10 Greatest Americans

TScott · Jul 7, 2005

MLK-He died while saving the country.

Woody Guthrie-Became the soul of the nation when it really needed it.

Nicola Tesla-Just about everything we do in this technological age is due to his stubborn genius.

Muhammad Ali-Greatest athlete of all time.

Eleanor Roosevelt-The real power behind FDR.

Khalil Gibran-Great philosopher and poet

Oprah Winfrey-Great American Philanthropist

Marylin Monroe-An American icon in the dreams of boys of all ages

HiredGoon · Jul 7, 2005

Jedediah Smith

Thomas Cole

A.A. Hodge

John Muir

Daniel Boone

Frank Lloyd Wright

Robert Frost

Thomas Moran

B.B. Warfield

Francis Parkman

mickd7 · Jul 7, 2005

zilch said:
Turner was justified in the actions he took. It seems that you have bought the rhetoric of the past.

"The patriotic Nathaniel Turner was goaded to desperation by wrong and injustice. By Despotism, his name has been recorded on the list of infamy, but future generations will number him upon the noble and brave." - Henry H. Garnet

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASturner.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner

Saying Turner is "a murderer unequalled in our history" is beyond hyperbole." Even if you think his actions weren't justified I could think of a few murderers that surpass turner by miles.

And as for Brown rightly rebelled against the United States for allowing and benefiting from an evil practice. Osawatomie Brown valiantly fought in Kansas and led the Raid on Harper's Ferry.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASbrown.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)

If u call the murder of women and children heroic then I pity you. I cannot think of any other person that murdered near 40 people including women and children. Now heroic would have stood up and fought the men in the area to the death for his cause but to sneak up in the middle of the night with axes etc and bludgeoned those babies and cowering women is a disgrace and he is surely in the same parts of hell as Hitler and his ilk.
As for Brown the only thing that can be said about him is he was a wild eyed fanatic that should have been in a insane asylum.

TScott · Jul 7, 2005

mickd7 said:
If u call the murder of women and children heroic then I pity you. I cannot think of any other person that murdered near 40 people including women and children. Now heroic would have stood up and fought the men in the area to the death for his cause but to sneak up in the middle of the night with axes etc and bludgeoned those babies and cowering women is a disgrace and he is surely in the same parts of hell as Hitler and his ilk.

You ignore a lot of history. Nat Turner is considered a hero by many, his slave uprising was an incredible event that marked the beginning of the end of slavery in the US. Where is your outrage over the institution of enslaving people. Why can't you see that enslaving people will push them to do desperate things. Your outrage sounds like someone who whips his horse his whole life and then gets mad when his horse kicks him.

zilch · Jul 7, 2005

mickd7 said:
If u call the murder of women and children heroic then I pity you. I cannot think of any other person that murdered near 40 people including women and children. Now heroic would have stood up and fought the men in the area to the death for his cause but to sneak up in the middle of the night with axes etc and bludgeoned those babies and cowering women is a disgrace and he is surely in the same parts of hell as Hitler and his ilk.
As for Brown the only thing that can be said about him is he was a wild eyed fanatic that should have been in a insane asylum.

When people are oppressed and desperate they don't always have the option of playing nice.

Comparing Turner to Hitler just shows your ignorance.

Brown was insane for fighting against slavery?

one love · Jul 10, 2005

Andrew Carnegie
Timothy Leary
Bill Gates
Richard Feynman
Lee Iococa
Stephen King
Henry Ford
Douglas MacArthur
John Hancock
Linus Pauling

kelco · Jul 12, 2005

1. Clara Barton
2. MLK JR
3. Harret Tubman
4. Sojurner Truth
5. Merriwether Lewis
6, William Clark
7.Thomas Edison
8.Eli Whitney
9.Thomas Payne
10.Ben Franklin

praying · Jul 12, 2005

mickd7 said:
Oops. I failed to read the details. I will try again.

!. My wife and my dear mother.
2. Audie Murphy Actor
3. Mickey Mantle
4. Babe Ruth
5. Roger Maris
6. Whitey Ford
7. Yogi Berra
8. Bobby Richardson
9. John Blanchard

Audie Murphy?

TScott · Jul 12, 2005

mhatten said:
Audie Murphy?

He was the most decorated US soldier in WWII, he was credited with killing over 240 germans in 7 campaigns. He was wounded three times and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, along with dozens of other medals. He joined the Army just before his 16th birthday as a private and rose through the ranks to become an officer while still a teenager. They made a movie about his war service and he played himself.

AngCath · Jul 13, 2005

top 10 w/o military or presidents... hum, without any order they are:
CS Peirce
William James
MLK
H. Tubman
Ben Franklin
Dr. Hector Garcia

that was almost 10...

praying · Jul 13, 2005

TScott said:
He was the most decorated US soldier in WWII, he was credited with killing over 240 germans in 7 campaigns. He was wounded three times and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, along with dozens of other medals. He joined the Army just before his 16th birthday as a private and rose through the ranks to become an officer while still a teenager. They made a movie about his war service and he played himself.

Oh I know who he was, but the poster said Audie Murohy the actor - War hero yes, actor that's a stretch of the most vivid imagination.

Inge87 · Jul 16, 2005

In no real order:

Mary Lyon
Robert E. Lee
George Washington
Sam Houston
Chief Joseph
Benjamin Franklin
John C. Calhoun
Alexander Hamilton
Sequoyah
George Mason

FieryBalrog · Jul 19, 2005

Roman Soldier said:
I don't know how you do things in the UK, but in America.

American Citizenship = American

End of story. You would call the pilgrims and other immigrants Americans, wouldn't you? You could call him a German-American to be more accurate, if that's what you please.

Some women have been mentioned. I mentioned Sanger and two women who were killed at Kent State, and several other women have been mentioned, especially ones involved with voting. Several women authors have also been mentioned.

to be fair, Einstein did all his greatest work when he was a German citizen, so I dont think its quite fair to claim all of theat retroactively because he claimed American citizenship late in his life.

FieryBalrog · Jul 19, 2005

My list:

Thomas Paine (brilliant philosopher)

Benjamin Franklin (the consummate statesman-scientist)

Alexander Hamilton (laid the grounds for a strong & capable Fed. Govt)

John Marshall (transformed the Supreme Court)

Daniel Webster (greatest American orator & highly regarded statesman)

Mark Twain (the colossus of American fiction- he is enormously influential)

Elizabeth C. Stanton (pioneering women's rights)

Andrew Carnegie (corporate giant & philanthropist)

Eleanor Roosevelt (activism of all sorts)

Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil disobedience & powerful message)

phylis · Jul 19, 2005

FieryBalrog said:
Thomas Paine (brilliant philosopher)

Yes. We had a debate in history and came to the conclusion that without Paine's writings the revolution would have been much harder. He wrote on the common mans level with such amazing passion and determination.

We have covered all the major ones so here are some lesser mentioned. No order

1) John Glenn

2) Frederick Douglass

3) Alexander G. Bell

4) Rosa Parks

5) Henry Ford

6) Susan B. Anthony

7) Jesse Owens (my fav. of the list for proving Hitler wrong.)

8) Billy Graham

Couldn't think of anymore at the moment....

Yesus=PeAcE · Jul 21, 2005

THIS IS OFFICIALY THE TOP TEN "GREATEST AMERICANS"

(in no order)

1. Martin Luther King Jr.
2.Malcolm X
3.Fredrick Douglass
4.W.E.B. Dubois
5.Cheif Seattle
6.Eldridge Cleaver
7.Bobby Seale
8.Tupac Shakur
9.Pocahontas
10. Ida b. wells

plz argue with me

Moros · Jul 25, 2005

Don't forget that most of Edison's inventions were obsoleted by naturalized citizen Nikola Tesla.

Ben Franklin
Henry Ford
Mark Twain

All I can think of.

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