The 100 most influential British?

[Dr Strangelove]

How about William the Conquerer, Alfred the Great, Christopher Newport, John Cabot, and Francis Drake? How about the physicist Rutherford?
Robert Clive gave you India. Cecil Rhodes defined modern 19th century British imperialism.

[FrostyBoy]

Thanks Strangelove, lots to remember I guess.

Rutherford, a kiwi.

[FrostyBoy]

Originally posted by Winston


1. Winston Churchill
2. Isaac Newton
3. Adam Smith
4. James Watt
5. Charles Darwin
6. Elizabeth I
7. Alexander Graham Bell
8. John Stuart Mill
9. William Shakespeare
10. Margaret Thatcher

Wouldn't Darwin be higher? Practically put religion on its knees. I would put him at number 3. As for Churchill, ok granted, WW2, but that was just WW2, Darwin, Isaac, Adam Smith, they permanantly changed the entire world.

[SlowwHand]

Adam Smith. Here, we hang any traders. Benedict Arnold; any like him or Adam Smith.
There, you put them on a list of Most Influential.

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
How about William the Conquerer, Alfred the Great, Christopher Newport, John Cabot, and Francis Drake? How about the physicist Rutherford?
Robert Clive gave you India. Cecil Rhodes defined modern 19th century British imperialism.

Cabot?

He was italian, america had already been discovered, and english colonisation in the USA had to way for more than a century after his trip

[One_more_turn]

Isaac Newton should be number 1. Imagine a world without physics...

Oliver Cromwell and Henry VIII before Margaret Thatcher.

Edward I and III are missing.

And who invented the railroad? Stevenson?

[Drogue]

My God, that seems miles off to me. Adam Smith may be very influential, but moreso than Darwin? Or Henry VIII? I don't think Churchill's our most influential leader either

A couple more that need to be included:
John Maynard Keynes
Oliver Cromwell
Sir Francis Drake
James Watson & Francis Crick (together discovered DNA)

Originally posted by Sn00py
Wouldn't George Washington technically be British?

Someone enlighten me

Nope, he was born in Virginia.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
William the Conquerer

He wasn't British, he was Norman.

[Barnabas]

Henry VIII was one of the most influential leaders for sure, he changed the religion of the country
Imagine if england had remained catholic, probably ireland would eb a part of the uk since the antagonizing element would not be there, spain and england would continue being allies to oppose france, he changed englands history completely.

[FrostyBoy]

Removed William the Conquerer.
Added 6 more names.
Edited placement of top 5 names.
Removed Thatcher from 10th and replaced with Cromwell.

Brachy, what number would you put Henry at?

[FrostyBoy]

Originally posted by Drogue
My God, that seems miles off to me. Adam Smith may be very influential, but moreso than Darwin? Or Henry VIII? I don't think Churchill's our most influential leader either

A couple more that need to be included:
John Maynard Keynes
Oliver Cromwell
Sir Francis Drake
James Watson & Francis Crick (together discovered DNA)


Nope, he was born in Virginia.

Rutherford was born in New Zealand, but he was still British.
So people, the question is, if you were born under British rule, can you be in the Top 10 most influential British or not? (If you were influential )

[Barnabas]

below newton and below the steam engine guy for sure, below shakespeare too I think, like 4

[Dinner]

Bell moved to America when he was fairly young and did all of his important research.inventing there.

[Kontiki]

1. John Lennon (he changed the world, dammit!)
2. David Beckham
3. Posh Spice
4. Sasha Cohen Borat
5. Margaret Thatcher
6. The dude from Right Said Fred
7. Any random cast member of Coronation Street
8-100 no one worth mentioning

[Kontiki]

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