From Wikipedia:
"The Greatest"
A.) The Greatest Canadian (voted by English speakers):
1. Tommy Douglas
2. Terry Fox
3. Pierre Trudeau
4. Sir Frederick Banting
5. David Suzuki
B.) The Greatest Croatian:
1. Josip Broz Tito
2. Nikola Tesla
3. Ruder Boskovic
4. Miroslav Krleza
5. Franjo Tudman
C.) The Greatest Czech:
1. King Charles IV
2. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
3. Vaclav Havel
4. John Amos Comenius
5. Jan Zizka
D. The Greatest Frenchmen:
1. Charles de Gaulle
2. Louis Pasteur
3. Abbe Pierre
4. Marie Curie
5. Coluche
E.) The Greatest German (Adolf Hitler and Erich Honecker not allowed):
1. Konrad Adenauer
2. Martin Luther
3. Karl Marx
4. Sophie and Hans Scholl
5. Willy Brandt
F.) The Greatest Greek:
1. Alexander the Great
2. Georgios Papanikolaou
3. Theodoros Kolokotronis
4. Konstantinos Karamanlis
5. Socrates
G.) The Greatest Irishmen:
1. John Hume
2. Michael Collins
3. Mary Robinson
4. James Connolly
5. Bono
H.) The Greatest Dutchmen:
1. Pim Fortuyn
2. Willem van Oranje
3. Willem Drees
4. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
5. Desiderius Erasmus
I.) The Greatest Russian:
1. Alexander Nevsky
2. Pyotr Stolypin
3. Joseph Stalin
4. Alexander Pushkin
5. Peter the Great
J.) The Greatest South Africans:
1. Nelson Mandela
2. Christiaan Barnard
3. F. W. de Klerk
4. Mahatma Gandhi
5. Nkosi Johnson
K.) The Greatest Spaniard:
1. King Juan Carlos I
2. Miguel de Cervantes
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Queen Sofía
5. Adolfo Suarez
L.) The Greatest Ukrainian:
1. Yaroslavl the Wise
2. Nikolai Amosov
3. Stepan Bandera
4. Taras Shevchenko
5. Bohdan Khmelnytsky
M.) The Greatest Brit:
1. Sir Winston Churchill
2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
3. Diana, Princess of Wales
4. Charles Darwin
5. William Shakespeare
N.) The Greatest American:
1. Ronald Reagan
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Marin Luther King Jr.
4. George Washington
5. Benjamin Franklin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Britons_spin-offs
"The Greatest"
A poll was done in different countries to decide the all-time greatest people of that country. I've included a few from different places. The ones in Bold are people I have heard of.
A.) The Greatest Canadian (voted by English speakers):
1. Tommy Douglas
2. Terry Fox
3. Pierre Trudeau
4. Sir Frederick Banting
5. David Suzuki
B.) The Greatest Croatian:
1. Josip Broz Tito
2. Nikola Tesla
3. Ruder Boskovic
4. Miroslav Krleza
5. Franjo Tudman
C.) The Greatest Czech:
1. King Charles IV
2. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
3. Vaclav Havel
4. John Amos Comenius
5. Jan Zizka
D. The Greatest Frenchmen:
1. Charles de Gaulle
2. Louis Pasteur
3. Abbe Pierre
4. Marie Curie
5. Coluche
E.) The Greatest German (Adolf Hitler and Erich Honecker not allowed):
1. Konrad Adenauer
2. Martin Luther
3. Karl Marx
4. Sophie and Hans Scholl
5. Willy Brandt
F.) The Greatest Greek:
1. Alexander the Great
2. Georgios Papanikolaou
3. Theodoros Kolokotronis
4. Konstantinos Karamanlis
5. Socrates
G.) The Greatest Irishmen:
1. John Hume
2. Michael Collins
3. Mary Robinson
4. James Connolly
5. Bono
H.) The Greatest Dutchmen:
1. Pim Fortuyn
2. Willem van Oranje
3. Willem Drees
4. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
5. Desiderius Erasmus
I.) The Greatest Russian:
1. Alexander Nevsky
2. Pyotr Stolypin
3. Joseph Stalin
4. Alexander Pushkin
5. Peter the Great
J.) The Greatest South Africans:
1. Nelson Mandela
2. Christiaan Barnard
3. F. W. de Klerk
4. Mahatma Gandhi
5. Nkosi Johnson
K.) The Greatest Spaniard:
1. King Juan Carlos I
2. Miguel de Cervantes
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Queen Sofía
5. Adolfo Suarez
L.) The Greatest Ukrainian:
1. Yaroslavl the Wise
2. Nikolai Amosov
3. Stepan Bandera
4. Taras Shevchenko
5. Bohdan Khmelnytsky
M.) The Greatest Brit:
1. Sir Winston Churchill
2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
3. Diana, Princess of Wales
4. Charles Darwin
5. William Shakespeare
N.) The Greatest American:
1. Ronald Reagan
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Marin Luther King Jr.
4. George Washington
5. Benjamin Franklin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Britons_spin-offs
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