10 most influential people born after 1946
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| L.T
Thank you so much for your contributions. You guys are great. Just for you guys curiosity, my final list is: (in ranking order)
1. Bill Gates- Born in October 28, 1955 10. Steven Spielberg- Born in born December 18, 1946 (I know he was born in 1946 but it was hard for me not to include him since he was only 13 days shy of making the list) |
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| L.T
Hey guys I’m doing a research project for one my business classes and it involves looking up the 10 most influential people that are born after the end of WWII. So far I listed Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the world wide web). I was hoping you guys can help me figure the rest of them. So my question is who do you think is the most influential person born in 1946 or later and why? |
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| Bobby
(@bobbyalone)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
Kurt Cobain was influential for a short period of time. He’s the best I can think of for being born after the war. |
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| General Tits Von Chodehoffen
(@generaltitsvonchodehoffen)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
Cobain? Get the fuck out of here. |
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| James
(@jameslarson13)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
as much as i dont like it, oprah |
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| General Tits Von Chodehoffen
(@generaltitsvonchodehoffen)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
Hahahaha Oprah might be right! |
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| MIZ
(@slugamiz)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
Is it just influential people in business? and i think steven spielberg influenced film in a huge way, so you could include him. |
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| L.T
It could be anybody from athlete to motivational speaker. So far I added oprah, mark zuckerberg, and steven spielberg |
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| Ray Butler
I could not help to mension Cat Stevens, have you heard his lyrics? Damn near prophetic. |
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| General Tits Von Chodehoffen
(@generaltitsvonchodehoffen)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
Athletes you say? Perhaps some soccer player, Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson. |
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| Stephen
(@stepvhen)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
Bin Laden. ->Wars Al Pacino. -> Characters inspired millions JFK -> Durrrrrrr John Lennon. -> Invented the piano |
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| Ty
Bin Laden should be up there. JFK, Lennon, Pacino, Ali, Pele, were all born before 1946. Oprah might be on there, but I’m not sure if she’d be top 10, especially if you’re talking about world history, not just US history. Cobain, no way. Zuckerberg, in terms of his product, definitely. Maybe one of the people who pioneered cellphone technology? |
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| L.T
All of these are great. Keep them coming! My professor specifically asked for people who were born after 1946 so jfk, lennon, ali and pele would not work for this project. I would have to list them in ranking order of how influential they are base on data which is kind of hard if I wanted to use somebody like ray suggested, Cat Stevens. |
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| Bobby
(@bobbylloydxd)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
I dont really see how zuckerberg gets on the list when all he did was copy tom from myspace. facebook will be a ghost town in 5 years and the guys from google will be the big deal, they might be good for your list anyway. maybe dick cheney but hes probably to old, maybe tupac, bob marley, michael jordan is probably the most iconic athlete since then. |
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| kile moore
Michael Jackson? |
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| kile moore
Steve Jobs? |
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| Malcolm
(@evenagain)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
Julian assange cuz he’s a symbol of expression |
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| Ray Butler
Princess Diana, ok maybe not in the U.S but damn she was big time for the rest of us. |
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| Arthur
(@arthurfragoso)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
tech guys? (Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Tim Berners-Lee) what about Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Dennis Ritchie (passed away 7 days after Steven Jobs went to iCloud (iHeaven)) |
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| Arthur
(@arthurfragoso)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
ops, Dennis Ritchie was born in 1941, he can’t go to your list :/ |
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| Ray Butler
Alexa, I really do not know how big Princess Diana was in the U.S, or if she was big. But coming from me, an Australian, few people have been so memorable and influential as her. Queen Elizabeth the 2nd is amazing as is William and Harry but no royal has been followed so obsessively than Diana. It is hard to explain, maybe it is her common blood, the unlikely princess, even reluctant princess. So shy yet captivating. Commanding everyones attention. A heart phenomenal in size that such a small frame can not contain, it spills into the world and affects it in such a way. It is so hard to explain. |
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| L.T
To answer Alexa’s question, they can be anybody in the world.They don’t have to be strictly born in the U.S. |
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| Kaleb
(@huskeyk)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
i agree with bill gates as an influential person. and i suppose that steve jobs would also be in that same vein. it’s pretty difficult to ignore technological innovators in a list of “influential people of the modern era.” with that thought in mind, you might consider people like jeff bezos, the founder of amazon.com musically, i don’t think that kurt cobain belongs on this list as much as someone like michael jackson. but that’s purely an opinion. could i perhaps introduce, like, j.k. rowling? she’s experienced a huge rise in influence in the past years. also, question: is this a case in which fictional people may enter the discussion? i’ve done a project similar to this and i had several fictional people on that list. |
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| Ray Butler
Stephen King just scrapes in on age. Yes, people in technological innovation are very influential. However, colour me an idiot, I did not really know who Steve Jobs was. Other than Bill Gates I haven’t heard of any of the techno-wizards brought up. |
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| Arthur
(@arthurfragoso)
1 year, 7 months ago ago
Julian Assange and Anonymous :D |
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