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FDR. He was my favorite president (and I'm Canadian!). Him, and Teddy Roosevelt. He killed six bears every morning on his way from the master bedroom to the oval office. Or so I'm told. By the internet.
Leonardo da Vinci
He was so damn smart we couldn't figure out his scriblings till we already invented them ourselves 500 years later.
He was so damn smart we couldn't figure out his scriblings till we already invented them ourselves 500 years later.
Hmm... a tie between Sokrates and Atilla.
Sokrates because he was probably one of humanities greatest thinkers, and atilla because that guy is just bad-ass. I mean come on! The guy conquered all of Asia, the middle east and a good part of europe creating the single largest empire ever and establishing the Hunns as one of the most feared people ever.
Sokrates because he was probably one of humanities greatest thinkers, and atilla because that guy is just bad-ass. I mean come on! The guy conquered all of Asia, the middle east and a good part of europe creating the single largest empire ever and establishing the Hunns as one of the most feared people ever.
Teddy Roosevelt. Hey, if the internet says he kills at least six bears every day then there must be a pretty damn awesome reason.
I'd say Hitler, if only because he and his movement was so cartoonishly evil. Him or the Kim Dynasty in Korea.
Got a few:
Scipio Africanus Major
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Erich von Manstein
Gerhard Herzberg
Paul Dirac
Lise Meitne
& Prince Rupert of the Rhine & Palatinate
Scipio Africanus Major
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Erich von Manstein
Gerhard Herzberg
Paul Dirac
Lise Meitne
& Prince Rupert of the Rhine & Palatinate
I'll pick one nobody else is likely to pick, Mad Jack Churchill.
He heard they were forming a commando unit, and he signed up just because he thought it sounded cool. He actually went into battle with a longbow (He did actually use it with success) and a claymore (The basket-hilt broadsword variant, not the two-handed one) and bagpipes. At Dunkirk, when the ramps on his landing craft fell, he ran forward playing "March of the Cameron Men" and throwing a grenade. His unit was almost wiped out by Germans, and he didn't run, he sat there and played "Will Ye No Come Back Again" on his bagpipes. He was captured by the Germans, escaped, captured again, and escaped again.
After World War II, he was in Israel and he helped coordinate the evacuation of 700 doctors and staff from an Israeli hospital and attempted to assist a medical convoy that was attacked by hundreds of Arabs.
After than, he became the first man to surf on the River Severn's tidal bore, and every day returning from home, he would startle passengers and conductors on the train by hurling his briefcase through a window. He later explained he was throwing it into his backyard so he didn't have to carry it home.
Here's a picture of him leading the charge with his sword. (He's on the far right, near the lower corner)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg
He heard they were forming a commando unit, and he signed up just because he thought it sounded cool. He actually went into battle with a longbow (He did actually use it with success) and a claymore (The basket-hilt broadsword variant, not the two-handed one) and bagpipes. At Dunkirk, when the ramps on his landing craft fell, he ran forward playing "March of the Cameron Men" and throwing a grenade. His unit was almost wiped out by Germans, and he didn't run, he sat there and played "Will Ye No Come Back Again" on his bagpipes. He was captured by the Germans, escaped, captured again, and escaped again.
After World War II, he was in Israel and he helped coordinate the evacuation of 700 doctors and staff from an Israeli hospital and attempted to assist a medical convoy that was attacked by hundreds of Arabs.
After than, he became the first man to surf on the River Severn's tidal bore, and every day returning from home, he would startle passengers and conductors on the train by hurling his briefcase through a window. He later explained he was throwing it into his backyard so he didn't have to carry it home.
Here's a picture of him leading the charge with his sword. (He's on the far right, near the lower corner)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg
I have to go with trust-busting badass Theodore Roosevelt on this one.
I can stand behind the guy who used the slogan "Speak softly and carry a big stick".
I can stand behind the guy who used the slogan "Speak softly and carry a big stick".
You've forgotten about Genghis Khan. He had a far greater impact, and the largest, longest contiguous empire in history.Wierdguy said:
Mine would be Mikhail Bakunin. Now that was a badass ************. He was involved in a slew of revolutions and anarchistic activities, he was exiled from several countries, but he ended up living his life in ease and luxury by falling back-ass into various things.
