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'''''The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History''''' is a 1978 book by [[Michael H. Hart]], reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced [[human history]].<ref>Michael H. Hart ''The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History''. [http://books.google.com/books?id=CUxmAAAAMAAJ first published in 1978], [http://books.google.com/books?id=jvbNRbDKY1wC reprinted with minor revisions 1992]. ISBN 9780806510682</ref> |
'''''The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History''''' is a 1978 book by [[Michael H. Hart]], reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced [[human history]].<ref>Michael H. Hart ''The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History''. [http://books.google.com/books?id=CUxmAAAAMAAJ first published in 1978], [http://books.google.com/books?id=jvbNRbDKY1wC reprinted with minor revisions 1992]. ISBN 9780806510682</ref> |
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The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart, reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.[1]
The first person on Hart's list is the
Islamic Prophet Muhammad.[2] Hart asserted that Muhammad was "supremely successful" in both the religious and secular realms. He also believed that Muhammad's role in the development of Islam was far more influential than Jesus' collaboration in the development of Christianity. He attributes the development of Christianity to St. Paul
, who played a pivotal role in its dissemination.
The 1992 revisions included the demotion of figures associated with
Shakespearean authorship issue and substituted Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford for William Shakespeare. Hart also substituted Niels Bohr and Henri Becquerel with Ernest Rutherford, thus correcting an error in the first edition. Henry Ford was also promoted from the "Honorary Mentions" list, replacing Pablo Picasso
. Finally, some of the rankings were re-ordered, although no one listed in the top ten changed position.
Hart wrote another book in 1999, entitled A View from the Year 3000,[3] voiced in the perspective of a person from that future year and ranking the most influential people in history. Roughly half of those entries are fictional people from 2000–3000, but the remainder are actual people. These were taken mostly from the 1992 edition, with some re-ranking of order.
Hart's Top 10 (from the 1992 edition)
| Rank | Name | Time Frame | Image | Occupation | Influence |
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| 1 | Prophet Muhammad
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ca. 570–632 | File:Muhammad callig.gif | Secular and religious leader | The , humanitarian, philanthropist. |
| 2 | Sir Isaac Newton | 1643–1727 | 
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Scientist | English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion laid the groundwork for classical mechanics .
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| 3 | Jesus Christ | 7–2 BC – AD 26–36 | 
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Spiritual leader | The central figure of Christianity, revered by Christians as the Son of God and the incarnation of God. Also regarded as a major prophet in Islam. |
| 4 | Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
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563 BC–483 BC
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Spiritual leader | Spiritual teacher and philosopher from ancient Nepal. Founder of Buddhism and is also considered an Avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism. |
| 5 | Confucius | 551 BC–479 BC | 
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Philosopher | Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Indonesian thought and life. Founded Confucianism, and influenced Neo-Confucianism and New Confucianism .
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| 6 | St. Paul the Apostle of Tarsus | 5–67 | 
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Christian apostle | One of the most notable of numerous letters of the New Testament of the Bible.
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| 7 | Cài Lún | 50–121 | 
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Political official in imperial China | Widely regarded as the inventor of paper and the papermaking process. |
| 8 | Johannes Gutenberg | 1398–1468 | 
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Inventor | German printer who invented the mechanical printing press. |
| 9 | Christopher Columbus | 1451–1506 | 
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Explorer | Italian navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages led to general European awareness of the American continents. |
| 10 | Albert Einstein | 1879–1955 | 
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Scientist | German theoretical physicist, best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass–energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc2. |
See also
References
- ^ Michael H. Hart The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. first published in 1978, reprinted with minor revisions 1992. ISBN 9780806510682
- ^ The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
- ^ Michael H. Hart. A view from the year 3000: a ranking of the 100 most influential persons of all time; first published in 1999