Your countries list of super people

2007-07-10 11:53:14

#26

Drakef: Cheeseburger Logicist; +117|6646|Vancouver

I hate this Alexander Graham Bell debate. Born in Scotland, lived in the US, but also considered Canada his home. Can anyone really put any single claim to him? In the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Greatest Canadian, he was ranked ninth greatest Canadian. But, I seem to remember that the Brits and Americans did similar honours to him.

The same program gave the honour of greatest Canadian to Tommy Douglas, founder of our social medicine program (as viewers of Michael Moore's Sicko will know). But, the greatest living Canadian is David Suzuki. Has anyone not from this nation heard of him?

The list, if anyone is too lazy:

1. Tommy Douglas
2. Terry Fox
3. Pierre Elliot Trudeau
4. Sir Frederick Banting
5. David Suzuki
6. Lester Bowles Pearson
7. Don Cherry
8. Sir John A. MacDonald
9. Alexander Graham Bell
10. Wayne Gretzky

2007-07-10 11:55:19

#27

jord: Member; +2,382|6962|The North, beyond the wall.

Drakef wrote:
I hate this Alexander Graham Bell debate. Born in Scotland, lived in the US, but also considered Canada his home. Can anyone really put any single claim to him? In the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Greatest Canadian, he was ranked ninth greatest Canadian. But, I seem to remember that the Brits and Americans did similar honours to him.

The same program gave the honour of greatest Canadian to Tommy Douglas, founder of our social medicine program (as viewers of Michael Moore's Sicko will know). But, the greatest living Canadian is David Suzuki. Has anyone not from this nation heard of him?

The list, if anyone is too lazy:

1. Tommy Douglas
2. Terry Fox
3. Pierre Elliot Trudeau
4. Sir Frederick Banting
5. David Suzuki
6. Lester Bowles Pearson
7. Don Cherry
8. Sir John A. MacDonald
9. Alexander Graham Bell
10. Wayne Gretzky

I can't say I've heard of him no.

I have however heard of Jim Carey and Celiene Dion.

2007-07-10 11:55:27

#28

^*AlphA*^: F*ckers; +3,135|7022|The Hague, Netherlands

hmm

Rembrandt van Rijn
Vincent van Gogh
Willem van Oranje
Christiaan Huygens
Michiel de Ruyter
Thonius Philips van Leeuwenhoek
Abel Tasman
Piet Pieterszoon Hein
Desiderius Erasmus
Johannes Jacobus Poortman

couldn't decide with a few but, it's a list.

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2007-07-10 11:56:33

#29

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,981|6916|949

Don Cherry as number 7! HAHA!

2007-07-10 12:20:14

#30

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6784|so randum

Uk, Sean Bean AK the sex.

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2007-07-10 12:24:38

#31

suomalainen_äijä: Member; +64|6449

Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Mikael Agricola
Renny Harlin
Kimi Räikkönen
Teemu Selänne
Ville Peltonen

Ville Peltonen is my idol, the greatest finnish icehockey star

Last edited by suomalainen_äijä (2007-07-10 12:28:20)

2007-07-10 12:25:51

#32

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6777|N. Ireland

jord wrote:
I also took Florence Nightingale off. Couldn't have any women ruining my list.

we can't have a woman on our list!

2007-07-10 12:27:27

#33

jord: Member; +2,382|6962|The North, beyond the wall.

leetkyle wrote:
jord wrote:
I also took Florence Nightingale off. Couldn't have any women ruining my list.
we can't have a woman on our list!

Yeah! Silly women trying to make us a laughing stock to other nations.

Have that Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth and Florence Nightingale.

2007-07-10 12:33:24

#34

chittydog: less busy; +586|7119|Kubra, Damn it!

George Washington
Elvis Presley
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Steve Jobs
Edgar Allen Poe

I thought about adding Al Gore for inventing the internet, but decided against it.

2007-07-10 12:35:22

#35

Soldier-Of-Wasteland: Mephistopheles; +40|6940|Land of the Very Cold

Canada has:

Alexander Graham-Bell (telephone)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier (snowmobile)
Sir Sandford Fleming (Standard Time Zones)
Dr. James Naismith (invented Basketball)
Frederick Banting and Charles Best(discoverers of insuline)
Tommy Douglas (introduced publicly-funded health care)
Wayne Gretzky (one of hockey's best player)
Jeanne Mance (established 1st hospital in North America)
Guy Laliberté (Cirque du Soleil)
David Suzuki (scientist)

Last edited by Soldier-Of-Wasteland (2007-07-10 13:20:12)

2007-07-10 12:35:56

#36

jord: Member; +2,382|6962|The North, beyond the wall.

chittydog wrote:
George Washington
Elvis Presley
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Steve Jobs
Edgar Allen Poe

I thought about adding Al Gore for inventing the internet, but decided against it.

That was a raging list.

Not worth my 5 pounds sterling. Sorry, last two not even heard of.

2007-07-10 13:13:37

#37

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|6969|Espoo, Finland

jord wrote:
chittydog wrote:
George Washington
Elvis Presley
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Steve Jobs
Edgar Allen Poe

I thought about adding Al Gore for inventing the internet, but decided against it.
That was a raging list.

Not worth my 5 pounds sterling. Sorry, last two not even heard of.

You haven't heard of Edgar Allen Poe?!

(sorry for the OT)

2007-07-10 13:17:24

#38

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,981|6916|949

jord wrote:
chittydog wrote:
George Washington
Elvis Presley
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Steve Jobs
Edgar Allen Poe

I thought about adding Al Gore for inventing the internet, but decided against it.
That was a raging list.

Not worth my 5 pounds sterling. Sorry, last two not even heard of.

Are you kidding me?

Steve Jobs - co founder of Apple (although I am more of a Woz fan)

Edgar Allen Poe - The Raven, Telltale Heart, Cask of Amontillado, Masque of the Red Death, etc. A legend in literature.

2007-07-10 13:17:52

#39

TheDarkRaven: ATG's First Disciple; +263|6908|Birmingham, UK

Gawwad wrote:
jord wrote:
chittydog wrote:
George Washington
Elvis Presley
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Steve Jobs
Edgar Allen Poe

I thought about adding Al Gore for inventing the internet, but decided against it.
That was a raging list.

Not worth my 5 pounds sterling. Sorry, last two not even heard of.
You haven't heard of Edgar Allen Poe?!

(sorry for the OT)

I was quite surprised by that, too. Edgar Allen Poe was a literary genius.

However, Steve Jobs ruins your list, so I still don't think it deserves £5.

2007-07-10 13:19:43

#40

Soldier-Of-Wasteland: Mephistopheles; +40|6940|Land of the Very Cold

Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
Canada has:

Alexander Graham-Bell (telephone)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier (snowmobile)
Sir Sandford Fleming (Standard Time Zones)
Dr. James Naismith (invented Basketball)
Frederick Banting and Charles Best(discoverer of insuline)
Tommy Douglas (introduced publicly-funded health care)
Wayne Gretzky (one of hockey's best player)
Jeanne Mance (established 1st hospital in North America)
Guy Laliberté (Cirque du Soleil)
David Suzuki (scientist)

Mines are good though!

Last edited by Soldier-Of-Wasteland (2007-07-10 13:20:30)

2007-07-10 13:27:34

#41

SgtHeihn: Should have ducked; +394|6771|Ham Lake, MN (Fucking Cold)

Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Robert Jarvik
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Davison Rockefeller
Ernest hemingway
Jonas Salk
Albert Sabin

Last edited by SgtHeihn (2007-07-10 13:29:48)

2007-07-10 13:57:48

#42

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6784|so randum

fatherted13 wrote:
Uk, Sean Bean AK the sex.

Hell yeh, good call ted

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2007-07-10 14:37:13

#43

Drakef: Cheeseburger Logicist; +117|6646|Vancouver

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Don Cherry as number 7! HAHA!

I'm surprised you have heard from him, if you are from California. However, you are correct.

2007-07-10 14:38:22

#44

Drakef: Cheeseburger Logicist; +117|6646|Vancouver

Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
Canada has:

Alexander Graham-Bell (telephone)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier (snowmobile)
Sir Sandford Fleming (Standard Time Zones)
Dr. James Naismith (invented Basketball)
Frederick Banting and Charles Best(discoverers of insuline)
Tommy Douglas (introduced publicly-funded health care)
Wayne Gretzky (one of hockey's best player)
Jeanne Mance (established 1st hospital in North America)
Guy Laliberté (Cirque du Soleil)
David Suzuki (scientist)

Basketball? Cirque du Soleil?

Really? I can't say that either of them matter enough.

2007-07-10 14:44:33

#45

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6784|so randum

fatherted13 wrote:
fatherted13 wrote:
Uk, Sean Bean AK the sex.
Hell yeh, good call ted

Wow this guy speaks the truth,+1 to you sir!

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2007-07-10 14:45:57

#46

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,981|6916|949

Drakef wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Don Cherry as number 7! HAHA!
I'm surprised you have heard from him, if you are from California. However, you are correct.

I used to watch all the Rock Em Sock Em videos he put out...who was the guy he used to always go on about....oh yeah Dougie Gilmour. Gotta love how he'd start his videos in a mobster get-up with smoke pouring around and a cigar in his mouth.

Mike Myers doesn't make the list?

2007-07-10 14:49:16

#47

Yaocelotl: :D; +221|6934|Keyboard

THe following don't have nationality due to their l33tness:

Jason Bourne
Chuck Norris
Bruce Lee
MacGwyver
The whole A-Team squad
Garfield
Teddy Ruxpin

2007-07-10 14:51:07

#48

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6574|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

*sigh*

Jord, why didn't you start this thread earlier, when I had my list all nice and made up? Now I'll have to type it all out again.

Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Elvis Presley
Robert Oppenheimer
William Gates
The Wright brothers
Michael Jackson (before he went white)

I'd have more, but I cain't put womens.

2007-07-10 14:52:52

#49

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6784|so randum

fatherted13 wrote:
fatherted13 wrote:
fatherted13 wrote:
Uk, Sean Bean AK the sex.
Hell yeh, good call ted
Wow this guy speaks the truth,+1 to you sir!

FFS ted, i dont know why no-ones listning!

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2007-07-10 14:55:42

#50

Metal-Eater-GR: I can haz titanium paancakez?; +490|6556

all these countless ancient greek philosophers,and that guy named periklis who invented democracy

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