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Trascoli

(194 posts) Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:04 AM Mar 2013

Who is the most influential person in the history of being [View all]

It must be a person, not a plant, animal or organism.

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Who is the most influential person in the history of being [View all] Trascoli Mar 2013 OP

whoever invented a means to hold fire DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #1

Gutenberg. napoleon_in_rags Mar 2013 #2

Or before that the Phoenecian guy who decided we needed an alphabet and writing. Squinch Mar 2013 #27

Jackie Gleason. Kurovski Mar 2013 #3

Gleason would be my pick too madokie Mar 2013 #20

That Gleason, Kurovski Mar 2013 #46

the cave person who invented the first diaper nt msongs Mar 2013 #4

Whoever invented the tampon. Control-Z Mar 2013 #7

Bing Crosby. He famously said "Everybody has an angle",like Ralph Nader taking the $$$$$ graham4anything Mar 2013 #5

The first anonymous women who played with grass and a stick Warpy Mar 2013 #6

Best answer! I had never thought of it that way. I would have said "fire," but as you point out patricia92243 Mar 2013 #30

Whoever threw the first stone RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #8

Muhammad LittleBlue Mar 2013 #9

My giant book called "The 100" ranks Muhammad as #1. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #17

Hitler? sigmasix Mar 2013 #10

Alexander Flemming Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #11

Mavis Staples olddots Mar 2013 #12

NORMAN BORLAUG Cicada Mar 2013 #13

Perhaps the person or people who invented the wheel. LeftishBrit Mar 2013 #14

not going to be a popular answer BainsBane Mar 2013 #15

I'm an atheist, and I agree with you. mainer Mar 2013 #33

yep. I'm reading a bio of Charlemagne now elehhhhna Mar 2013 #40

Isaac Newton. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #16

Yep. That's my vote, too. DavidDvorkin Mar 2013 #38

I agree too! Paulie Mar 2013 #42

Alexander Fleming LuvNewcastle Mar 2013 #18

Dale Carnegie Orrex Mar 2013 #19

Influential in what way? UBEEDelusional Mar 2013 #21

Muhammad Ali...and he says so himself. VOX Mar 2013 #22

Descartes undeterred Mar 2013 #23

Descartes and the rise of mechanism. ananda Mar 2013 #24

Tim Berners-Lee. nt Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #25

I think Robert Noyce had a far greater impact on how technology is used today. ( n/t ) Make7 Mar 2013 #39

Aristotle ... Newest Reality Mar 2013 #26

Einstein jessie04 Mar 2013 #28

Aristotle, without question alcibiades_mystery Mar 2013 #29

Elvis KG Mar 2013 #31

Socrates talkingmime Mar 2013 #32

Whoever was in charge of assembling the Biblical Canon. MineralMan Mar 2013 #34

I don't think there is one "most" influential person. LWolf Mar 2013 #35

Edward Bernays - and not to our betterment either 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #36

I would say warrior1 Mar 2013 #37

Alexander the Great. bluedigger Mar 2013 #41

Charles Darwin.... Tikki Mar 2013 #43

Moon-Watcher ThoughtCriminal Mar 2013 #44

I'm going to cheat and mention an animal anyway Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #45

1) Napoleon 2) Darwin 3) Some Chinese guy I have never heard of cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #47

perhaps St. Paul -he pretty much built, systematized the Christian religion and created its theology Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #48

in the modern world -probably Marx and Freud -they fundamentally changed how people think about both Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #49