# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 702
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/702 "2010-06-30T00:52:31Z")
I took the top 20 from the SDMB list and the top 20 from Hart’s list and merged them. Here they are in alphabetical order: Albert Einstein physicist; relativity; Einsteinian physics Antoine Laurent Lavoisier father of modern chemistry; philosopher; economist Aristotle influential Greek philosopher Augustus Caesar ruler Buddha founder of Buddhism Charles Darwin biologist; described Darwinian evolution Christopher Columbus explorer; led Europe to Americas Confucius founder of Confucianism Euclid mathematician; Euclidian geometry Galileo Galilei astronomer; accurately described heliocentric solar system Genghis Khan SDMB 8 George Washington SDMB 6 Isaac Newton Physicst, Mathematician James Watt SDMB 10 Jesus Christ founder of Christianity Johann Gutenberg developed movable type; printed Bibles Karl Marx SDMB 20 Lenin SDMB 17 Louis Pasteur scientist; pasteurization Moses major prophet of Judaism Mohammad Prophet of Islam; conqueror of Arabia Nicolaus Copernicus astronomer; taught heliocentricity Plato SDMB 11 Shih Huang Ti Chinese emperor St Paul Judaism; Christianity Sui Wen Ti, unified China, SDMB 13 Thomas Edison SDMB 15 Ts’ai Lun inventor of paper Those compiling a personal top 10 list might choose from among these candidates. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080)._