The Greatest

                          The Greatest……

These are the Top 5 Greatest People of each Nationality voted on by the different television shows in each country:

American:

 Ronald Reagan (1911–2004): Actor and 40th President (1981 to 1989) and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism, served as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865): 16th President (1861-1865) during US Civil War (1861-1865), freed the Slaves, assassinated by Confederate-Sympathizer.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968): Minister and civil rights leader through nonviolence and civil disobedience, assassinated.

 George Washington (1732–1799): General during the American Revolution and 1st President (1789-1797.)

Benjamin Franklin (1705–1790): Author, Printer, Scientist, Diplomat and Politician.

Bulgarian:

Vasil Levski (1837–1873): Revolutionary and national hero

Peter Deunov (1864–1944): Spiritual master of a school of Esoteric Christianity

Asparukh of Bulgaria (d. 681): Founder of the First Bulgarian Empire

Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (c. 866–927): Ruled during the Golden Age of Bulgarian culture and military power

 Hristo Botev (1848–1876): National poet and revolutionary

 

Britain:

Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965):  Prime Minister (1940–1945, 1951–1955). Led the nation during World War II, when the country defended itself against a planned German invasion. He was an important figure in post-war national and international politics. Received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.

 Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859):  Mechanical and civil engineer, designer of the Great Western Railway, Clifton Suspension Bridge, SS Great Britain and numerous significant ships, tunnels and bridges. A prominent figure during the Industrial Revolution which began in Britain, he revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997): First wife of Charles, Prince of Wales (marriage 1981–1996), and Mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Admired for her philanthropic deeds.

Charles Darwin (1809–1882): Biologist, geologist and naturalist. Originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection and author of On the Origin of Species.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616): Poet and playwright. Creator of Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and many more. Thought of by many as the greatest of all English-language writers.

 

Canadian:

 Tommy Douglas (1904-1986): Father of Medicare, Premier of Saskatchewan

Terry Fox  (1958- 1981): Athlete, activist, humanitarian

Pierre Trudeau  (1919-2000): Fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada

Sir Frederick Banting (1891-1941): Medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

 David Suzuki (1936- ):  Environmentalist

Croatian:

 Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980):  revolutionary, statesman and president of Yugoslavia 1953–1980.

 Ruđer Bošković (1711–1787):  physicist, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher

 Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981): writer, playwright and poet

 Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999): statesman, President of Croatia 1990–99

Dražen Petrović (1964–1993): basketball player, Olympic silver medalist

Czech:

King Charles IV, Bohemian King (1346–1378): and Emperor (1355–1378), founder of Charles Bridge and Charles University

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937): first Czechoslovak president (1918–1935)

 Václav Havel (1936–2011): last Czechoslovak (1989–1992) and first Czech president (1993–2003)

 Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670): 17th-century "Teacher of nations"

Jan Žižka (1360–1424): 14th/15th-century Hussite general, leader of Czech resistance to the Roman Empire and Catholic Church

French:

Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970): General and President. Leader of the French resistance movement during World War II. President of France between 1944 and 1946 and between 1958 and 1969.

 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895): Chemist. Discovered vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. Developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax.

Abbé Pierre (1912-2007): Priest who was a member of the Resistance movement during World War II. Founder of the Emmaus movement, who help poor and homeless people.

Marie Curie (1867-1934): Physicist and chemist. Co-discoverer of radioactivity, radium and polonium. First woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) and the only person to have won both.

Coluche (1944-1986) :Comedian, actor and humanitarian activist. Founder of the Restaurants du Coeur, a non-profit charity movement who distribute food to the needy and help people out with finding housing.

German:

Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967): Chancellor, admired for making post-war Germany a democratic nation again and a political and economical power.

Martin Luther (1483-1546): Priest, theologian and Protestant Reformer.

Karl Marx (1818-1883):  Writer, economist and philosopher. Founder of scientific socialism.

Sophie Scholl (1921-1943) and Hans Scholl (1918-1943):  Activists, members of the White Rose movement, an anti-Nazi resistance group during World War Two.

Willy Brandt (1913-1992): Chancellor, implemented the Ostpolitik and admired for his pacifist policies and official public apologies for Germany's war past. Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971.

Greek:

Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC): King and military commander. Conquered the largest empire ever in history (up to that point). Expanded Greek culture throughout the then-known world, from North Africa, the Middle East to India.

George Papanikolaou (1883-1962): Physician. Invented the pap smear test, which provides early and quick detection of cervical and uterine cancer. He also improved a test for detecting stomach cancer.

Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770-1843): General. Admired for leading his troops to victory during the Greek War of Independence.

 Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907-1998): Politician. President of Greece (1980-1985) (1990-1995) and Prime Minister (1955-1958) (1958-1961) (1961-1963) (1974-1980). Admired for bringing the post-war country back to a parliamentary democratic stateform.

Socrates (470 BC-399 BC): Philosopher. Inventor of the Socratic method. Pioneer in Western philosophy and one of the most influential thinkers in history.

Irish:

John Hume (1937-2020): Nationalist politician from Northern Ireland, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland, as one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process.

Michael Collins (1890-1922): evolutionary, soldier, and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century Irish struggle for independence. Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from January 1922 until his assassination in August 1922.

Mary Robinson (1944- ):  Seventh President of Ireland from December 1990 to September 1997, becoming the first woman to hold this office. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002 and a Senator for the University of Dublin from 1969 to 1989. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister and campaigner.

James Connelly (1868-1916): Republican, socialist and trade union leader. Commandant of the Dublin Brigade during the Easter Rising.

Bono (1960- ): singer-songwriter, activist, philanthropist, venture capitalist, businessman, and actor.

Italian:

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519): polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor and architect.

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): opera composer.

Giovanni Falcone (1939–1992) and Paolo Borsellino (1940–1992): judges and prosecuting magistrates against the Mafia.

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642): astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.

Totò (1898–1967): actor, comedian, writer, poet, singer and lyricist.

Japanese:

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582): daimyō in the 16th century

Sakamoto Ryōma (1836–1867): The samurai who overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate in bakumatsu Japan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598): politician, samurai who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier"

Matsushita Kōnosuke (1894–1989): industrialist, founder of Panasonic

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616): The founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate

Dutch:

Pim Fortuyn (1948-2002): Politician. Admired by his followers for breaking with political correctness and criticizing Dutch politics. His murder made him a martyr for his case.

William Of Orange (1533-1584): Politician. Led the Dutch people during the Eighty Years' War against Spain, which eventually led to their independence. He himself never lived to see this, as he was assassinated. Is considered the "Father of the Nation" to this day.

Willem Drees (1886-1988): Prime Minister (1948-1958), Re-elected four times in a row. Admired for helping the post-war country to get back on its legs and for his introduction of various social reform laws.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723): Biologist and microbiologist. Inventor of the microscope. Did pioneer work in cell biology and microbiology.

Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536 ):Philosopher and novelist. Author of In Praise of Folly. Admired for his humanist philosophies.

New Zealander:

Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937): Physicist.

Kate Sheppard (1848–1934): Suffragette

 Sir Edmund Hillary (1919–2008): Mountaineer and explorer

Sir George Grey (1812–1898): Governor and Premier

Michael Joseph Savage (1872–1940): Politician

Russian:

Alexander II (1818-1881): Emperor who abolished serfdom in Russia.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881): Writer

Catherine the Great (1729-1796): Empress          

Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584): Tsar

Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924): Communist founder of the Soviet Union      

South African:

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013): First president of post-Apartheid South Africa and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner

Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001): Pioneering heart transplant surgeon

F. W. de Klerk (1936–):  Former President and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner who ended Apartheid.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948): Political activist

Nkosi Johnson (1989–2001): Child HIV/AIDS activist who died of the disease

Spaniard:

Juan Carlos I (1938-): King of Spain (1975-2014). Admired for moving his country back to democracy after nearly 40 years of dictatorship. His status also prevented a second attempt at a military coup in 1981.

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616): Novelist. Author of Don Quixote.

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506):        Explorer. Discovered America that kicked off European colonization of the continent by Spain and Portugal. Despite being born in Genua, Italy, Columbus worked for the Spanish crown.

Sofía of Spain (1938- ):  Queen of Spain (1975-2014) (Born in Psychiko, Greece). Admired for her humanitarian works.

Adolfo Suárez(1932-2014): Prime Minister (1976-1981). Admired for moving his country back to a democracy after nearly 40 years of dictatorship.

Ukrainian:

Yaroslav I the Wise (978-1054): Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 until his death. He was also the Prince of Novgorod on three occasions, uniting the principalities for a time.

Mykola Amosov (1913-2002): Soviet and Ukrainian doctor of Russian origin, heart surgeon, inventor, best-selling author, and exercise enthusiast, known for his inventions of several surgical procedures for treating heart defects.

Stepan Bandera (1909-1959): Radical politician and theorist of the militant wing of the far-right Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and a leader and ideologist of Ukrainian ultranationalists known for his involvement in terrorist activities.

Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861): Poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, as well as folklorist and ethnographer.

Bohdan Khmelnytskyi (1595-1657): Led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates (1648–1654) that resulted in the creation of a state led by the Cossacks. In 1654, he concluded the Treaty of Pereyaslav with the Moscow Tsar and thus allied the Cossack Hetmanate with Tsardom of Muscovy.

^ Those in Bold are people I knew about before these lists. ^

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