Most Influential People of All Time

Isaiah wrote 700 years before Christ about Christ (Is 53): “He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.”

Who was that man, who was the most influental in human history? Here are only a few biblical proofs that Jesus is God according to the Bible: Col 2,9: For in Christ dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily Col 1 15-17: (Christ) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Heb 1,8: But about the Son (Christ) he says, 'Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a sceptre of justice will be the sceptre of your kingdom 1Joh 5,20: We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Joh 20,28: Thomas answered him (Christ), “My Lord and my God Joh 10,33: The Jews answered him (Christ), “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 1Cor 3,23: and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God Isaiah 9,6:“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon4 his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah lived many hundred years before Christ. He was a prophet who spoke of a child born who was also a “Mighty God”. This fits well for Jesus.

Jesus Christ is man and God in one. He was influental in his time and since two thousand years he is still most influental for most of humankind. It is stupid to negate that. But the most important thing is, that he will also be most influental the next two thousand years.

did anyone notice that the whole world counts the years AC or BC, after Christs birth and before Christs birth. If you like Jesus or not, he is the most influental people on the world because billions of people since two thousand years are and were "followers" of him (or at least said and say ist). And even Billions of Muslims are influenced by him, he is a great prophet for muslims. And atheists all arpund the world deal with him, because they reject him. Everybody has heard from him, everybody hears aboput him at school, everybody has a church seen or a cross and and and. This discussion is really useless, of course he is by far the most influental man. Like it or not.

He and St. Peter will also have influence in the next life unlike others listed here.

Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God!

I don't get atheists, they say we theists should provide proof on the existence of God (Allah/Jehovah/Yahweh/etc.) so that they could believe. Well first of all in order to believe you must have faith which clearly atheists lack! So why do some persuade us to revoke our beliefs? It's like trying to make a believer out of an atheist. It simply isn't possible. The day we theists throw away our belief is the day when atheists believe in God.

Whether you believe in his divinity or not, as a HUMAN (not as "The Son of God"), he taught us the true philosophy of life. Even though the Vatican screwed up in the past killing innocent people for their so called "conversion of Gentiles", "witch hunts", etc., we can't deny the fact that His teachings were, and are still very true. You don't have to believe in Him as divine but as a man, he definitely knew more about living than anyone else in history. Also, throughout the course of history, many people defended and died just to preserve his legacy ~ 2000 years and counting in fact!

According to Jewish historian Falvius Josephus, Jesus was a real historical person, a teacher, a worker of miracles, and gathered a band of followers who continued to follow him after his death.

At once God and man.

jesus christ must be 1st among these people ..

Praise Jesus Christ!!! Sould be first...

Everyone takes a shot at Christians, but no one dares say a bad word against Muhammad.

Regardless if Jesus is real or not his words influence the heart and mind of all religions .... Jesus is quoted more than Mohamed in the Quran ... And Mohamed don't even make it close who ever said that... Mohamed was just a regular illiterate... Jesus is studied by hindus Buddhists muslims catholics Christians ... And theologians ... Even in the law of one, ra spends a considerable amount on answering questions about jesus and all his aliases ... I don't know nothing about if Jesus was fiction or not but I find his words enlightening and powerful... I'm not a Christian or muslim either... I just respect the mind and the power of the potential of it.... For sure Jesus is top 5

As Muslim i Love Jesus (PBUH) ,Jesus was the Beloved prophet of God. He was the only the best in his time, I love him alot.

Both Nikola Tesla and Einstein were Christians. Go figure! Whether you would put Him at number one or not, they sure would have. You will all know Him soon. I pray soon enough.

I feel sorry for anyone who hates, belittles, or downright criticizes Jesus for what He did. In the words of the Messiah, "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do". Luke 23:34

I like to live in this, either as a myth or a truth people can argue, He is the true friend who was willing to die for the lost stranger like me.

The best of the best of the best! Love your fellow person know matter where they are in life. Teach all people about Jesus the Christ. He Is By Far NUMBER ONE!.

Totally the most influential person ever. Whether your a believer or a non believer. Jesus Christ changed the world. A famous writer once stated Jesus Christ is either a liar, crazy or is Lord. He is LORD .

Albert Einstein, jeez i could think about tons of other people, but Jesus Deserves the No.1 Spot, the throne

“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today." 'Jesus Christ' This is just 1 of the hundreds of great quotes form the true Legend, you cant Deny.

To The Haters: Get Your Facts Straight: # Christianity: 2.1 billion # Islam: 1.5 billion # Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion # Hinduism: 900 million # Chinese traditional religion: 394 million # Buddhism: 376 million # primal-indigenous: 300 million # African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million # Sikhism: 23 million

Jesus was the most influential person in the history of the world, look at the population of religion, Christianity is leading by far ahead of Islam. Isnt That proof for ya!

Why dn't you guys rad the Bible and you will find the good news. Jesus Christ who saved us all. Muhhamad may be a prophet of the true God but he did not include Jesus. Just like Jesus he existed but he did not deliver the truth.

Even if Jesus was not the Messiah, his influence is still vaster than anyone elses for misleading billions of people. Thus, you can't say that because you don't believe in him he wasn't influential.

The question is who are Most Influential People of All Time (if Jesus is a God then how he is listed among people)

cant get bigger than god

And pigs fly. In all seriousness, though, this IS the list of the most influential people of all time, and he IS pretty influential o-o

the bible is not a storybook. it's real.

amen

golden123, explain the difference using the bible.

Can't argue with that. He's The Greatest.

I have been searching for the ten most influential people who ever live. I find it difficult to believe that in all of the lists I have reviewed, Jesus Christ comes no closer than third. I would have thought that he might have been given a top spot somewhere. How people like Einstein, Hitler, Columbus take priority is unbelievable.

That was god who helped Moses not Jesus, ther is a difference.

Paul was revealing that all mankind will once be united in God in his epistle to the Collosians: “ For in Christ all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” Even most Christians do ignore “all things”. Even Muslims and Roman Catholics! Good news!

Paul taught that Israel will be totally restored: (Romans 11,15-26) "!Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob."

Paul was the preacher of love: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,1 but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

The chronicler of the New Testament.

A missionary, leader, and martyr.

Without Paul we would not have Christianity.

Soo true.

Saint Paul should be just behind Jesus. Paul developed Christian theology.

It is ironical too that Peter got the patron of the Roman church although he was the evangelist for the Jews. The Roman Catholic church had for many hundreds of years a bad position to the Jews and even proclaimed crusades for them. Most nazis were catholics, especially those who were in charge of the Holocaust.

Peter said in his first sermon to the public in Jerusalem (Acts 2): Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. ... This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.” This was the very start of the Christian church. Therefore Peter was very influental.

Peter was an eye witness about the events around Jesus. He said in 2 Pet 1,16-19: For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son,9 with whom I am well pleased,” we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Yes, Peter was not Roman Catholic.

Peters relation with Rome was this: he named it with the siginficant code name "Babylon" as the mother town of all abomination. He was far from being s.th like a pope, because the word pope comes from "father" and Peter knew well that Jesus had said (Mt 23,9): " And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven."

Peter was never a Pope. The first Pope lived in the 4th century.

God chose him to carry on the work of Jesus.

2Cor. 11,14: "And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."

God will save us from Islam! Look at Islam countries! No peace! No righteousness! No freedom! Instead poverty, cruelty, suppression of non-muslims and women! No thank you!

Muhamad is not a perfect example of a man to follow because Muhammad had many women and he was married with a 9 year old girl. Should all men follow this example?

Hitler is also in the top list. Muhammad is another Jew hater.

Allah and the God of the Christian Bible. Are not the same thing. Being of neither faith and having studied religion in college Muhammed calimed parts of the Bible to the Quarn but the contradictikns in the book are astronomical whereas I am still searching for contradicions in the Bible. I am agnostic.

John was an eye witness of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He also wrote that Jesus was God and Creator of all things:“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

Luke wroet one of 4 reports about the life of Jesus. he also wrote the acts of the Apostles, the story of the uprise of Christianity in the frist century. He was a remarkable historian, since it turned out that all his details about persons, places and times are correct.

Isaiah 9,6:“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon4 his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah lived many hundred years before Christ. He was a prophet who spoke of a child born who was also a “Mighty God”. This fits well for Jesus.

The Prophet Isaiah wrote 700 years before Christ about the coming of Christ. Since the book of Isaiah was found in Qumran in 1947, the manuscript being more than 2000 years old, it was proven that the Bible we had till then was word by word identical with what the tradition brought to our times. This showed that there was in the Bible never a change. Therefore Jews and Christians have proved to be reliable preservers of their holy book.

From King David is the world famous Psalm 23 which goes: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name' sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever

Mathew is the author of the world famous sermon on the mount which starts like this in Mt 5, 1-12:“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

From Mark we knew that Jesus had brothers: Mk3, 31-32: And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”Hundred Millions of people believe that what Mark wrote was right. And they orientate their lives to it. Since two thousand years uncounted numbers of people believe in his gospel. Like it or not. He is one of the most influental man in human history. If the share -ranks administration is deleting this coment it shows that they do not accept the voice of millions due to anti-christian censorship

Fotr Christians and Jews it does not matter what the Quran says, because the quran was written 2 thousand years after Moses lived. The five first books of the Bible are written by Moses, 2 thousand years before Muhammad. Muhammad took a lot wrong because he could not read the Hebrew Bible.

jewism? you mean judism?

Jewism is one of smallest religion in the world. i think Jesus Should be on Top Level.

actually it spelled Allah

A brilliant man, what a inspiring man.Peace be upon him

Without Martin Luther the world would be totally different. We had only totalitarian systems, no democracy. No freedom of rights, no human rights. With Martin Luther the dark middle ages stopped.

He said: Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ. Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times

He gave back to the world the true teaching of the Bible

he gave the German people the Bible in German. By that he gave them a common language, because the Germans are divided in different tribes.He stood at first alone against the Roman Catholic church. This had a worldwide impact, because the message of the Bible was grossly falsified by the Catholics.

This list contains a lot of people who have changed the way we look at science, made advances in technology and fueled our desire to learn more about our history/environment and future. But the true influential people are those that have changed the course of HUMANITY, not humans and this man deserves to be a lot higher. His actions, belief, and faith not only changed the biggest religion on earth, but the way he did it, his courage and determination will influence people for many, many years to come in giving them the same determination to change the world for the better

This man should be MUCH higher than 75th..

Courageous reformer.

Brilliant man.

His music is played in hundred thousand of churches all around the world daily. And this since 400 years.

There is Bach and there is the rest of the worlds music

He is the sole master of music.

Classic music from the 18th century and church music in which God and Jesus Christ is praised is not in the mood of everybody. But anybody who goes into this music will find an incredible richness in melody and forms. It is almost as if this man was a creation for exactly what he did. It is as if God himself formed his brains. He is the perfect example of a genius.

He really does show, that anything is possible, even when you want to give up. Give it a go. He did. And Now, he enjoys the beauty of his work. A true musical Hero.

If Beethoven symphonies are not heaven, what can we expect from heaven?

The Japanese have totally different tradition in music. But even they are big fans of the music of Beethoven. Guess why!

he was deaf, not blind

hell yeah, he became blind and kept on going, that my friend is determination, something we all need.

ironically, if Germany would have won WW I, the Jews would have had Israel much earlier and their would have been no Holocaust. And possibly we would have more peace in the Middle East.

Why do you say that Herzl is responsible for that we have now the state of Israel. He was nothing but an instrument of God. Because it was God who gave the Jews their land back. read it in the Bible. It was prophesied there 3 thousand years ago already. he aaid that he would scatter them because of their disobedeince but in the right time he will gather them together. You can read it in 5. Mose 4,27 and many other places in the Old Testament.

The German Kaiser Wilhelm II promised him a much bigger land for his state Israel, because he was a Protestant Christian and believed in the people of Israel as God`s people. But the Germans who were allies of the Osmans lost WWI and the British who were in control over the Middle East offered the Jews only a portion which became Israel in 1948. A bigger Israel would have nullified the Palestine problem. And there would have been peace and not the constant threat of war in the Middle East.

Very important man for world history because he paved the way for the modern state of Israel, Israel being the most influental country in the world!

The German Jew Herzl was decisive in the work to prepare the awarenenn for a own Jewish state in their former homeland. Around 1907 he foresaw that in 40 years this would happen. And indeed he was right.

The modern world is based on his invention

Sure, if he would not have invented the printing press, somebody esle would have done it. But it was him. So he is to blame. Another point is this: without him the reformation would not have been possible, because the reformation could only be successful when many people could read the Bible which was before Gutenberg not possible. Luther and Gutenberg where the architects of modern Europe although they had no idea of this.

Everything the Chinese have invented! Yes, yes, even the TV 2 thousand years ago and the car 3 thousand yeasr ago. I myself lived 4 thousand years ago and invented the bglib. This will be invented again next year. You will see. It seems that Gutenberg was a unique inventor by providence. Be it as it may be, he started the development of the modern world. Like it or not. If you think about it, you cannot escape this conclusion

One of the most important invention and man in the world history !

The Chinese had movable type first, but Gutenburg modernized it and made it availible to the European world.

It's not that he invented the printing press, it's that he invented Movable Type. This allowed printers the ability to quickly, easily, and cheaply re-use letters without having to re-engrave an entire book.

The Chinese had invented printing presses long before Johannes Gutenberg.

he filled the gap in knowledge which Copernicus had created about the relations in our solar system. He finished the open answers Copernicus had given to the questions of his time about Astronomy. Unlike Copernbicus he did not foster the children of the times playmate which was astrology. With Kepler started the detection and what is called the "conquest" of the space.

He is the scientist of the 20th century, not Einstein. And Einstein would agree with it.

he was a friend of Einstein, but he proved that Einstein s idea of a strict determination of all things was wrong by his quantum theory. This theory, scientifically proved to be right influenced the science of physics and philosophy. The thesis of God got a new argument.

Changed the lifes of so many! To the good!

Great works of love and dedication for the good and the welfare of the people. An example of charity, self-denial and sacrifice. Her works will last for ever in the people she cared for and the memory of so many. She is the goddness in person.

His great failure was that he tried to prove the determination of everything. Therefore he researched 40 years in vain. Max Planck was wiser in that.

I would marry him.

We cannot judge or classify each historical scientists according to their disscoveries etc...But we should at least appreciate each one them for what they had all done that contiributed to todays sciences.Credit to them all !!!...

i disagree entirely, johannas gutenburg should by far be number 2. without him we would have anything to print on including this computer, and second of all we never wouldve broken off of catholisism. martin luther would have nothing to print his 95 thesis on and everyone would have to be catholic. and martin luther should also be on here

Actually, Einstein did not have an active role in the creation of the atomic bomb besides mailing the President a letter of encouragement.

The first car was built by Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz. They used the motor of Otto. No Otto- motor - no car. The car has along with the otto-motor a story of success of the last 120 years.

There are two types of cars. Diesel and Otto engine cars. 300 Million cars are driven by Otto-motors. Is this influental enough?

Pasteur proved that Darwin was wrong. He proved that life always comes from life.

Thanks to him, millions of lives have been saved and are being saved in future. It was not his feat alone, but he gave decisive impulses for that.

You must be talking about Paul Ehrlich (14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915). I thought you were talking about the Population Bomb Paul Ehrlich. That Paul Ehrlich has influenced a lot of people, but has been wrong about just about everything.

Without his works and the works of kepler we had no knowledge beyond the orbit and the universe would be a black hole. No extraterrestrian flight, no Nasa - no wasting money for all these projects teh best of which is that we have nice pictures of distant galaxies

he was not only a mathematician. He was also a great philosopher who developed the theory of the Monaden which resembles the theory of today that the univers is comprised of nuclei and waves. ,he had no scientific proof for it. Today we know it is a right assumption.

courage is scared to death, but saddling up anyway!

He was not the only one who was taken over by the US. All German scientists who had worked to develop rockets for the Nazis where carried over to the States and made good US citizens to help the USA make the Super Power No. 1. There were hundreds of them. The Soviets were less quick, but they too made their progresses after WW II with the help of the Ex-Nazi scientists. In fact it was luck that WWII ended not a little later.

He worked during WW II for the nazis and developed the V1 and V2 rockets which brought so much death to English towns. After the war he was brought along with the other German scientists to the USA and made the USA teh nation which brought men to the moon. But his name was not Werner, it was Wernher

He is without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history. His crowning achievement ... was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969.

he was the spiritual father of Marx. He forethought all the philosophies to come till our days. He is the spiritual architect of the modern world.

The time when his reseacrh about the uncertainty principle will develop its most important results is still to come. Some philosophers (mainly atheists and existentialists) have still not understood that they can say good bye to their determinism principles. His detections are not known to the public. It would entail uncomfortable questions.

He and Max Planck proved that Einstein was wrong with his determination theory.

i wouldnt say that calculus is that important to all but engineers and physicists. Honestly, algebra or geometry were probably more important. However, i think that his strides in science alone were enough to put him in the top ten.

Yeah, Newton pretty much invented physics as we know it, and he co-founded calculus; the most useful ind of maths.

christopher columbus also share ds rank

i admire newton for me he is the best..

With out the findings of Newton ... Einstein wouldnt have completed theory if e=mc2 So in my point of view Newton should be rank higher than Einstein

Newton has done more for the fields of science than anyone in history. This man should be #1 (or at least #2).

He doesn't like you.

i don't like him.

This man was a genie in many respects, but I cannot see that he was so tremendous influental. He was the king of poetry and a master of his language. But poetry is much overrated. It serves the ordinairy people to nothing.

I reject his later works, but the main body of his (earlier) work is a boon to mankind. He is a preacher of humanity. Bad people cannot read his books, or they do and get better.

A true companion of Muhammad(P.B.U.H)

Every true muslim know him and he is the most influential Person(R.A) after Holly Prophet(PBUH).

Even Mohandas Karam chand Ghandi also loves and follows Umar ibn al-Khattāb 's Simplicity and considered as a political genius

A great leader...We should all follow him.

Ibn al-Haytham's most famous work is his seven volume Arabic treatise on optics, Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics), written from 1011 to 1021.

Ibn al-Haythem made significant improvements in optics, physical science, and the scientific method. Ibn al-Haytham's work on optics is credited with contributing a new emphasis on experiment. His influence on physical sciences in general, and on optics in particular, has been held in high esteem and, in fact, ushered in a new era in optical research, both in theory and practice.

Standardized the Arabic dialect of the Quran called 'Fus'ha' and ordered thousands of Quran's to be copied and distributed across the muslim empire ensuring that there would be only one version of the Quran.

He was the unique master of describing the drama of being human opposed to the godly descandance of man. This serves to create a higher being of man, mature and back to divine meaning and destination. Not like the devastating chaotic and nihilating literature of later days.

Menachem Begin affected the Jews, the Middle East, Great Britain, and the world at large. Starting at his earlier years he was enrolled in several armies, a member of Zionist and Nationalist groups. Menachem was a right-wing extremist who promoted violent acts towards the Arabs and Great Britain due to their threat to him and Israel. The peace treaty between Israel and Egypt which Menachem Begin signed is still in effect today. This treaty is very beneficial for Israel. The boldness and fortitude used in bombing the nuclear reactor in Baghdad, that was at first criticized, in retrospect was extremely positive for Israel, America and the rest of the world.

Peace should be in scare quotes here. Why on earth is Begin on the list but Yitzak Rabin isn't. Rabin is one of the few genuine men of peace to have held high office in Israel, and got himself killed for it.

Daniel was a great prophet who lived 500 years before Chrst. Why is he so influental? Because he made a prophecy about Christ. He foretold the coming of Christ in the first century and the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of the Jews soon after. Christ was crucified in the year 30 and Jerusalem and trhe temple were destroyed from the Romans in the year 70. This is the biblical proof that Jesus was the Messiah (Dan 9): “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince (Jesus Christ) shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince (Roman general Titus who was not yet emperor) that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.”

Ironicaly his treatment of the Jews was the initial point for creating the new state of Israel. The persecution and extermination of so many Jews brought them to see that they should have their own land where they can live in peace. Sadly the world is still hating the Jews and likes to go on what Hitler and the Nazis started.

the most influential man i hv every seen......

When you are the gauge with which all other tyrants are judged you are pretty influential.

its disguting how influential he is he better b burning

What Hitler did was absolutely despicable and can never be forgiven. But think people...it's "most influential", not "most liked" or "most beloved". The man was a piece of garbage, but he was INCREDIBLY influential.

I believe the #1 most influential man ever. Although he does have a bad reputation.

He was a horrible person but should be higher on the list. He was definately more influential (historically) than tupac shakur...

Unfortunately he was very influencial :(

A great man, a geniuss, a chrarismatic leader the only man who fight for freedom

AMEN

Who?

NO WAY!!!

why even put people on here if they just go backwards

Absolutely not.

Copernicus is surely ahead of Galileo who became more famous because of his contest with the Catholic church. But ahead of Copernicus is Johannes Kepler. Just ask an astronomer. he will tell you that Kepler set Copernicus right.

His name was Nikolaus Kopernikus, but his fathers and birth name was Nikolaus Koppernigk, since he was teh son of a wealthy German merchand who lived in Thorn, which was a town of the German Hanse. His mother was also of german decendance, Barbara Watzenrode. Thorn left in the 30-years war the German Order and became part of Prussia which had subjugated to the King of Poland for protection. This might be the reason why Poles regard him as one of them.

he was wrong. the universe doesn't revolve around the sun

Copernicus should be ahead of Galileo... if not for Copernicus, who knows where we'd be now.

he was the constructor of peace in Europe to the end of the 19th century by installing an engenious alliance system. When this was abolished the nations fell into WW I

VERSATILE PERSON OF ALL TIME

This man could be considered one of the most multi-talented people that have ever lived. He certainly should be higher up on the list.

Leonardo Da Vinci, shockingly intelligent and artistic at the same time... Something no one else has ever done, or as well as this genius. 600 years ago as well... He was more than a human.

what did it still have to invent Leonardo to be in the first 10 places?

It's Leonardo da Vinci, smart one.

absolutely brilliant

greatest writer of all time

hi

The model for all great world leaders.

Set the example for all succeeding presidents.

Could have been king, but chose to be a citizen leader.

Under-rated.

Without G. no freedom for Eastern Europe and no collapse so quickly of the communism. Without Gorbi no reunification of Germany. Without unification of Germany no strong Europe. Without a strong Europe USA getting too dominant in the world....

He's the worlds most famous plagerist

actualy wiliam waz ah tareible speeler himmself soo itt doessn't mater

literarily!

ok Orson Welles is more influential than shakespeare? thats literally the dumbest thing Ive ever seen

one of the greatest russian inventors

What about Paul Gottlieb Nipkow or John Logie Baird? You know, the guys who actually invented television as opposed to merely refining it.

He unified the USA and set it on the course to become the greatest and most powerful nation the world has ever known. Instead of the United States are it became the United States is

Are you guys also forgetting that he helped push for abolition? Free slaves and all the junk? People can be influential in more than one aspect.

If it were not for this man, the US would probably have never become a superpower, which would make the world today dramatically different. He had enormous influence.

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction." -- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies." -- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." -Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face." --Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998 "He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." --Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998 "[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." Letter to President Clinton, signed by: -- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." --President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998 "If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." --President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..." -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

Regardless of what you say, he was influential

He killed children

He killed over 1 million Iranians

who put him in this list is a joker

Odometer Franklin was curious as to how far he was traveling by carriage, in his role as postmaster, for his travels between Philadelphia and Boston. While the concept of the odometer dates back to ancient times, Franklin did create his own version. The concept was to attach the device near the wheels of a carriage, determine the circumferance of the wheel and the number of revolutions required to travel a mile, and have the device register the distance traveled.

Flexible Urinary Catheter In Franklin's day, catheters (tubes inserted through the urethra into the bladder to drain urine from the body) were rigid and quite painful. Franklin devised a catheter with a flexible tube. John, Ben's older brother, suffered from kidney stones, and so Ben found a way to ease some of the disconfort for his brother.

Swim Fins Benjamin Franklin was an avid swimmer from a very young age. Throughout his life he consistently promoted its healthful benefits. At the ripe old age of 11 he invented a pair of swim fins. However, unlike today's foot flippers, these were attached to one's hands. His advocacy for swimming was recognized by his induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.

In colonial America, homes were warmed by a fireplace. The Franklin stove, invented in 1742, is a metal-lined fireplace that stands in the middle of a room. It has rear baffles for improved airflow. It provides more heat and less smoke than an open fireplace and uses less wood. This cast-iron furnace would radiate heat from the middle of the room in all directions, and the iron walls even absorbed heat, providing warmth to the room long after the fire went out.

Mapping the Gulf Stream Franklin made eight voyages across the Atlantic Ocean (or, as it was known then, the Western Ocean) between the Colonies and Europe. He wondered why journeys eastward were faster than return trips. His curiosity led him to be the first to map the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream, along with the North Atlantic Drift, is the ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico, exits through the Strait of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

invented the lightning rod-Once Franklin had an understanding of the behavior of electricity, he set about to protect houses from the destructive forces of lightning. A lightning rod, simply, is a rod attached to the top of a building, connected to the ground through a wire. The electric charge from lightning strikes the rod and the charge is conducted harmlessly into the ground. This protects houses from burning down and people from electrocution.

invented Bifocals

Franklin did not, of course, invent electricity, but he discovered many things about it, previously not understood.

Really? The grammar gives it away?

you can't "create" electricity

I don't rate Ben to high myself. However to the comment above that say's we are not rating the most influential people in the US. Well if you look at the world we live in today. You can't help but notice the huge influence the US has on most of the world. So having said that those who influence the US will influent the world.

Sure. Electricity is SO overrated...

neil who?

There he is, I was looking for him on here

A humble genius of a man. The best scientist ever ;D

He made it snow, too! (Though he did burn down some houses on the way)

You are right. This man deserved to be in the top 5 because this is the list of the most influental men and I don't see how Louis Braille (no offense he did make an impact) made a bigger impact on our lives by helping some people while Tesla made an impact on everyone besides nomads and people who choose not use electricity.

Oh! did he now? Like in, 'life after death', which permeates religion around the world?

"The Philosopher" was his title for over a thousand years.

very attentive and influential

Omg Euclid is father if ecugeometry more than trigonometry

No, not thinking. He revolutionized math and therefore physics.

Agreed. Socrates should be higher than Plato, who should in turn be higher than Aristotle, not the other way around.

Socrates taught Plato... Who basically ripped off his work after he died, passing it off as his own. Why would Socrates be ranked lower than Plato?

No, I am German and also voted for them, because these guys deserve it to be memorized. They influenced the thinking of the world biggest nation. But they were not heroes.

should be in the top 20. Shaped the modern world and modern thinking, was not just a conqueror, but a great visionary.

I agree with the other person. Undefeated General, explored outside of their known world at the time... what else do you have to do to get recognized?

Should be much higher

THat is to say, his motors are in 30 percent of all cars and most lorries on earth, plus so many ships which run a Diesel engine plus home generators all around the world. And this since a hundred years. If this is not influental! By the way, my car is also a Diesel car.

All the Mercedes Benz cars have him as forefather and all the other cars in the world are built after his design.

YEs u got it ryt hes in numbr 74... but for sophia's fyi of my opinion he deserved at least the number 3 rank

Isn't Columbus already on the list?

i agree with all

he is topmost influencial person for those people which are under aunthoritarian rules and rights denied

it should not in this list. their is no place for such a man who promoted bloodshed in the guise of peace

agree wiyh u all.Even to this day greatest leaders and the common man look up to him!!however can people be so ignorant!! He should be in top 5!!!

57???? his ideass were more ahead of his time, he should be in top5!!!!!

they should be in the top 15

yeah,i agree,it seems those in the field of science and mathematics are more influential than those who actually influence society.its strange that people like abraham lincoln and m.k. gandhi are not among the top15

Your jokeing right? This guy was more influential then half the people above him :^/ Come on