Who is the most influential person in history?

Question

Who is the most influential person in history?

Answer 1

Jesus Christ,sadly, Thanks to the spread of Christianity though out the Roman Empire with its extensive road system,some which are still in existence today,bought European Civilization into a needless Dark Ages until the re-discovery of the lost works of antiquity from the Greeks via Arab traders in the 13th century,which brought on the Renaissance,which in time brought back Europe thankfully right to the forefront of Global Dominance. But hopefully,more people are finally waking up to the fact what a disaster the religions of Israel have been to humanity.

Answer 2

I take it this is for a school project...and thoughts outside the box will get you A's.  The obvious answers are Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad as their actions and teaching still ripple through time (and of course the people killing in their name)....but your teacher will see 100's of these answers.  

The two people with the most direct influence on the most people would be Mao Tse-Tung who changed the way nearly 1 billion people were governed and Mohatma Ghandi who led what is now the second most populus nation to freedom from Great Britain.  

Answers could be vastly different depending on the phrasing of the question.  I hope this helps.

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Answer 3

Grog of the Cave Bear Clan was dubbed the 'most influential person in history' for being the first homo sapien to come up with the idea of a higher being, gods, goddesses and things that go bump in the night in the year 60,546 BC......

Answer 4

I would say someone like Moses who wrote the first 5 books in the Bible which has influenced millions of people.

Answer 5

A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart. It is a ranking of the 100 people who most influenced human history. Since publication the book has been hotly debated and its concept widely copied. His criterion was influence.

The first person on Hart's list. Hart decided to choose Muhammad over Jesus or Moses despite the fact that Islam was not the largest religion and that it was from a distant part of the world from where he lived. Hart attributes this to the fact that Muhammad was successful in both the religious and political realms. He also writes that Muhammad's role in the development of Islam is far more influential than Jesus's collaboration in the development of Christianity. He attributes the development of Christianity to St. Paul, who played a pivotal role in the spreading Christianity.

Answer 6

jesus christ

Answer 7

Different Countries have Different Influences by different people...so be more specific

Answer 8

The devil, if its really him s******g things up and not peoples bad judgement or gene pools.

Answer 9

Has to be someone like Jesus Christ or Moses, so influential as to influence most of the world at some point!

Answer 10

I know this sounds insane, but I think the most influential person in history would be Hitler.  

I say this because he alone has had the greatest influence on life after WWII and it is still being felt around the world today.  

The 20's brought a stock market crash and the 30's were a time for regrouping.  The 40's brought our nation (USA) together and the results of fighting this war led to great advances in medicine and technology.  

Please do not mistake my answer as a thumbs up for the man; he was despicable.  But he certainly DID change the world!

Answer 11

A book I saw that rated the top 100 claimed it was Muhammad.

Personnaly I think it was Constantine as he stopped the Muslims in their tracks and caused the western world to become Christian.

The Christian world will defeat the Muslims in the coming WW3.  Even the asiatic countries have become Christian (Japan, China, India OOPS - well what do you expect from a nation that produces a cow pee drinking hero).

PS I am a person born Christian BUT NEVER practiced it and have always been an atheist.  I prefer Christians to Muslims mainly cause they are only jerks in a slight degree, the Muslims, well you can guess so I will not be censored.

Answer 12

Mostn influential?

I would have to say Jesus.

If you're a Christian he changed your life and forgave you of your sins, and if you're not well the fact that the Catholic Church was created and the Crusades, several events over the past 2000 years have been directly or indirectly related to the fact that Christ exists. I mean in the political sense he had a major impact on Europe and other parts of the world

Answer 13

William Shakespeare.Adolf Hitler.Napoleon.Carl Jung.

Answer 14

Dave Chappelle