Who Was The Most Influential Person In History?

Question:Who do you think did the most to change our way of life on Earth?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Who do you think did the most to change our way of life on Earth?

Cyrus the Great, Alexander the Great, Julius Ceasar, Charles de Gaul, Winston Churchill, Ghandi, ML King Jr., There are so many, no man has been most influential but rather alot. each period in time is different. But then again im obssessed with Persia so I would have to say Cyrus the Great. Why?

Because:

1. Father of the Biggest Empire the world has ever seen.
2. Great Military leader.
3.Implementation of one of the first monotheistic religions (Zoroastrianism)
4. Against Slavery
5. Creator of first charter of human rights (In U.N headquarters replica)
6. Freed JEws and aloowed them refuge in Persia.
Funny thing is Im french. I wrote my thesis on Achamenid Dynasty and i was fascinated, but theyre are hundreds of other influential men but he was a great ruler well ahead of his time. hope this helps, Peace

As far as influencing people in sheer numbers?

Toss up between Hitler and Michael Jackson.

Umm...well the people who invented our everyday things have affected our life most, like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. without them we wouldnt have electricity or a phone :(

id say columbus
he discovered america and without that yea over half the stuff that has happened since then wldnt have

yeah because if columbus didn't land here nobody else would have found america....

Jesus Christ

Besides reglious leaders ... Ghandi,Martin Luther King,Jr.,Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson.

There may be a tie between Jesus, Moses, and Mohammed. All three were behind the founding of religions that have had the most to do with shaping at least Western thought.

Mayer Amshel (Rothschild)

Yes I would also have to say Jesus.

NOAH in the bible he made the ship and he saved the people
from the water.

Walt Disney And TV

Abraham Lincoln>

In ancient history, I'm gonna go with the Emperor Constantine, who adopted Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire allowing the faith to thrive and spread across Europe.

In the contemporary world, I'll say Bill Gates. His technological advances have literally changed the face of the world. His work led to revolutions in communications and information.