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Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Morbeta11(op): 6:46am On Jun 18, 2025
Whose actions most changed the course of human history.

1. Muhammad
2. Isaac Newton
3. Jesus
4. Gautama Buddha
5. Confucius
6. Paul the Apostle
7. Cai Lun
8. Johannes Gutenberg
9. Christopher Columbus
10. Albert Einstein
11. Louis Pasteur
12. Galileo Galilei
13. Aristotle
14. Euclid
15. Moses
16. Charles Darwin
17. Shih Huang Ti
18. Augustus Caesar
19. Nicolaus Copernicus
20. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
21. Constantine the Great
22. James Watt
23. Michael Faraday
24. James Clerk Maxwell
25. Martin Luther
26. George Washington
27. Karl Marx
28. Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
29. Genghis Khan
30. Adam Smith
31. Edward de Vere (better known as
""William Shakespeare""wink
32. John Dalton
33. Alexander the Great
34. Napoleon Bonaparte
35. Thomas Edison
36. Antony van Leeuwenhoek
37. William T. G. Morton
38. Guglielmo Marconi
39. Adolf Hitler
40. Plato
41. Oliver Cromwell
42. Alexander Graham Bell
43. Alexander Fleming
44. John Locke
45. LudWig van Beethoven
46. Werner Heisenberg
47. Louis Daguerre
48. Simon Bolivar
49. Rene Descartes
50. Michelangelo
51. Pope V rban II
52. 'Umar ibn al-Khattab
53. Asoka
54. St. Augustine
55. William Harvey
56. Ernest Rutherford
57. John Calvin
58. Gregor Mendel
59. Max Planck
60. Joseph Lister
61. Nikolaus August Otto
62. Francisco Pizarro
63. Hernando Cortes
64. Thomas Jefferson
65. Queen Isabella I
66. Joseph Stalin
67. Julius Caesar
68. William the Conqueror
69. Sigmund Freud
70. Edward Jenner
71. William Conrad Rontgen
72. Johann Sebastian Bach
73. Lao Tzu
74. Voltaire
75. Johannes Kepler
76. Enrico Fermi
77. Leonhard Euler
78. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
79. Niccolo Machiavelli
80. Thomas Malthus
81. John F. Kennedy
82. Gregory Pincus
83. Mani
84. Lenin
85. Sui Wen Ti
86. Vasco da Gama
87. Cyrus the Great
88. Peter the Great
89. Mao Zedong
90. Francis Bacon
91. Henry Ford
92. Mencius
93. Zoroaster
94. Queen Elizabeth I
95. Mikhail Gorbachev
96. Menes
97. Charlemagne
98. Homer
99. Justinian I
100. Mahavira

According to The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History (Book), the American author Michael H. Hart

Note: Hart was not attempting to rank on "greatness" as a criterion, but rather whose actions most changed the course of human history.
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Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by TUANKU(m): 6:57am On Jun 18, 2025
It will be difficult to name just one individual from the list. There are so many history makers whose actions changed the course of humanity.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by JetApartment:
Morbeta11:
https://x.com/stats_feed/status/1935194512042635669?t=sg5GC69DimD15MW86AG42g&s=08[/quote]You don't need anyone to tell you the list is prepared by a loyal head slammer.

Nnamdi Kanu too should be on the list for giving South East Monday sit at home (Fourth Weekend)

Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Finquas: 9:12am On Jun 18, 2025
I think who stands out is Jesu christi on that list .. second wud be Albert Eistein
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by datola: 9:12am On Jun 18, 2025
What! Jesus Christ. BC AD, salvation. Link to God.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by U09ce: 9:12am On Jun 18, 2025
SallalLahu Alaihi Wa sallam. May Peace be upon the noble Prophet Muhammad.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by phorget(m): 9:13am On Jun 18, 2025
Number one...

His actions brought about terrorism and killings in the world, without him the world would have been a peaceful existences.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Adesina18111(m): 9:14am On Jun 18, 2025
I will go for all the scientists on the list... Their works are clearly shown and proven... I wished there was nothing like religion on earth... Most wars on earth right now are of religions
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Bosman17: 9:14am On Jun 18, 2025
Jesus is not in the same class with any human, living or dead. He is the son of the Living God. (That’s my belief)
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by phr0nesis(m): 9:14am On Jun 18, 2025
Who else, if not Jesus....................
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by LZAA: 9:15am On Jun 18, 2025
Hitler
Man woke USA and Russia from their indifference and lethargy grin
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Ijaya123: 9:15am On Jun 18, 2025
It is difficult to pick one out as the most influential as all of them affected human history one way or the other.

Unless the criteria for judgement has to be well spelt out.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by PRINCESSFCFANSs(f): 9:15am On Jun 18, 2025
OK


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Princess Faith Chukwu
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by phobia2002: 9:15am On Jun 18, 2025
Where is Sango? Make him no fire una with thunder
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Successsearch90(m): 9:15am On Jun 18, 2025
The Lord Jesus.
He came to die for the sins of the whole world so to save us from eternal damnation and judgment
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Nobody: 9:15am On Jun 18, 2025
Jesus for spiritual reason. Then Isaac Newtom
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by funsho75(m): 9:15am On Jun 18, 2025
Adolf Hitler


this man's actions and inaction...

Assuming say they no stop am
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by TeacherAdeboye: 9:16am On Jun 18, 2025
Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by brain54(m): 9:17am On Jun 18, 2025
Adesina18111:
I will go for all the scientists on the list... Their works are clearly shown and proven... I wished there was nothing like religion on earth... Most wars on earth right now are of religions
Exactly what I wanted to type...


Science/scientists clearly have shaped the world profoundly into what it is today.


Without scientists we would probably still be living in huts hunting with bows and arrows.

The world is now a global village and we can communicate with people in any part of the world with just a push of a button.

Science has affected every aspect of human life and shaped the trajectory of the way we now live!
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Richtaiwo(m): 9:17am On Jun 18, 2025
Finquas:
I think who stands out is Jesu christi on that list .. second wud be Albert Eistein
Michael Faraday comes first.

The coming of electricity changed mans course completely. Electricity is arguably the spring board of all the developmental ages man has passed through; computer age, jet age, Information age etc.

Note, electricity is not just about power supply at home for domestic use, those ones and zeros in computers, phones etc are levels of electricity.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by JohnPortar: 9:17am On Jun 18, 2025
Same person who brought terrorism into this otherwise peaceful world.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by IdeasPro(m): 9:17am On Jun 18, 2025
Jesus should not be in the list because He is the Author, Creator and Wisdom behind creation and impact of others who were mentioned in the list.

Now, Thomas Edison should be number one.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by P1PrinceKT(m): 9:18am On Jun 18, 2025
phorget:
Number one...

His actions brought about terrorism and killllings in the world, without him the world would have been a peaceful existences.
Even without him human beings must kiiilll each other. Go and find out how many wars were fought even before religion. Did the colonialist invade Africa based on religion? Is Adolf Muslim. Go and find out.

Who killllled Jesus(as you're saying?) Is he the one?
How many prophets did Jews killllled? Who taught them how to killllled?
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by ohigus(m): 9:18am On Jun 18, 2025
Number one which is indeed the best man on earth if am lying fact check me after that argue with ur keyboard cool
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by adeniyi65(m): 9:18am On Jun 18, 2025
Aristotle
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Hope Seun see that the 40 characters law doesn't work in this kind of thread. Or must we write an essay before we answer a question that best requires a word or two?
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by DatIgalaDude: 9:18am On Jun 18, 2025
Eve!
In the garden of Eden.
Always go back to the beginning.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by frankmoney(m): 9:19am On Jun 18, 2025
Lord luggard for joining northern and southern Nigeria together , that one action has brought nothing but destruction
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by Quest7777: 9:21am On Jun 18, 2025
Black man no follow. huh

Even Satan no dey.

Incomplete list. undecided
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by fineboynl(m): 9:22am On Jun 18, 2025
Cyrus the great if i should pick outside of religion.

His impact on earth gave birth to modern democracy and human right.

He was first to operate a decentralized system of government. And the longest serving biggest empire.
Re: Whose Actions Most Changed The Course Of Human History. by being(m):
Remove Jesus from the list... He is in a class of his own.. without him, the world would have been burnt and ended from too much sin & iniquity.. so not surprising, human time is measured according to his birth. To be sure JesusChrist is the Son of God, he came to die on the cross for our sins and resurrected

So one person is Adam. If he didn't sin, we wouldn't have this kind of world we have today. There would be no deaths, sickness, disease, suffering, chaos, etc. Man would have had actual dominion of the earth. An ordinary element like water will not be able to drown man, tiger would not have been able to eat man etc

But then as for human systems, the Greek civilization has had the most effect on human history that still impacts us now. There was not much of science, maths & democracy etc b4 then.
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