Greatest Person of the 20th Century
 

All very subjective but interesting. Who would you choose as the greatest person of the 20th century.

Over the past few weeks there has been an interesting programme on BBC over here. The objective to see who the public thinks the greatest person of the 20th century.

Each week a different category was explored and a winner voted for by the public from a shortlist of four. The seven category winners went to a final where a public vote came up with the winner.

The shortlists were as follows. The winner of each category is in bold

Leaders: Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Franklin D Roosevelt

Explorers: Ernest Shackleton, Neil Armstrong, Gertrude Bell, Jane Goodall

Scientists: Alan Turing, Einstein, Marie Curie, Tu Youyou

Entertainers: David Bowie, Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holliday, Marylin Monroe

Activists: Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Helen Keller, Emmeline Pankhurst

Sports: Muhammad Ali, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Billie Jean King, Pele


Artists & Writers: Picasso, Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Warhol, Virginia Woolf

The eventual overall winner was Alan Turing. Well deserved in my opinion.

Who would you nominate?

George C Marshall

OK,I'll cry uncle.Just who are Emmeline Pankhurst ,Tannia Grey-Thompson and Tu Youyou?

Rhetorical question but the fact that I have to consult Wikipedia to find out means they couldn't be that influential.

As for the list,I would put FDR as he guided the country through the two most traumatic
events of the 20th century- the Depression and WW 2. Mandela has to be given major props for courage , grace and forgiveness but he was tied to one mid-sized country.

Interesting there was no category for business.You don't think Henry Ford and Akio Morita (Sony) had a profound influence on the world?

Bill Wilson

Albert Schweitzer

Good one!

Whoever said...

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
The goal of socialism is communism.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.

We're joking here, right? :lol:

No contest
 

Pee Wee Herman

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I can agree with this.

Also, 21st century is obvious.

elysiantraveller :lol:

Nelson Mandela was actually a communist.

Very easy selection.

He's white, he's heterosexual and he drinks.

Winston Churchill.

ok, all three are irrelevant but he still wins!

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