The Most Influential People of the 20th Century -omgz

[Zappo]

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The Most Influential People of the 20th Century
To mark the turn of the century, TIME has profiled 100 individuals -- from five fields of endeavor -- who helped shape the last 100 years. Who are your choices? Voting in The Most Influential People of the 20th Century poll is now closed. The ranking below reflects the status of nominees as of January 19, 2000, the last day of voting. Leaders & Revolutionaries

# Person % Tally
1. Winston Churchill 33.84 1364933
2. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 33.19 1339039
3. Franklin Roosevelt 12.25 494096
4. Fidel Castro 11.43 461152
5. Vladimir Lenin 2.95 119218
6. Ronald Reagan 2.47 99808
7. Adolf Hitler 0.87 35466
8. Billy Graham 0.82 33073
9. Nelson Mandela 0.23 9670
10.John Kennedy 0.21 8634
11. Zappo 0.20 8507



Artists & Entertainers
# Person % Tally
1. Elvis Presley 24.57 760297
2. Charles Aznavour 23.99 742413
3. Charlie Chaplin 16.26 503297
4. John Lennon 13.13 406416
5. Rolf Harris 6.90 213602
6. Safa Bute 4.68 145038
7. William Burroughs 3.86 119436
8. George Lucas 3.41 105538
9. The Beatles 0.33 10320
10.Disney 0.28 8806





Builders & Titans
# Person % Tally
1. Richard Rogers 19.79 624275
2. Henry Ford 18.76 591624
3. Bill Gates 16.49 520151
4. Howard Hughes 11.15 351551
5. Vehbi Koc 10.97 345902
6. Steve Jobs 9.58 302256
7. Murat Arslan 6.53 205913
8. Frank Lloyd Wright 5.54 174931
9. Sam Walton 0.22 7162
10.Walt Disney 0.11 3640





Scientists & Thinkers
# Person % Tally
1. Enrico Fermi 21.25 769453
2. Jonas Salk 21.04 762048
3. Viktor Hambardzumian 15.30 554143
4. Milton Friedman 10.63 385181
5. Edward Teller 8.94 323981
6. Alan Turing 8.52 308806
7. Yasar Nuri Ozturk 8.06 292039
8. Vannevar Bush 3.30 119549
9. Albert Einstein 1.49 54262
10.John Kennedy 0.21 8634





Heroes & Icons
# Person % Tally
1. Yuri Gagarin 35.48 2068760
2. Nelson Mandela 27.67 1613406
3. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 27.10 1580369
4. Che Guevara 2.47 144280
5. Mother Teresa 1.72 100365
6. Amelia Earhart 1.56 91290
7. Neil Armstrong 1.48 86396
8. John Galt 1.07 62532
9. Martin Luther King Jr. 0.25 14804
10.Elvis Presley 0.09 5502




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[Vidmer]

Im surprised Ataturk placed so high as his legacy has pretty much been confied to Turkey.

Einsteing places lower then I thought he should and I am disapointed that neither Goddard nor Von Braun got a mention in the science department. All in all a thought provoking list.

[Torrid]

Hah. Tesla not in the list is laughable. He only just electrified the entire world. Granted a lot of it was during the 1890s.

[Gheltire]

castro over lenin? Kindof surprising there too...specially if you ask what was the one thing about the early 1900's that continued to play a major role in Europe (and now Asia) until 89, was so scary that fascists and businessmen united to stop it (Hi Mussolini), and led to one of the platforms of that little austrian guy with a thing against the "Bolshevik bacillus".


Where did TIME poll? Surprised not to see a Jackie Robinson or Muhammed Ali...

[Aundine]

It is clear that the poll was not just in the U.S., primarily due to the amazingly high response for Yuri Gagarin. In the U.S. we barely even learn what Gagarin did, while in much of the rest of the world he is very well known.

John Galt showing up in the heroes list is kind of funny, too.

-Aundine

[Vidmer]

Who is John Galt?

/bad joke

[Buazag Bonesteel]

No Gary Gygax?? WTF???