodrow Wilson

Clarance Kelly Johnson

Wernher von Braun

Robert Oppenheimer

Fiorello LaGuardia

Harry Truman

 

[Jess]

OK then...

Martin Luther King - because he did so much for the equality of African-Americans
Adolf Hitler - because he killed Adolf Hitler LoL
Elvis Presley - the King of Rock'n'Roll
Ritchie Valens - because his music is sweet and he was a genuinely nice person
Jean Piaget - because his theory about child behaviour set the benchmark for others, even though his was not completely right
Lev Vygotsky - because his child behaviour theory was spot on
The creators of Home and Away - because they created Home and Away LoL
My grandparents - for migrating to Australia, so my dad could meet my mum and me and my brother to be born
My parents - for sacrificing so much for us and raising us to be the people we are today
Germaine Greer - for fighting for the equality of women
Howard Carter - for discovering Tutankhamun's tomb, which revealed so much about ancient Egyptian culture

 

[Phoenix]

Cristopher Reeves & his Wife. Look what they went through, ans still they were up-beat to the end. Feel so sorry for thier kid . . . I believe he's . . . 13 years old? And now an orphan. Famous one, but one none the less . . .

 

[Jess]

Cristopher Reeves & his Wife. Look what they went through, ans still they were up-beat to the end. Feel so sorry for thier kid . . . I believe he's . . . 13 years old? And now an orphan. Famous one, but one none the less . . .

Oh it was so sad to hear about Dana Reeve. The last I heard (before that) was that she was going to beat it. I also fee sorry for their son (Will I think his name is), but if he's anything like them, he will be a strong one!

 

[Phoenix]

Timothy Zahn is for writing some of the best books I've ever read, giving us Grand admiral Thrawn and leading the way in the star wars EU

I hear you, brother!!!

Add to that:
Steven Erikson (Think spelling's right), Books
David Eddings, Books
Robert Jordan, Books
Anne McCaffrey, Books

And Princess Diana, Queen of Hearts (In good way . . .)

 

[Phoenix]

^Was killed, as far as I'm concerned. She was too much of a threat for the Royal family to handle . . .
p.s. Apologies to any English in here . . .


He Who Came Up With:
Ster-Kinecor
Numetro

 

[Phoenix]

'cause some of 'em might like the royal family . . .


Also add:
Neil Armstrong
and all other explorers who broadened our horizons . . .

 

[Jess]

I agree with Neil Armstrong too.
And Buzz Aldrin because he is always so unnoticed!

 

[Hellkite]

Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

[EAS_Intrepid]

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thought so!

Another one:
Michail Gorbatschow; last President of the Soviet Union, founder of "Glasnost" and "Perestroika"

 

[Phoenix]

Michael Moore for sticking it to George W.Bush

Yep, on that topic . . .

Pharel, Jess, you both have relevant points . . .

Let's hear it for the US Space Program!!

 

[Emmapeel]

Saint Francis of Assisi

because of his love for animals

 

[Atlantis]

Winston Churchill for leading us through the most difficult period of the century. And for inventing the Victory gesture (..which beats the Nazi salute at Stone-Paper-Scissors if you think about it. That's why we won the war.)

Spike Milligan, one of the worlds greatest writers and Lord of Comedy.

 

[EAS_Intrepid]

Winston Churchill for leading us through the most difficult period of the century. And for inventing the Victory gesture (..which beats the Nazi salute at Stone-Paper-Scissors if you think about it. That's why we won the war.)

As German-born I say that it does indeed.
I have to add there four persons then:
1. Marshall Georgij Schukow, liberator of Berlin
2. Marshall Konjew, backed Schukow while both first and last offensives of the Red Army
3. General Eisenhower, for managing Operation Overlord
4. General Patton, for beating the Nazis in North Africa and for driving so fast through German-conquered French and returing the Blitzkrieg strategy on the Wehrmacht.

 

[Harrie]

Since we're here to debate the issue...

Michael Moore for sticking it to George W.Bush

I don't like him for three reasons (and yes I realize my reasons sound narrow-minded and shallow, I'm 16, shoot me.)

1. The reason you stated, I don't like him for "sticking it" to Bush
2. From everything I've seen he fits in my 'Liberal and/or Politically Correct Acolyte' column (literally translates into 'Must Hate'). Anyone wanting the definition can PM me.
3. We share a last name so many people assume we are related, I wouldn't claim him if we were, and assume we share politics, not by a long shot.

with my two cents on that out of the way, my favorite people.


Solomon Asch, studies on conformity

Stanley Milgram, studies on obediance

Philip Zimbardo, the Stanford Prison Experiment

Jason Schlotmann, the only reason i'm adding him is because of all the entertaining arguments we've had based on his twisted logic.

Gene Roddenbery & George Lucas for the obvious reasons.

 

[Phoenix]

to Roddenberry & Lucas. Two of the greatest minds of the century as far as I'm concerned . . .

Majestic, for coming up with this site. (It saved my sanity, ok! Shoot me!)

Hellkite, and other friends here and on pGA (similiar reasons . . .)


Who-So-Ever puts a bullet in Bin Laden . . .



Well, that's me out . . .

 

[Emmapeel]

Since we're here to debate the issue...



I don't like him for three reasons (and yes I realize my reasons sound narrow-minded and shallow, I'm 16, shoot me.)

1. The reason you stated, I don't like him for "sticking it" to Bush
2. From everything I've seen he fits in my 'Liberal and/or Politically Correct Acolyte' column (literally translates into 'Must Hate'). Anyone wanting the definition can PM me.
3. We share a last name so many people assume we are related, I wouldn't claim him if we were, and assume we share politics, not by a long shot.

with my two cents on that out of the way, my favorite people.

I didn't/don't see it as a "debate", I saw it as someone giving their "personal opinion" Harrie, which I think everyone is entitled to, don't you think? We all have our "passions" about things political or not, but, I feel uncomfortable with what you've written and that's just my opinion. Also nowadays there's no such thing as "two cents". Is there any politican who would send either their sons or daughters to a war?

 

[Jess]

OK now, we'll move right along from there, shall we?

I admire my aunt for living in a country where none of her family is around and raising four boys on her own, and dealing with her own health issues at the same time...

 

[Emmapeel]

My apologies to Harrie and Iccky........


My friend Amiee, who even though she has Down's Syndrome gives me the greatest pleasure of being her best friend and at 19 has a good steady job and rides a bike better then anyone who drives a car

 

[Phoenix]

Hmmm . . . safe once more, now that things have cooled down . . .


People who have the guts to grab life by the cajones and not let go, no matter what! Wish I did, sometimes . . .

All those crazy enough to actually apply for "Survivor" series'. They either got lotsa bravery, or lotsa empty air between their ears. I'm giving them the benefit, though . . .

 

[Harrie]

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), for being himself. By the way he died in 1910.

 

[Syf]

For me, my most favorite people of the 20th century are:

Gene Roddenberry Aka - Creator of Star Trek
George Lucas Aka - Creator of Star Wars
Neil Armstrong + All the other Astronauts/Cosmonauts
My friends
Those NASA guys (all of the non-astronauts)
Leonard Nemoy
William Shatner
Patrick Stewart
Mike Dorn
Jonathan Frakes
All the other Star Trek and Star Wars Actors
The men in blue (policemen)
The heros in red (Firemen)
The Medical Poeple
The Common Man, those that never get mentioned in history.

People on my least liked list: All the Arses throughout the world that caused trouble.

 

[Phoenix]

Yuri Gagarin. For being the one to take the first step into the void.
Alan Sheppard, for following him into the unknown.

And lastly (I know it ain't 20th Century!), to our children, who will see things most of us only dream of . . . hopefully . . .

 

[Harrie]

And lastly (I know it ain't 20th Century!), to our children, who will see things most of us only dream of . . . hopefully . . .

Don't forget our own generation, seeing things our parents never dreamed of.

 

[Phoenix]

^Point conceded.

Thomas Edison - Lights
Alexander Graham Bell - Phones
Henry Ford - Automobiles

Einstein. Without him, we'd probably have run out of power decades ago . . .
But then, hey, it's all relative . . .

 

[Phoenix]

Yes. Painful, wasn't it . . .


Add whoever invented the PC.
And Bill Gates. He opened windows of opportunity for us all . . . . .

 

[Emmapeel]

^double groan.....windows.....

 

[Jess]

I think Bill Gates is my least favourite person of the 20th century....