Five Greatest Americans

[Jake]

Science: Albert Einstein

You consider him an American?

the site said American citizens, so yes.

[PBrunsel]

Herbert Hoover
John Wayne
Jimmy Stewart
Ronald Reagan
Col. George A. Custer

[12th Doctor]

Herbert Hoover

Who could have guessed?

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This one is just stupid, though.  Why in the Hell would you pick that idiot?

[The Duke]

Davy Crockett
Ted Williams
George Mason
Alvin York
Goerge Marshall

[Platypus]

I must admit that I'm dissapointed by the amount of Presidents you guys are picking-think outside the square of this forum for a moment or two

I'm also surprised at the amount of sportsmen listed who don't, in my opinion, compare to Carl Lewis. But it's your country...

[The Duke]

I must admit that I'm dissapointed by the amount of Presidents you guys are picking-think outside the square of this forum for a moment or two

I'm also surprised at the amount of sportsmen listed who don't, in my opinion, compare to Carl Lewis. But it's your country...

How many flight hours did Carl Lewis log over Korea?

No Presidents on my list, though many were great Americans.

[??????????]

I nominate John Ford, yes our very own forum member.

[The Duke]

I nominate John Ford, yes our very own forum member.

Is humbled.

[12th Doctor]

I didn't choose any Presidents either.

I picked Franklin, because he is a giant of American life.

I picked Gehrig, because I thought he embodied the American spirit in athletics.

I picked King for obvious reasons.

I picked Patton, because I wanted a military leader and thought he was the best.

I picked Winters, because I wanted a lesser known person, who was/is still a great person and role-model.  Winters was truely great MofO or no MofO.

P.S. The only reason Winters was not awarded the Medal of Honor is that there was a quota established for each division during WWII.

[Akno21]

Sports: Gary Williams

Would be nice to see him credit once in a while.

[scorpiogurl]

Does Wallace H. Carrothers merit a mention..........he invented nylon and consequently revolutionised the life of many women :-)

[minionofmidas]

My actual nominations...not that I was taking this seriously:
1 Dock Boggs
2 Woody Guthrie
3 John Lee Hooker
4 Johnny Cash
5 Kurt Cobain
Hmmm...four Southerners.

[nclib]

In no particular order...

Martin Luther King
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison
Susan B. Anthony

[Nation]

Ben Franklin
Al Einstein
Billy Graham
Martin L King
Dwight Eisenhower



These are more of my five favorite Americans -- the five greatest all fall into the realm of the great economists, inventors, and founding fathers.

[7,052,770]

Martin Luther King
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
James Polk

[MonkeyPooo4U]

In no particular order:

George Patton
Douglas McArthur
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ronald Reagan
Theodore Roosevelt

[MonkeyPooo4U]

I must admit that I'm dissapointed by the amount of Presidents you guys are picking-think outside the square of this forum for a moment or two

I'm also surprised at the amount of sportsmen listed who don't, in my opinion, compare to Carl Lewis. But it's your country...

Well... It makes sense when you want to pick the greatest Americans that you would most likely pick a president.  They have an extremely powerful ability to influence American history, given by their position.  If everyone picks the same presidents, maybe it's because they are actually the greatest Americans.  I'm more dissapointed in the people that insert token females and obscure historical figures.  How great can they be if no one knows about them?

[Platypus]

If you think anypone I listed is obscure, you must not know much about America.

Also, the 'token female' thing was a joke, because almost nobody else listed any women. I truly believe she deserved to be on there.

[MonkeyPooo4U]

If you think anypone I listed is obscure, you must not know much about America.

Also, the 'token female' thing was a joke, because almost nobody else listed any women. I truly believe she deserved to be on there.

I wasn't specifically referring to you when I talked about obscure people and token women.  A lot of people were putting obscure historical figures no one knew about.  While you did blatantly say "token female" you're not the only one who would add a token minority, sex, et cetera, but you were the only one who vocalized it openly so it might have sounded like I was refering directly to you.  Sorry.

[Lunar]

R. E. Lee
John C Calhoun
Daniel Webster
George Wallace
Thomas Jefferson

You accidentially included a Yankee in your list

Ah well, he did support the legality of the Confederacy, so he's the better type of Yankee, heh.

[went that way]

1. T.R.
2. Eugene Debs
3. Robert LaFollette Sr.
4. Norman Thomas
5. FDR