The most important figure in history?

Just curious too see who the fine people on the GB community think are most important figures in history!?!? Well?

I would have 2 say: Jesus Christ, Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler..... Discuss!

Addictedtopinescent of course 
Bad jokes aside, probably too many people too name, it depends on how you look at it, politics, science etc etc  

Certainly not Che.

Luchadeer

That's a really redundant question.

Muhammed and Jesus

" Muhammed and Jesus "

I have no clue, but I'll try anyway.
 
Of the philosophers, John Locke had the forsight to understand that human's were not inherently horrible people, and given the chance would lead a decent life (by chance I mean freedom, naturally)... I'd say that's important, even if other (misguided) philosophers have had a greater hold of the world mindshare. Then there's Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and all the other thinkers that are still read today. And Plato's kinda been dead a really long time.
 
If the United States is the most powerful country to ever exist, the key men who created it might deserve this distinction. It should be noted that many of them worshipped Locke. 
 
The men behind Christianity might count, it being the most successful global religion to date. If Jesus existed, he naturally gets most of the credit. 
 
The worlds conquerors, Caesar, Alexander and the like, could count. If King David existed, he'd totally have a chance.

Then there's the inventors. The man behind the steam engine, or the wheel, or penicillin, or the firearm, or the internet, etc... 
  
This is not an easy question to answer.

Constantine I

Plato, Aristotle, Galileo, Da Vinci, and Newton. 

 I don't understand how people go around wearing Che T shirts and whatnot. Eveveryone who knows anything about history knows that Che was not a revolutionary, but a sadistic, racist war criminal.

Santa Clause? Na, I would probably say Christopher Columbus and Julius Caesar.

Darwin hands down

Lu Bu was a crazy cool dude... But I have to say Jesus just because it's the right thing to do. 

Stephen Colbert.

"Darwin hands down "

Jesus, Stephen Fry, Randy Marsh.

The Wright Brothers, George Washington, Albert Einstein, Hitler, Bill Gates

Don Mattingly.

Why would anybody say Jesus? Come on now.

" Why would anybody say Jesus? Come on now. "

" Why would anybody say Jesus? Come on now. "

" Stephen Colbert. "

I'm going to have to go with Copernicus on this one.  He was one of the first people to actually go against the beliefs of the very powerful Catholic Church and show scientifically just how he came to his conclusion.  This paved the way for pretty much all scientific endeavors since then, allowing science to finally exist as a way of thinking. 
 
And if for some reason you don't know what Copernicus did, there's always this.

Adam Smith.

Aristotle.

" I'm going to have to go with GALILEO on this one.  He was one of the first people to actually go against the beliefs of the very powerful Catholic Church and show scientifically just how he came to his conclusion.  This paved the way for pretty much all scientific endeavors since then, allowing science to finally exist as a way of thinking. 
 
And if for some reason you don't know what GALILEO did, there's always this. "

" @CL60 said:

" Why would anybody say Jesus? Come on now. "

To start a flame war.  "

Easy Jesus followed by Hitler, and you could maybe make a case for Alexander the Great but less likely. Obviously Jesus and his way of thinking changed everything, toppled the Pagan Religions and set up the idea of a Monotheistic God. (Yes the Jewish religion was before this but was a small and very secular group.) Christianity spread, started the Crusades and with it's backing Discovered the New World. Hitler was very recent but I have a feeling 2000 years from now that people will remember these two people the most.

Jake Gyllenhaal. And I'm not kidding.

" @moelarrycurly said:

" I'm going to have to go with GALILEO on this one.  He was one of the first people to actually go against the beliefs of the very powerful Catholic Church and show scientifically just how he came to his conclusion.  This paved the way for pretty much all scientific endeavors since then, allowing science to finally exist as a way of thinking. 
 
And if for some reason you don't know what GALILEO did, there's always this. "

There, fixed it for you :P. (This is a joke, obviously.) "

Julius Caesar.  Done.

" @Video_Game_King said:

" @moelarrycurly said:

" I'm going to have to go with GALILEO on this one.  He was one of the first people to actually go against the beliefs of the very powerful Catholic Church and show scientifically just how he came to his conclusion.  This paved the way for pretty much all scientific endeavors since then, allowing science to finally exist as a way of thinking. 
 
And if for some reason you don't know what GALILEO did, there's always this. "

There, fixed it for you :P. (This is a joke, obviously.) "

Galileo could have been a contender for this, but seeing as most of his experiments didn't work out so well, I guess he's not number 1.  ;)   "

" @moelarrycurly said:

" @Video_Game_King said:

" @moelarrycurly said:

" I'm going to have to go with GALILEO on this one.  He was one of the first people to actually go against the beliefs of the very powerful Catholic Church and show scientifically just how he came to his conclusion.  This paved the way for pretty much all scientific endeavors since then, allowing science to finally exist as a way of thinking. 
 
And if for some reason you don't know what GALILEO did, there's always this. "

There, fixed it for you :P. (This is a joke, obviously.) "

Galileo could have been a contender for this, but seeing as most of his experiments didn't work out so well, I guess he's not number 1.  ;)   "

They worked better for Copernicus? Both ended up with a papal staff deeply embedded in their ass :P. "

I am the most important figure to me. If someone dies, it's a tragedy. If I die, it's game over.

" Jake Gyllenhaal. And I'm not kidding. "

Anyone that has to do with electricity. So.... Alessandro Volta or Michael Faraday.

J Allard?

you all know without Christianity's insane censorship during the dark ages we would be about 500 years ahead technologically.

" @SJSchmidt93 said:

" @CL60 said:

" Why would anybody say Jesus? Come on now. "

To start a flame war.  "

No, they would pick Jesus because, as I pointed out, the religion centered around him is the most influential global religion that has ever existed. "