# Who would you build a statue of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 12, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342 "2022-02-12T01:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/21 "2022-02-13T00:26:46Z")
Thomas Paine. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/22 "2022-02-13T14:17:36Z")
Not Nicolai Vavilov, Mal. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/23 "2022-02-13T17:16:01Z")
The man who killed Hitler? 😲 ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/24 "2022-02-13T17:32:21Z")
At one point, they were talking about replacing the statue of Robert E. Lee (in Lee Circle, New Orleans) with one of Allen Toussaint. I don’t know if they ever did, but I like the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/25 "2022-02-13T17:54:42Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Claude Shannon. I’ll second that. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/26 "2022-02-13T19:41:35Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The man who killed Hitler Captured forever in his most generous act to humanity. I’m thinking D.J. Trump–along with an ordinance making it a class 1 misdemeanor for anyone attempting to clean, declutter, or otherwise restore the edifice. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/27 "2022-02-13T20:55:47Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > with an ordinance making it a class 1 misdemeanor for anyone attempting to clean, declutter, or otherwise restore and an ordnance ordinance requiring that you be absolutely certain that no one else is at risk of injury due to your activities ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/28 "2022-02-13T21:27:12Z")
The guy who killed George Floyd. I would place it right in front of Police Headquarters. Supposedly, the Greeks used to produce statues of various villains to shame their clans and families. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/29 "2022-02-13T21:31:23Z")
Yes. For a very similar reason I will suggest **Vasili Aleksandrovich Arkhipov** ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/30 "2022-02-13T21:37:12Z")
Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist whose methods were responsible for saving about a billion lives. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/31 "2022-02-13T22:38:49Z")
Zephram Cochrane. Tripler Why not? He was kind of a _sumbitch_ too. . . ---
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/32 "2022-02-14T03:06:47Z")
Tim Berners Lee for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342/33 "2022-02-15T01:47:01Z")
But, would you make it the Glen Corbett one or the Jamie Cromwell one? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-build-a-statue-of/959342.md?page=1)