**Greatest Historical Figure Of All Time Nominations**

[VaderFin]

With the debate the GHF thread has gotten it is now time to decide once and for all just who is The Greatest Historical Figure Of All Time. There will be a 32 seed tournament battle decided by your votes. We will have 4 "regions" War, Religion, Politics, and Science.

Jesus Christ is ineligible for I think obvious reasons.

This thread will be open until January 28th at 8 pm est. What we want is for you to post your nominations for who you think should make the tournament. Repeat nominations are encouraged and may result in a higher seed for said figure. Feel free to argue why you think someone should make the tourney as this may get that person in. Some figures, like George Washington, may fall into more then one category so when you nominate try to mention in what category and why.

Seeding will be determined by myslef, Knapplc and Moonhead and the tourney will start soon after the nominations end.

Who will win????


NOMINATIONS LIST
Here is the updated list after day one of nominations. Be sure to ask for clarification on a candidate if you don't know who they are or why they should be in.

Numbers in parentheses indicate multiple nominations.

Politics
Abraham Lincoln
Adam Smith
Alcibiades
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
Charles De Secondat
Charles Dodgsdon
Cicero
Cleopatra
Confucius
Constantine
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (2)
James Madison
John Locke
Josef Stalin
Julius Caesar (2)
Karl Marx
Kenneth Arrow
Leon Trotsky
Louis XIV
Mahatma Ghandi
Mao Tse Tung
Margaret Thatcher
Marquis de Condorcet
Martin Luther King Jr
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nicolai Lenin
Peter the Great
Queen Elizabeth I
Suleiman II
Thomas Jefferson
Winston Churchill


Religion
Adam (a.k.a. "Mr. Eve")
Apostle Paul
Billy Graham
Buddha
Constantine
Johanes Gutenberg
Lao Tzu
Mahatma Ghandi
Martin Luther (2)
Mohammad
Moses
Mother Teresa (2)
Suleiman II


Science
Albert Einstein
Archimedes
Aristotle
Charles Darwin (2)
Christopher Columbus
Copernicus
Crick
Dr. Frederick Banting
Einstein
Euclid
George Washington Carver
Galileo Galilei (2)
Hippocrates
Johannes Kepler
Jonas Salk
Joseph Lister
Leonardo Da Vinci (4)
Louis Leakey
Louis Pasteur
Marie Curie
Mary Leakey
Mendel
Mendeleev
Nikola Tesla (2)
Ptolemy
Pythagarus
Richard Leakey
Sir Isaac Newton (2)
Socrates
Stephen Hawking
Tycho Brahe
Watson
Wilbur and Orville Wright


War
Adolf Hitler
Alexander the Great (4)
Cyrus the Great
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
Genghis Khan (2)
George Washington
Hannibal (2)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Caesar (2)
Napoleon Bonaparte (3)
Pol Pot
Subedei
Suleiman II
Sun Tzu
William the Conqueror

[statsman88]

for the religion part, you gotta put Billy Graham into that cat.

[VaderFin]

for the religion part, you gotta put Billy Graham into that cat.

Something tells me Billy doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell.

[disgruntledjetsfan]

Well there are a bunch I have, so I'm just going to list them in no particular order:


Mahatma Ghandi - (Religion, Politics) Pretty much brought peace to India in the early part of the 20th century
Julius Ceaser - (War, Politics) Led the Roman Empire when it was at its height
Napoleon Bonaparte - (War, Politics) One of the greatest conquerors of all time, without a doubt the greatest in the last 500 years
Alexander the Great - (War) Like Napoleon and Ceaser, one of the greatest conquerors of all time
Leonardo Da Vinci - (Science) The most advanced inventor for his time that we know of...

[jayday]

Is this for "Greatest" or "Most Influential"??

If it's Greatest, I think we will have a big time American slant and forget about some of World History....just a question...I'm fine either way...

[knapplc]

My nominations:

War:

Julius Caesar
Sun Tzu
Subedei
Napoleon
Alexander
William the Conquerer - how could I forget him?

Science:

Einstein
Archimedes
Da Vinci
Hawking
Darwin
Newton

Religion:

Mohammad
Buddha
Billy Graham - J/K
Martin Luther
Constantine (Roman Emperor)

Politics:

Margaret Thatcher
Cicero
Alcibiades
Churchill
FDR
Julius Caesar
George Washington

[knapplc]

Is this for "Greatest" or "Most Influential"??

If it's Greatest, I think we will have a big time American slant and forget about some of World History....just a question...I'm fine either way...

That's really up to your personal interpretation. I'll be providing bios on all the contestants because it's quite possible people won't have a full knowledge on why Person X is historically relevant in the field of War or Politics.

It's possible this will have an American slant, but we'll try to keep it as competitive as possible for all players, both foreign and domestic.

[VaderFin]

Is this for "Greatest" or "Most Influential"??

If it's Greatest, I think we will have a big time American slant and forget about some of World History....just a question...I'm fine either way...

It's Greatest but what determines Great is up to you guys when you vote. I expect an American slant as we are Americans but I think we have enough smart people to realize how short a period of history Americans have been relevant for.

[VaderFin]

My nominations:

War:

Julius Caesar
Sun Tzu
Subedei
Napoleon
Alexander

Science:

Einstein
Archimedes
Da Vinci
Hawking
Darwin
Newton

Religion:

Mohammad
Buddha
Billy Graham - J/K
Martin Luther
Constantine (Roman Emperor)

Politics:

Margaret Thatcher
Cicero
Alcibiades
Churchill
FDR
Julius Caesar
George Washington

Clue me in on that dude.

[UTLonghorns]

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