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Greatest people voted for by their nation

Four lists to compare of the greatest people voted for by their nation. I will let you interpret the national differences based upon these choices.
 
Top 10 greatest Britons
1. Churchill
2. Brunel
3. Diana
4. Darwin
5. Shakespeare
6. Newton
7. Lennon
8. Elizabeth I
9. Nelson
10. Cromwell 
 
Top 10 greatest Americans
1 Ronald Reagan
2 Abraham Lincoln
3 Martin Luther King
4 George Washington
5 Benjamin Franklin
6 George W Bush
7 Bill Clinton
8 Elvis Presley
9 Oprah Winfrey
10 Franklin D Roosevelt
 
Top 10 greatest French
  • Military and political leader Charles de Gaulle
  • Nobel Prize-winning physicist Marie Curie
  • Chemist and microbiology pioneer Louis Pasteur
  • Comedian Coluche
  • Prolific comic actor and singer Bourvil
  • Poet and novelist Victor Hugo
  • 17th century playwright Molière
  • Singer Edith Piaf
  • Undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau
  • Jesuit priest Abbé Pierre, a poverty activist who also helped Jews escape from the Nazis
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    Top 10 Greatest Canadians
    1 Tommy Douglas
    2 Terry Fox
    3 Pierre Elliott Trudeau
    4 Sir Frederick Banting
    5 David Suzuki
    6 Lester B. Pearson
    7 Don Cherry 
    8 Sir John A. Macdonald
    9 Alexander Graham Bell
    10 Wayne Gretzky
    Published Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:08 AM by mfussell
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    Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:56 PM by Travis Owens

    # re: Greatest people voted for by their nation

    We as Americans should be ashamed if the general public feels a music pop star somehow belongs in the top 10 least of Greatest Americans.... yes I'm talking about Elvis.

    I Oprah is arguable but I'm not dead against it, but a pop star is just going too far. Heck I would put Donald Trump or Puffy above Elvis, they've actually contributed something substantial to America.
    Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:30 PM by Tobin Titus

    # re: Greatest people voted for by their nation

    So I have to ask why you listed all the Frogs with their traits, but for the other countries, you just supplied their names?
    Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:54 PM by skits

    # re: Greatest people voted for by their nation

    I wonder who did the voting.
    Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:21 AM by Vinodi

    # re: Greatest people voted for by their nation

    Here is a list of top 10 Indians ( my choice )

    1. Mahatma Gandhi
    2. Jawahar Lal Nehru
    3. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
    4. Indira Gandhi
    5. Sunil Gavaskar
    6. Lata Mangeshkar
    7. Ravi Shankar
    8. Amitabh Bacchan
    9. Mother Teresa
    10. K.V.Narayan Murthy
    Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:08 AM by Mike Gaunce

    # re: Greatest people voted for by their nation

    Interesting. The US has a majority of presidents (6) while the others have significantly greater emphasis on cultural/scientific acheivment.
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