The Great Men of History

[Darkest]

In an effort to calculate how many Great Men are available to FH writers (and I guess AH writers in certain circumstances) every few years or so, I would like to invite you to help create a list of all the Great Men in History.

Actually, that would be a very hard project and take too long, so try to think of Great Men that has appeared within the last... 750 years. That sounds like an appropriate amount of time.

What is a Great Man? A Great Man is one whose personality had a direct impact on history, one that, if they had not been there, no one could have taken their place. They aren't individuals that have stumbled upon power, they are a person no one could replace in history.

Now, the individuals that may be submitted are subject to debate, so feel free to challenge previously posted Great Men to argue for their greatness.

Also, since we are trying to find out a formula for the frequency of Great Men that appear in history, in parentheses, attach the year in which they made their first steps to ascend to Greatness. Alexander's creation of an army to battle the Persians, for example.

Once all is said and done, which could be at any future date, we'll compile the results, and find our answer.

Good luck!

[Flocculencio]

Wow- pretty tough criteria. By those criteria you could probably discount, say, Hitler as a Great Man.

Karl Marx (1867- publication of Das Kapital vol. 1)

[Darkest]

Wow- pretty tough criteria. By those criteria you could probably discount, say, Hitler as a Great Man.

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. But that's what we need to do.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1795 - beginning of successful military career)

Overall, I don't think that someone could have taken Napoleon's place. He was a unique character, devised entirely new military tactics, took control of an empire. He is definitely a Great Man.

[Justin Pickard]

Otto Von Bismarck (1862 - becomes Minister-President and Foreign Minister of Prussia)

[Darkest]

These figures are debatable as Great Men, which ones do you think will make it on the list?

Fidel Castro
Pancho Villa
Juan Peron
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mao Zedong
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Albert Einstein
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rasputin

[FirstCitizen1]

I'd probably remove Fiedel Castron, Mussolini, Einstien, Martin Luther King, and Rasputin. The others I'd keep. The one's I removed, I figure someone just like them could have emerged within five years of their lives (before or after)

[Bulgaroktonos]

Originally Posted by Darkest90

Mao Zedong
Winston Churchill

That's what I leave. Zedong singlehandedly held the Communist movement together.