# Greatest living American elimination game (setup thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 10, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-setup-thread/1019408 "2025-06-10T02:55:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-setup-thread/1019408/1 "2025-06-10T02:55:07Z")
Inspired by these threads, [The President Elimination Game - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533286) and [Greatest American elimination game (game thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423). Who is the greatest living American? You may nominate up to five noteworthy Americans, from any walk of life, describing each in no more than three words. If you use more than three words, or objectionable, misleading or inaccurate language, expect to be edited. Naturalized (but not honorary) U.S. citizens are eligible for nomination, even if they are more famous for things done as citizens of another country. Nominations will close at noon EST a week from today, on Mon. June 16. After the deadline, I’ll arrange the nominees alphabetically and we’ll vote them out much as we did in the earlier games. My nominees: Anthony Fauci: Physician, immunologist, scientist Mark Kelly: Senator, astronaut, aviator Barack Obama: President, statesman, lawyer Bruce Springsteen: Singer, songwriter, activist Janet Yellen: Economist, Treasury secretary --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-setup-thread/1019408)._