The Greatest People In American History
Blogger version at least. John Hawkins at Right Wing News asked 225 bloggers to pick who they considered to be the greatest Americans in history. I was one of the bloggers asked to participate. He has the list of Americans and the list of bloggers who helped choose the list.
25) Alexander Graham Bell (7)
23) Thomas Paine (8)
23) Frederick Douglass (8)
22) George W. Bush (9)
18) Wright Brothers (10)
18) Mark Twain (10)
18) Harry Truman (10)
18) Bill Gates (10)
17) Dwight D. Eisenhower (12)
15) George Patton (13)
15) Albert Einstein (13)
12) Teddy Roosevelt (14)
12) Franklin D. Roosevelt (14)
12) Ulysses S. Grant (14)
11) Alexander Hamilton (15)
10) Henry Ford (16)
9) John Adams (17)
Thomas Edison (21)
7) James Madison (22)
6) Thomas Jefferson (29)
5) Martin Luther King Jr. (30)
4) Ben Franklin (32)
3) George Washington (35)
2) Abraham Lincoln (37)
1) Ronald Reagan (39)
He's also got the honorable mentions listed.
Blogosphere, History | Gaius Thursday, 28 September , 2006
By guy, Thursday, 28 September , 2006 @ 3:17 pm
Interesting to see Henry Ford on the list - especially in the top 10.
By kreiz, Thursday, 28 September , 2006 @ 6:39 pm
Nice happy face on Tom Edison (#8). A very underrated historical figure.
By Roland Hesz, Friday, 29 September , 2006 @ 7:30 am
Wow.. Einstein as a top American. Nice to see a german on the list
Einstein rocks.
By Gaius, Friday, 29 September , 2006 @ 7:31 am
He became an American citizen.
By Roland Hesz, Friday, 29 September , 2006 @ 2:38 pm
Yes, I know. And a Swiss citizen too.
And I did not say anything against him being on the list.
It’s just that him becoming an American citizen does not mean he ceased to be a german.
By Gaius, Friday, 29 September , 2006 @ 2:50 pm
Oddly, the way it works here, yes he did. He remained of German descent, but he became an American. As did my grandparents.