Who's your favorite figure from the history of humanity? It can really be anyone, but I'd say as a guidleine those who you might learn about in a history curriculum would probably work best.
I'll say Isaac Newton or Martin Luther King Jr.
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Who's your favorite figure from the history of humanity? It can really be anyone, but I'd say as a guidleine those who you might learn about in a history curriculum would probably work best.
I'll say Isaac Newton or Martin Luther King Jr.
Caligula or Atilla the Hun.
Batman.
Maybe Alan Turing.
Jesus,lol
My great ancestor, Genghis Khan
Dracula!!
And Stephen Colbert.
Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, who may or may not have existed.
Out of all the figures I studied in history, I found Hitler the most interesting. Not that I like him or support his ideas or anything, I just found him interesting.
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I second that, also Genghis Khan.
This fella named Zhou Yu from a period of Chinese history known as the Three Kingdoms is by far my favourite.
He was one of those perennial underdog/loser types. As a master strategist of one of the three kingdoms, he was ultimately bested by his equivalent to another Lord and died a bitter man.
I really dig his story of eternal struggle.
Yuna. :bigsmile:
Old MANUS. :bigsmile:
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Queen Filipa of Lancaster and his husband D. Joćo I! :) She gave birth a bunch of kids who made great things! :p
I really like the figure of virgin Maria but I don't believe that she was actually virgin :p
Hmm well there is a LOT of people in history, so by saying favourite person in history a lot of people could simply name their nan or something, but famous person in history? Oh god theres a LOT of them too.
I go with Marylin Monroe or maybe Sun Tzu who wrote the art of war, would love to have sat down for a discussion with him.
You'd need to be more specific... Era? Profession? (War... Art... Human Rights... Women's Liberation... King?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceglow
But I guess...
Che Gueverra
Edgar Allen Poe
Jackson Pollock
Sherlock Holmes (yeah yeah I know he's not real...)
Wilfred Derome
Anne Currie
Elizabeth Bathory
Sir Izaac Newton
Mohommad Ghandi
The Dali Llama
Audrey Hepburn
Charlie Chaplin
Jack the Ripper
Fortunatus Fidelis
Aristotle
Jean Beaudilliard
Oscar Wild
Kurt Kobain
Elvis Presley
I'll stop there.
norman borlaug ...but i think he's still alive..possibly nietzsche
Can i say 2Pac? :monster:
Yep. Oh and also the Egypian deity Amun Ra.Quote:
Originally Posted by DK
A decent quote from MP, people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meat Puppet
I like De Valera and Michael Collins, neither figures many here would know, but ones i've put a lot of effort into researching.
A good friend of mine calls me Caligula sometimes, so I have a special affinity for him. Don't ask why he calls me Caligula. :bigsmile:
Hmm, that's a really good question. I don't really know who my absolute favourite is, but I've been more or less fascinated by the following:
- King Henry VIII and his wives
- Adolf Hitler
- Tsar Nicholas the 2nd
- Marie Antoinette
- Homer (mostly his stories, though)
- Jeanne D'arc (sp?)
- Van Gogh
- Leonardo Da Vinci
... I'm sure there are more, but those were the ones I could think of.
Stalin was an intresting fellow, so was winston churchill,Julius Ceaser, and many others that i cant think of atm.
Boudica would be one hell of an interesting woman to meet lol.
karl marx
So incredibly difficult to say. I take huge favoring to Leonardo Da Vinci. Genius at the very least.
Gilgamesh! and Enkidu
Oh theres also Socratus, Plato and Aristotle.
Prince of persia
does that count?
:moomba:
If he were real, it would be Don Quixote, but he's not so I don't know :(
Oscar Wilde, Leonardo Da Vinci, Marie Antoinette, and Julius Caesar. Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, too.
Jesus and Leonardo Da Vinci.
RICHARD NIXON!!!
Salvador Dali
Chairman Mao.
Ramses III
Jesus.
EDIT: Bert you're naughty. :bigsmile:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. <3
Britt