People Who Should Be More Famous

[Qin_Shi_Huangdi]

@Really_Not_All_That_Bright

Yes, but they’re alive. That’s different. Who is going to remember Osteen or Warren in a hundred years? Well, Ugandans, maybe.

For Joel Osteen at least he may be remembered in a biopic The Life of a Snake Oil Salesman.

[MickNickMaggies]

@CalMeacham

Several Revolutionary War officers – whose names I can’t recall now. They’ve been overshadowed by the big names.
One person who’s finally getting his due is Henry “Ox” Knox, who was the fellow responsible for hauling all those cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston and getting them set up in complete secrecy, leading to the bloodless conquest of Boston – truly an important moment in the Revolutionary War. Even more than the Battle of Bunker Hill (which Knox participated in), I think it established the American forces as serious opponents. Knox went on to be Washington’s chief of artillery, and was in the boat with Washington crossing the Delaware. Then he went on to be the first US. SEcretary of War.

Fort Knox is named after him, but I’ll bet most people don’t know that.
He’s been given center stage in lots of recent books about the Revolution, but I sure didn’t hear about him in school, or in Boy Scouts. My favorite bit about him I learned in the book Don’t Know Much About History, which tells the story of Washington getting into the boat on the Delaware and saying “Move that fat ass, Henry. But not too fast or you’ll swamp the boat.”
Henry Knox - Wikipedia

The Fisher Price Spellbinder audio cassettes ‘George Washington’ and ‘The American Revolution’ did a wonderful job of dramatising Knox, crossing the Delaware and his delivery of the cannons, both possessed by me in 1985 or so. I still remember those nearly word for word in places.

[Crafter_Man]

Maybelle Carter. A ground breaking guitarist active during the early and mid 20th Century.

[Little_Nemo]

The Fisher Price Spellbinder audio cassettes ‘George Washington’ and ‘The American Revolution’ did a wonderful job of dramatising Knox, crossing the Delaware and his delivery of the cannons, both possessed by me in 1985 or so. I still remember those nearly word for word in places.

I remember Knox from John Jakes’ Kent Family book series back in the seventies. Knox appeared as a minor character in the book.