Mao Zedong was born in china
Belgians:
* Adolf Daens
* Adolphe Sax
* Albrecht Rodenbach
* Ambiorix
* Amélie Nothomb
* Hendrik Conscience
* Eddy Merckx
* Karel Martel
* Georges Simenon
* Gerardus Mercator
* Godfried van Bouillon
* Henri Lafontaine
* Hergé
* Jacky Ickx
* Jacques Brel
* Dirk Frimout
* Jean-Claude Van Damme
* Jozef Cardijn
* Justine Henin
* Keizer Karel V
* Kim Clijsters
* Leo Baekeland
* Pater Damiaan (Jozef De Veuster)
* Paul Janssen
* Paul Otlet
* Peter Benoit
* Jacques Rogge
* Pieter Breugel
* Raymond Ceulemans
* René Magritte
* Rembert Dodoens
* Peter Paul Rubens
* Justus Lipsius
* Simon Stevin
* Toots Thielemans
* Andreas Vesalius
* Adolf Daens
* Adolphe Sax
* Albrecht Rodenbach
* Ambiorix
* Amélie Nothomb
* Hendrik Conscience
* Eddy Merckx
* Karel Martel
* Georges Simenon
* Gerardus Mercator
* Godfried van Bouillon
* Henri Lafontaine
* Hergé
* Jacky Ickx
* Jacques Brel
* Dirk Frimout
* Jean-Claude Van Damme
* Jozef Cardijn
* Justine Henin
* Keizer Karel V
* Kim Clijsters
* Leo Baekeland
* Pater Damiaan (Jozef De Veuster)
* Paul Janssen
* Paul Otlet
* Peter Benoit
* Jacques Rogge
* Pieter Breugel
* Raymond Ceulemans
* René Magritte
* Rembert Dodoens
* Peter Paul Rubens
* Justus Lipsius
* Simon Stevin
* Toots Thielemans
* Andreas Vesalius
added one for yeahSoldier-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)
some random hotel owners (invented incondesent light bulb sold idea to edison for 5 dollars
Last edited by dill13 (2007-07-10 15:12:21)
Alexander Graham Bell spent a whopping year in Canada before moving to the states and becoming a citizen.
Scientist have recently distinguished Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci as the inventor of the telephone, so you need to correct that.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)
lets see ... Switzerland
*thinks*
can't think of anyone really
*thinks*
can't think of anyone really
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Well, not all of these were necessarily MADE in America, but they certainly called it home...
Albert Einstein
Benjamin Franklin
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
Robert Oppenheimer
John F. Kennedy
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Thomas Edison
Ronald Reagan
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Gen. George Patton
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Pocahontas
Ulysses S. Grant
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Jackson
I'm sure I'm missing a few hundred here. There have been MANY movers and shakers in American History.
How many was I supposed to list again?
Albert Einstein
Benjamin Franklin
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
Robert Oppenheimer
John F. Kennedy
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Thomas Edison
Ronald Reagan
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Gen. George Patton
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Pocahontas
Ulysses S. Grant
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Jackson
I'm sure I'm missing a few hundred here. There have been MANY movers and shakers in American History.
How many was I supposed to list again?
Here's my ten:
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King
Bill Gates
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Mark Twain
Walt Disney
Lance Armstrong
There...I covered everyone from politics, humanitarians, science, business, literature, entertainment, and sports.
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King
Bill Gates
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Mark Twain
Walt Disney
Lance Armstrong
There...I covered everyone from politics, humanitarians, science, business, literature, entertainment, and sports.
damn, i dont think australia has anyone in that league. except for sports.
Paul Hogan
Tasman pwns. He like, invented Tasmania or something.^*AlphA*^ wrote:
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.
Australia's got nothin' unless, we claim Hollywood celebrities.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
lol the contribution is one alright film from the 80s.GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
Paul Hogan
George W. Bush
50 Cent
Al Gore
Opera Winfrey
Rosie O'Donnell
Donald Trump
Paris Hilton
Snoop Dogg
Ann Colture
Michael Jackson (after he went white)
50 Cent
Al Gore
Opera Winfrey
Rosie O'Donnell
Donald Trump
Paris Hilton
Snoop Dogg
Ann Colture
Michael Jackson (after he went white)
Bill Gates.... without him there would be no microsoft, therefore no windows, therefore no BF2!!!!!
twiistaaa: I'm sure Austrailia had some important figures during WWII. It's an interesting country.
Pinto: Excellent catch there with Mark Twain. Not sure many people will remember Lance Armstrong 20 years from now though...
I'm surprised that there hasn't been much in the way of musical artists selected... Bob Dylan? Elvis Presley? Louis Armstrong? Thelonious Monk?
Then while some are mentioning athletes, what ever happened to Jessie Owens? Muhammad Ali?
Pinto: Excellent catch there with Mark Twain. Not sure many people will remember Lance Armstrong 20 years from now though...
I'm surprised that there hasn't been much in the way of musical artists selected... Bob Dylan? Elvis Presley? Louis Armstrong? Thelonious Monk?
Then while some are mentioning athletes, what ever happened to Jessie Owens? Muhammad Ali?
What an odd world. Everyone would be Mac fanbois, but there's no such thing as Mac elitists because they're the only ones.Smitty5613 wrote:
Bill Gates.... without him there would be no microsoft, therefore no windows, therefore no BF2!!!!!
And because of no hatred for Microsoft, there is no fuel for Linux to succeed.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
He-Man
That's why I put Steve Jobs in my list. I'm not crazy about Macs, but without him (and the Woz), there would be no computer in your house. Bill never would've had a chance to market Windows to home users cuz having a computer at home was unheard of.Smitty5613 wrote:
Bill Gates.... without him there would be no microsoft, therefore no windows, therefore no BF2!!!!!
Apparently Belgium is still awaiting a great man to teach them the difference between 10 people in a list and 36 people in a list...De_Jappe wrote:
Belgians:
* Adolf Daens
* Adolphe Sax
* Albrecht Rodenbach
* Ambiorix
* Amélie Nothomb
* Hendrik Conscience
* Eddy Merckx
* Karel Martel
* Georges Simenon
* Gerardus Mercator
* Godfried van Bouillon
* Henri Lafontaine
* Hergé
* Jacky Ickx
* Jacques Brel
* Dirk Frimout
* Jean-Claude Van Damme
* Jozef Cardijn
* Justine Henin
* Keizer Karel V
* Kim Clijsters
* Leo Baekeland
* Pater Damiaan (Jozef De Veuster)
* Paul Janssen
* Paul Otlet
* Peter Benoit
* Jacques Rogge
* Pieter Breugel
* Raymond Ceulemans
* René Magritte
* Rembert Dodoens
* Peter Paul Rubens
* Justus Lipsius
* Simon Stevin
* Toots Thielemans
* Andreas Vesalius
we do have a large scientific community as well as alot of political history. we just dont have any big names like einstein or mandela. so its not that we have no one outside of paul hogan. its just they are more your local fame/impact as opposed to global.bigdroo wrote:
twiistaaa: I'm sure Austrailia had some important figures during WWII. It's an interesting country.
list of australians of the year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Au … recipients
CHUCK NORRIS!jord wrote:
List up to 10 of your countries best, If I think it beats my list I'll send you 5 British pounds sterling.
Sir Winston Churchill
Charles Darwin
William Shakespeare
Sir Isaac Newton
John Lennon
Sir Alexander Fleming
Professor Stephen Hawking
Charles Dickens
Sir William Wallace
Alexander Graham Bell
Lol I was about to say something of that nature.chittydog wrote:
Apparently Belgium is still awaiting a great man to teach them the difference between 10 people in a list and 36 people in a list...De_Jappe wrote:
Belgians:
* Adolf Daens
* Adolphe Sax
* Albrecht Rodenbach
* Ambiorix
* Amélie Nothomb
* Hendrik Conscience
* Eddy Merckx
* Karel Martel
* Georges Simenon
* Gerardus Mercator
* Godfried van Bouillon
* Henri Lafontaine
* Hergé
* Jacky Ickx
* Jacques Brel
* Dirk Frimout
* Jean-Claude Van Damme
* Jozef Cardijn
* Justine Henin
* Keizer Karel V
* Kim Clijsters
* Leo Baekeland
* Pater Damiaan (Jozef De Veuster)
* Paul Janssen
* Paul Otlet
* Peter Benoit
* Jacques Rogge
* Pieter Breugel
* Raymond Ceulemans
* René Magritte
* Rembert Dodoens
* Peter Paul Rubens
* Justus Lipsius
* Simon Stevin
* Toots Thielemans
* Andreas Vesalius
Edgar Allen Poe rings a bell, but yesterday I couldn't of told you who he was off the top of my head.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Are you kidding me?jord wrote:
That was a raging list.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.
Not worth my 5 pounds sterling. Sorry, last two not even heard of.
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.
As for the other guy, I really wouldn't know him.
Same problem here^^max wrote:
lets see ... Switzerland
*thinks*
can't think of anyone really
Maybe Einstein (lived and studied here) or Henry Dunant (founder of the red cross)
Only in Canada would people have voted two hockey related persons its greatest citizens. That's pathetic.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