Part 9: 100 Most Influential Rankings

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Here's the 1st part of the 100 most influential rankings. 

Rules:

- Please keep discussion on topic. 

- No trolling. 

- No complaining, although constructive criticism is okay. 

- No personal attacks.

- No commenting without voting. 

Elias Howe	Invented the first practical sewing machine
Elizabeth Cady Stanton	Wrote the document that initiated the first women's rights and women's suffrage movement in the US.
Elizabeth I	inspired the flowering of English literature and language, especially drama. Set the foundation for English colonialism, and the concept of the British Empire. Reestablished England as a protestant state.
Elon Musk	Wealthiest person of the 21st century
Elvis Presley	"King of Rock n' Roll"; Pop culture icon who popularized rock music worldwide.
Emmeline Pankhurst	Most notable Women's Suffrage activists in UK history
Emperor Wen of Sui	Buddhist Emperor that saw Buddhism rival Confucianism in China; reunified China after centuries of fragmentation.
Enrico Caruso	International opera singer; one of the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded.
Enrico Fermi	"Architect of the Nuclear Age" for creating the first nuclear reactor
Erasmus of Rotterdam	The foremost humanist, which makes him arguably "Father of Secularism."

[Pringles]

Elizabeth I is the only one for me. I cannot fathom putting the rest... and until Elon Musk colonizes Mars, he isn't on the list. 😛 

 

[Edouard]

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Edited July 19, 2022 by Edouard

[OrangeP47]

Fermi needs to be considered, because not only is he huge in nuclear physics, he's pretty big in how scientists think about science as a whole too.  It wasn't just his discoveries and contributions, but how he went about it and his methodology too.  See the Fermi Paradox for an example of how his thought is influential beyond just his own field.

[ConservativeElector2]

Regarding Musk I think, it's even more noteworthy, that he worked tirelessly to establish commercial space travel. And this sector won't cease any time soon. On the contrary it could ease the way to populate other planets and interplanetary travel.