Part 23: 100 Most Influential Ranking

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Here's the next 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. 

Mark Twain	"Father of American Literature" and "America's greatest humorist" His Huckleberry Finn is often called "The Great American Novel" by some.
Mark Zuckerberg	Inventor of Facebook, arguably the most influential social media and social networking service
Martin Cooper	Invented the first hand-held mobile phone
Martin Luther	Crucial early figure of the Protestant Reformation when he protested against the corruptions of the Catholic Church; Argued that the Bible was a greater authority than the Pope; Translated the Bible into the vernacular so that it could be accessible for those unschooled in Biblical languages; Inspired Lutheranism, a major protestant denomination, and the other Protestant movements.
Martin Luther King Jr	the predominant figure in the African-American civil rights movement, and a leading inspiration for the rights of worldwide minorities. He was also, along with Gandhi, a chief practioneer of nonviolent civil disobedience.
Mary Shelley	Author of Frankenstein, a popular novel that has developed as part of popular culture during holidays and in films, especially around Halloween.
Mary Wollstonecraft	Wrote arguably the most important early feminist works, which laid the foundations for women's rights movements many decades after her death.
Max Planck	Originator of quantum theory/quantum mechanics, which is crucial to the understanding of atomic and subatomic processes.
Maximilian Robespierre	Figurehead of the "Reign of Terror" during the French Revolution; also was influential in efforts to abolish slavery, gain universal manhood suffrage, and abolish celibacy for the priesthood in France
Mencius	The second most important philosopher in Confucianism after Confucius; advocated that humans are innately good and that quality had to be cultivation and the proper environment to flourish.

[OrangeP47]

My vote for Robespierre might be bias towards the French Revolution being one of the critical events of all of history.

[Arkansas Progressive]

everyone besides King and Zuckerberg, and King was a close no.

[ShortKing]

2 hours ago, Arkansas Progressive said:

everyone besides King and Zuckerberg, and King was a close no.

Oh I voted for Zuckerberg cause I think FaceBook has been immensely influential in global affairs, and will only continue to be, but that might be recency bias given I just read that report on how they contributed to the ethnic tensions that led to the Ethiopian Civil War. 

[pilight]

Frankenstein was the first modern science fiction novel

[vcczar]

3 more votes needed for the next 10 nominees. 

[DakotaHale]

Max Planck was probably the closest no of the series so far.

[vcczar]

Chinese people would be perplexed as to why Mencius is performing so poorly

[Timur]

2 hours ago, vcczar said:

Chinese people would be perplexed as to why Mencius is performing so poorly

Koreans too. Confucius, Mencius, Lao-tze, and Chang-tze had a great influence here.