# The 100 Most Influential People - Try the Third **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080 "2010-04-14T16:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/541 "2010-06-09T14:04:45Z")
Leaders. George Washington Science. Albert Einstein They fight crime! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/542 "2010-06-09T14:08:20Z")
Leader. Genghis Khan Science. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/543 "2010-06-09T14:12:19Z")
Leaders. George Washington Scientists. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/544 "2010-06-09T14:14:23Z")
Bucking the trend here: Leaders. Augustus Caesar Science. Isaac Newton They don’t fight crime. However, they are forced by a set of unlikely circumstances to share a small apartment in Greenwich Village. Hijinks ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/545 "2010-06-09T14:17:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Bucking the trend here: > > Leaders. Augustus Caesar > Science. Isaac Newton > > They don’t fight crime. However, they are forced by a set of unlikely circumstances to share a small apartment in Greenwich Village. Hijinks ensue. I guess Newton is the Felix in that pair. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/546 "2010-06-09T14:28:08Z")
Brutal, simply brutal now. Leader. Genghis Khan Science. Albert Einstein I had to go with Isaac Newton for being more influential because his system of dynamics is still in constant, everyday use even now. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/547 "2010-06-09T14:37:26Z")
Leaders. George Washington Science. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/548 "2010-06-09T15:06:30Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Brutal, simply brutal now. > > Leader. Genghis Khan > Science. Albert Einstein > > I had to go with Isaac Newton for being more influential because his system of dynamics is still in constant, everyday use even now. Astronaut Jim Lovell, 1970: “We just put Sir Isaac Newton in the driver’s seat.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/549 "2010-06-09T15:13:02Z")
Leader. Genghis Khan Science. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![sohvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sohvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sohvan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/550 "2010-06-09T15:39:22Z")
Leader. Genghis Khan Science. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![XanderCrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ee59a6/32.png) [@XanderCrews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XanderCrews)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/551 "2010-06-09T18:18:31Z")
Leader. Genghis Khan Science. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/552 "2010-06-09T18:20:31Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I was rooting (silently) for Aristotle to get through the whole elimination round without drawing a single vote. Now I don’t think anyone will have that distinction (there was a Newton vote a while ago, and a handful of Gutenbergs this round and I think a couple in earlier rounds as well). I didn’t mention it earlier 'cause I figured someone would vote for him just to be contrary. It’s a difficult choice between those two. Do you go for the teacher or the student? I mentally flipped a coin and had to pick one Leaders. Genghis Khan Science. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/553 "2010-06-09T23:24:36Z")
Leaders. George Washington Scientists. Albert Einstein It is not widely known that visitors to their Greenwich Village apartment commonly thought that it was George who was the intellectual one. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/554 "2010-06-10T01:30:54Z")
Leader: George Washington Scientist: Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/555 "2010-06-10T02:20:33Z")
Leaders. George Washington Science. Albert Einstein It’s time to set the record straight on [George Washington](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRom1Rz8OA). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/556 "2010-06-10T03:18:07Z")
Leader. Genghis Khan Science. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/557 "2010-06-10T04:42:08Z")
Leaders. Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!! Science. The Big Fig Newton. or according to the rules: Leader. Genghis Khan Science. Issac Newton Hey, I’m just old enough to be heavily influenced by Mr Einstein and his help in creating the most wonderful bomb. So much cold war paranoia is impossible to ignore. That paranoia remains a huge part of our glorious foreign policy to this very day. So once again, the majority here has it all wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/558 "2010-06-10T04:48:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s time to set the record straight on [George Washington](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRom1Rz8OA). Missing the point, Little Nemo. What makes Washington so awesomely great? He STEPPED DOWN! Revolutionary! Never seen in the modern age! The leader of a nation that gives up his power willingly? It’s still damn impressive. Yeah, elections have stopped meaning anything, and the US government seems to be a millionaires club, (when not out right criminal), but Washington’s influence isn’t something that can be easily brushed aside. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/559 "2010-06-10T19:28:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Missing the point, Little Nemo. Did you click on the link? I’m aware that George Washington wasn’t really made out of radiation. And the reason I voted for Washington is what I wrote earlier. Washington was important in the founding of the United States. But so were Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison and others. Genghis Khan and Augustus Ceasar were more individually influential. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/560 "2010-06-11T11:45:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Did you click on the link? I’m aware that George Washington wasn’t really made out of radiation. Oh, fun videos are also beside the point, not what I was considering when I posted. > [@](#): > > And the reason I voted for Washington is what I wrote earlier. Washington was important in the founding of the United States. But so were Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison and others. Genghis Khan and Augustus Ceasar were more individually influential. Yeah, I was somewhat dismayed Jefferson got booted off the list before Washington, but dealing with the names left, the influence of Khan and Gus pales in comparison to the “Father of the Country.” If I lived outside the US, I would most likely feel otherwise. But I don’t, so I will root for the homeboy. This is all in fun, and Hart’s list hardly strikes me as perfect in the first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080.md?page=29)