True. The reason why he is considered a "great Russian" composer is because the USSR called anyone of importance that didn't openly criticize their authority a "great Russian".RedMenace said:
3 people a country has contributed to the world
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Lot to choose from from GB but my quick and dirty list (without much contemplation) would be:
Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Isaac Newton
Alan Turing
We went through a crazy stage of inventing and thinking of stuff....these days we just export Simon Cowell..
Lot to choose from from GB but my quick and dirty list (without much contemplation) would be:
Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Isaac Newton
Alan Turing
We went through a crazy stage of inventing and thinking of stuff....these days we just export Simon Cowell..
It's interesting how people are saying Einstein when he was Austrian.
Britain
1. Stephen Hawking
2. Stephen Fry
3. Isaac Newton
Britain
1. Stephen Hawking
2. Stephen Fry
3. Isaac Newton
Nikola Tesla was Austrian and so was Einstein don't steal great minds and pretend they are American.Jark212 said:
On topic UK
1.Steven Hawking
2.Stephen Fry
3.Charles Darwin
Romania
-Henri Coanda( aerodynamics pioneer and builder of the world's first jet powered aircraft)
-Nadia Comaneci(winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the first ever gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event)
-Petrache Poenaru( invented the world's first fountain pen)
-Henri Coanda( aerodynamics pioneer and builder of the world's first jet powered aircraft)
-Nadia Comaneci(winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the first ever gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event)
-Petrache Poenaru( invented the world's first fountain pen)
US:
1) Martin Luther King Jr.
2) Thomas Edison
3) General Patton (that crazy bastard.)
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Hell, I'll throw in Jimi Hendrix
1) Martin Luther King Jr.
2) Thomas Edison
3) General Patton (that crazy bastard.)
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Hell, I'll throw in Jimi Hendrix
gonna go all metal on your ass.
USA:
1: Hendrix- could you imagine what music would be like if he was alive?
2: Dimebag Darrell- I'm not a huge Pantera fan but you have got to love his work
3: Dave Mustaine- i just really like Megadeth
UK:
1: Tony Iommi- Pioneer of metal even with loss of finger tips.
2: Clapton- yes i know he's not metal but so what.
3: Me- for making other musicians look that much better. you can thank me later.
USA:
1: Hendrix- could you imagine what music would be like if he was alive?
2: Dimebag Darrell- I'm not a huge Pantera fan but you have got to love his work
3: Dave Mustaine- i just really like Megadeth
UK:
1: Tony Iommi- Pioneer of metal even with loss of finger tips.
2: Clapton- yes i know he's not metal but so what.
3: Me- for making other musicians look that much better. you can thank me later.
In the spirit of the people who are picking people who were not born in America for their American lists, here is another British list.
1. Sigmund Freud.
2. Karl Marx.
3. Napoleon Boneparte.
1. Sigmund Freud.
2. Karl Marx.
3. Napoleon Boneparte.
Interesting thread. My google machine has been getting a workout.
From my country (New Zealand):
Ed Hillary
Ernest Rutherford
Bruce McLaren
Honourable mentions to Burt Munro and Peter Jackson.
EDIT: Ninja'd. Good call on Richard Pearse though.
From my country (New Zealand):
Ed Hillary
Ernest Rutherford
Bruce McLaren
Honourable mentions to Burt Munro and Peter Jackson.
EDIT: Ninja'd. Good call on Richard Pearse though.
