There are countless other people he could have included you can’t really compare the importance of every historical figure. However I do agree that you can attribute to them a certain level of significance and that although the people within the same level are probably interchangeable, people of the highest level should be preferred for a quiz like this instead of far less significant figures like Helen Keller, Margaret Thatcher, Abraham Lincoln etc
I'd like to point out that there are a bunch of Napoleons. Only one is the one you're talking about-- Napoleon Bonaparte. Consider changing it (but accept "Napoleon).
Sorry but it feels like western propaganda like not including first man in moon (Yuri Gagarin), one of greatest leader (Chingis Khan), who made ex soviet countries democracy (Mikhail Gorbachew) and many more...
Sorry, but it feels like Russian propaganda if you’re saying that Gagarin was the first man on the moon (or indeed if you think that any Russian or Soviet cosmonauts either orbited or landed on the moon - but to be clear, they haven’t).
I’d fully support the inclusion though, of one particular person born in the Soviet Union: Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
This has already been addressed in previous comments, but in the time of Alexander, Macedonians were Greeks. That's part of the stink that caused the modern day country to change its name to North Macedonia.
Not true, Macedonians were never greeks. Alexander the Great and his father Phillip were fighting against the Hellens, and his empire was called Macedonian Empire. He was speaking ancient macedonian language. He was Macedonian and never greek. Even the greeks called the macedonians barbarians which was a term for people not belonging to one of the next civilizations: Greek, Roman, Christian.
Macedonia is a prefecture of Greece. People from Northern Macedonia maybe now called "Macedonians" but birthplace of Alexander is in Greece, they praised Greek gods, they spoke Greek, they participated in Olympics. The Slavs that inhabit the country of North Macedonia are totally unrelated to them.
Not even close to accurate. And even if it is do you think it’s proportionate to include more people from the last 200 years of our existence than the rest of written history? I can name at least 200 Greek and Roman writers, philosophers, mathematicians, politicians and military leaders who were way more significant in our evolution than half of the fore mentioned people. Take Lincoln for example; his only significance is to the US since the civil war only affected them and the results of the war weren’t particularly helpful in the progress of the human race as slavery had pretty much already been abolished in Europe (in theory at least).
1. We're speaking English, and the quiz is in English. Of course this quiz is going to be most relevant to the major English-speaking nations.
2. Lincoln was perhaps the greatest president the US ever had, and the US is the most powerful country to have ever existed thus far. His influence on that nation alone earns him a mention, much like how many Greek writers were only locally-known at the time, yet had a broader impact due to the fame their nations brought.
I think, there are much more people that deserved to be among the 40 people rather than Rosa Parks, Horatio Nelson or Amelia Earrhart. They are so insignificant compared to major world leaders or philosophers. Maybe you just need to make the quiz bigger, but firstly, you need to remove insignificant figures
I look at this as "who impacted society the most" and in ways others might not have done.
Black America has a whole host of "was the first to..." figures. In terms of their actual accomplishments, very few of them were significant (sitting on a bus). Rosa Parks beating out Einstein on this list is just remarkable.
shakespeare more known than washington, da vinci, columbus, churchill, gandhi, newton, muhammad, napoleon, edison, lenin, beethoven, homer, alexander the great, caesar, mao zedong, hannibal, cook
The kingdom he ruled was Macedonia, but ethnically the Macedonian royal family was debatably Greek and Macedonian both. Alexander had both Macedonian blood from his father and Greek blood from his mother, so the answer isn't exactly that straight forward. The correct term here, I suppose, would be Hellenic.
Hitler denounced his Austrian citizenship in 1925 and became a German citizen in 1932,so whilst he was born in Austria- he was in fact German throughout the war.
Mao Zedong is undoubtly a great man. Stop insulting him. In an Atheism country, most of people regarded as the Sun. I adviced that you change this item.
Mao is responsible for the deaths of tens of millions, and for establishing one of the worst, most authoritarian governments in history. He deserves nothing but revulsion.
Ok but for comparison the Hitler description just says WW2 German leader, nothing about killing millions of people which he was even more responsible for (and famous for) than Mao. So there's clearly a bias here
He was, until May 1940. The question should be rephrased to "most of WWII" or accept Chamberlain too. UK declared war on the Germans under Chamberlain's administration.
The comments on this particular quiz are particularly entertaining: so much petty whining, taking the title of the quiz just a little too seriously... It's a light-hearted quiz on a fun website, not some definitive list that everyone really should know!
I would say that you’re talented in geography, but not wise enough in history. You should not just think of Great Leap Forward when mentioned Mao Zedong while you highly praising Mrs. Thatcher, Winston Churchill and so on, but also recalled the achievements which is much more than the mistakes he made, including Maoism, being one of the founders of P.R.C, and a great leader of Chinese people and C.P.C. That method of commenting historical figures is Dialectical Materialism.
He's responsible for the deaths of tens of millions. His "achievements" are already incredibly shallow, and when put up against the destruction he wrought, he deserves nothing but revulsion. Comparing him to Thatcher or Churchill is foolish, any mistakes they made pale in comparison to what Mao did.
Today on "People on the internet have too much time on their hands and not enough sense": People who don't understand that a list of 40 people can't have several thousand people on it and can't comprehend that the level of a person's historical importance is largely relative and subjective. (also a lot of people who greatly overestimate their own knowledge of Edison and Tesla!)
Kind of ridiculous that Mao is mentioned for the millions he killed but no mention of Hitler killing people which he is arguably more famous for. Or even just "leader of the Nazi party". Calling him "Famous German WW2 leader" is washing his history a lot
The mechanical printing press was not invented by Gutenberg, but by Bi Sheng in China in the 10th century. The first metal mechanical printing press (the Chinese used porcelain) was later developed in Korea, 78 years before Gutenberg -the world's oldest book the Jikji, dates from 1377.
The part about Mao Zedong is obviously vilifying. Why don't you choose a more representative event like the founding of PRC? You are even willing to write the clue of Hitler as German leader in World War II but not the Killer of 300,000 Jews even don't mention Nazi Germany
the US bias is real; there´s no way more people know Rosa Parks than Hannibal, Alexander the Great or Lenin
And sorry, graduating college despite being deaf and blind is great and deserves respect, but there´s like 1000 people that have influenced the course of history WAY more
Earhart, the writers that aren't Shakespeare or Homer, Thatcher, and as much as I hate to play the guy down, Lincoln do not belong on this list when people like Qin Shi Huang, Buddha, Charlemagne and maybe the single most important figure in world history Genghis Khan are not on here.
Putting lincoln here isnt right for me, I mean he was just influential in the Us and it would be like putting just a civil war leader, if that is the thing they could even include benito juarez, or figueres ferrer
He was the head of state for the short period of time when UK was a republic (between kings Charles I and II). But I agree, I wouldn't necessarily have expected him to be included in this list.
How the heck Thatcher, Earhart and FDR made the list when there was no room for Genghis Khan and Einstein?
But at least Alexander Fleming isn't there because who needs penicillin when you can just listen to Für Elise.
I’d fully support the inclusion though, of one particular person born in the Soviet Union: Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Learn history before talking.
2. Lincoln was perhaps the greatest president the US ever had, and the US is the most powerful country to have ever existed thus far. His influence on that nation alone earns him a mention, much like how many Greek writers were only locally-known at the time, yet had a broader impact due to the fame their nations brought.
Other people I think should be here: Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, Suleiman the Magnificent
very englishcentric quiz
Black America has a whole host of "was the first to..." figures. In terms of their actual accomplishments, very few of them were significant (sitting on a bus). Rosa Parks beating out Einstein on this list is just remarkable.
And I typed 'jean darc', which I think should be accepted, as her name is Jeanne D'arc in French. I based my answer off the French name.
scroll the comments if you want a good laugh.
And sorry, graduating college despite being deaf and blind is great and deserves respect, but there´s like 1000 people that have influenced the course of history WAY more
He was the head of state for the short period of time when UK was a republic (between kings Charles I and II). But I agree, I wouldn't necessarily have expected him to be included in this list.