You forgot Bernoulli^*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.
Well I'll call this thread a success. Not only has nobody topped my super awesome great list but it got to 4 pages.
That's a first for me.
That's a first for me.
Sir. Vivian Richards
V.C Bird
V.C Bird
I know fucking karate
err arthur guinness
st patrick
george best
st patrick
george best
What about Euler?officer_matt wrote:
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)
I wouldn't put Ambiorix on a famous Belgians list tbh. And Kim Clijsters, wtf?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
Here's mine, not in a specific order:
Victor Horta(famous architect)
Louis Paul Boon (author with a huge influence on literature)
Guido Gezelle (poet who had a huge influence on literature and poetry)
Stijn Streuvels (author with a huge influence on literature)
Willy Vandersteen (creator of Spike and Suzy, probably not so known in the US but very known across Europe)
Godfrey of Bouillon (although his nationality is debatable as well, his achievements make up for it :p Capturing Jerusalem on a crusade and ruling it)
Jean Claude Van Damme (Muscles from Brussels)
Gerardus Mercator (introduced a new type of map and made the world's first atlas)
Adolphe Sax (inventor of the saxophone)
Eddy Merckx (nicknamed the cannibal for a reason, greatest cyclist ever on this planet)
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"Your countries list of super people"
USA gots da baddest and da bestest mad skillz:
Superman
Batman
Spiderman
Hulk
X-Men
Fantastic 4
Punisher
Chuck Norris
G.W. Bush
My wife - she can get me to do impossible shit that I would never do
USA gots da baddest and da bestest mad skillz:
Superman
Batman
Spiderman
Hulk
X-Men
Fantastic 4
Punisher
Chuck Norris
G.W. Bush
My wife - she can get me to do impossible shit that I would never do
U.K's super people> all else tbh
Very nuanced statement, especially when you're not even bothering to clarifySizzlingMidget wrote:
U.K's super people> all else tbh
You need only to look at my first post.FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
Very nuanced statement, especially when you're not even bothering to clarifySizzlingMidget wrote:
U.K's super people> all else tbh
George W. Bush.
Ronald Reagan.
David Duke.
Ronald Reagan.
David Duke.
I agree, but Sean Bean should be on it. I mean, look at the man!jord wrote:
You need only to look at my first post.FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
Very nuanced statement, especially when you're not even bothering to clarifySizzlingMidget wrote:
U.K's super people> all else tbh
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Your list is good, the only one I don't agree on is John Lennon. So marrying a home wrecking Japanese is a good thing now? Plus I don't see the Beatles as 'super'.
Me
Steven Fry
Steven Fry
Who would you prefer?FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
Your list is good, the only one I don't agree on is John Lennon. So marrying a home wrecking Japanese is a good thing now? Plus I don't see the Beatles as 'super'.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sir Paul McCartney
Freddie Mercury
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson,
John Lennon was a genious, you can't deny it.
Nelson.jord wrote:
Who would you prefer?FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
Your list is good, the only one I don't agree on is John Lennon. So marrying a home wrecking Japanese is a good thing now? Plus I don't see the Beatles as 'super'.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sir Paul McCartney
Freddie Mercury
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson,
Mr. T
Could you please elaborate on how he is a genius? I'm not denying it, I just fail to see why.lord.knaslaban wrote:
John Lennon was a genious, you can't deny it.
1. Simpson and his donkey (Had a donkey)
2. Fiona Wood (Spray on skin)
3. David Boon (Turned alcohol into water (or that's what it seemed like when he drinks))
4. Frank Macfarlane Burnet (Immunology)
5. Steve Irwin (Did wonders for Australian - American relations)
6. Weary Dunlop (WW II)
7. Christopher Skase (An evolution of Houdini)
8. Sir Donald Bradman (Cmon, I'm an Aussie there HAS to be a sports hero in here, and he's in a class of his own to this day)
9. My Mum (Damn that woman can cook)
10. Henry Lawson (The outback will exist forever because of him)
2. Fiona Wood (Spray on skin)
3. David Boon (Turned alcohol into water (or that's what it seemed like when he drinks))
4. Frank Macfarlane Burnet (Immunology)
5. Steve Irwin (Did wonders for Australian - American relations)
6. Weary Dunlop (WW II)
7. Christopher Skase (An evolution of Houdini)
8. Sir Donald Bradman (Cmon, I'm an Aussie there HAS to be a sports hero in here, and he's in a class of his own to this day)
9. My Mum (Damn that woman can cook)
10. Henry Lawson (The outback will exist forever because of him)
From Germany:
Albert Einstein
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Wernher von Braun
Adam Riese
Peter Paul Rubens
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Wolfgang von Goehte
Franz Beckenbauer
Boris Becker
Stefanie Graf
Michael Schumacher
Til Schweiger
Dieter Bohlen
Adolf Dassler (ADIDAS)
Rudolf Dassler (PUMA)
Karl & Theo Albrecht (ALDI)
Albert Einstein
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Wernher von Braun
Adam Riese
Peter Paul Rubens
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Wolfgang von Goehte
Franz Beckenbauer
Boris Becker
Stefanie Graf
Michael Schumacher
Til Schweiger
Dieter Bohlen
Adolf Dassler (ADIDAS)
Rudolf Dassler (PUMA)
Karl & Theo Albrecht (ALDI)
Peter Paul Rubens is a Flemish painter FFS!BADOELLE wrote:
From Germany:
Albert Einstein
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Wernher von Braun
Adam Riese
Peter Paul Rubens
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Wolfgang von Goehte
Franz Beckenbauer
Boris Becker
Stefanie Graf
Michael Schumacher
Til Schweiger
Dieter Bohlen
Adolf Dassler (ADIDAS)
Rudolf Dassler (PUMA)
Karl & Theo Albrecht (ALDI)
How dare you call him German on the Flemish holiday? Blasphemy!
Born in Germany!!!!!!!!
In German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubens
in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens
In German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubens
in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens
Last edited by BADOELLE (2007-07-11 12:29:44)
He was banished/ exiled in Germany.
First line of English article:Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish and European painter
His parents were from Antwerp, the only reason he was born in Germany was because of his parents' religion, namely protestant.
"His father, a Protestant lawyer, left Antwerp for Westphalia to escape persecution." -> http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rubens.html
He's ninth in the election of "The greatest Belgian": http://www.degrootstebelg.be/dgb_master … ndex.shtml
First line of English article:Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish and European painter
His parents were from Antwerp, the only reason he was born in Germany was because of his parents' religion, namely protestant.
"His father, a Protestant lawyer, left Antwerp for Westphalia to escape persecution." -> http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rubens.html
He's ninth in the election of "The greatest Belgian": http://www.degrootstebelg.be/dgb_master … ndex.shtml
Last edited by FlemishHCmaniac (2007-07-11 12:38:54)
Damn straight! If I'd be from Canada the whole fecking list would contain guys with hockeytree abilities!confused wrote:
Only in Canada would people have voted two hockey related persons its greatest citizens. That's pathetic.
Someone already had Mannerheim and the boys on the list, so I took the best of the best of the cream on my list.
Matti Nykänen (skijump/earbleedingsinging/alcoholism)
Henry "The Great" Saari (XXX)
Tony "The Viking" Halme (WWF/DieHard3/Finnishparliament/alsoearbleedingsinging/alcoholism/steroids)
Renny Harling (The Exorcist: Beginning/Cutthroat Island)
A stellar Top 4 wouldn't you say?
And all the Members of Planbee!
BTW Freddie Mercury was born in Africa.