h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I added Owen because when they had footage from Kabul on the news last night of someone reopening a sports shop his was the poster on the wall...also our tour guide in Lesotho had a replica Owen shirt.

Can we have personal 'most famous people'

In that case my most famous person would be Lech Walesa, leader of the Solidarity Party who helped lead Poland out of communism and became the first democratically ellected leader of Poland !!

I'd go with Gandi. But if he doesn't win the majority vote then I'd say Niro.


heart of Darkness

The chance to say something so crassly irritating on h2g2 without fear of contradiction is unlikely to present itself again, and I'm far too immature to pass it up: you're all wrong

The Marlboro Man wins hands down.

Che Guevara

Alji

Spartacus - he's been around longer than Jesus and they're still making films and documantaries about him!!

Karl Marx (or Pee Wee Herman) I'm undecided.

The nominations so far (numbers are how many votes)
Pele 2
Jesus 6
Moses 1
Abraham 1
Mohammed 2
Krishna 1
The Queen 3
Chairman Mao 3
Karl Marx 2
The Beatles/lennon 3
Yuri Gagarin 1
Neil Armstrong 1
Mr Benn 1
Princess Di 3
Hitler 3
Harry Potter 1
The Pope 2
George Bush 1
Osama Bin Laden 2
Julius Caesar 1
Queen Victoria 1
Saddam Hussein 1
Mohammed Ali 2
Arnie Schwarzennegger 1
Lenin 1
Josef Stalin 1
Alexander the Great 1
Cleopatra 1
Abraham 1
Michael Owen 1
Elton John 2
George Washington 1
Abraham Lincoln 1
Madonna 1
Kylie Minogue 1
Elvis Presley 1
David Bowie 1
JFK 1
David Beckham 1
George Best 1
Stefan Dennis 1
Lech Walesa 1
Ghandi 1
Nero 1
The Marlboro Man 1
Che Guevara 1
Spartacus 1
Pee Wee Herman 1

How about Adam, or Eve, for that matter....?

PS: I think a few in the list could qualify for the above title as well.

Well, most people in the world are budhists, and also non budhists know Budha, so I say Budha(?Spelliing?).


Dancer

I've already nomimated two people, but I'd agree with fish Dancer. Budha was a really big influence of his day, and continues to be today.

heart of Darkness

Thanks for the seconding

and if you look closely it's a hsif (a fish is )


Dancer

I'd just like to say i have no idea who Lech Walesa, Che Guevara, and Yuri Gagarin are.

please forgive my ignorance!

Hmm, I would have thought you'd know who Che was. But how can we have a "personal" most famous. Surely fame can't be measured by asking one person.

*goes and getts her encyclopedic dictionary to look up people's names

ahh right a polish revolutionary, an argitinian/cuban revolutionary and a cosmonaut.

hmm my recent history ain't to good so not surprised didn't knwo first two but being a scientist probably should have knowen the last.

Its okay MrsCloud, my own grasp of history is pretty awful; I have absolutely no memory for dates and names.

It usually takes something significant to jar my brain into remembering something historical.

However as an aspiring mechanical/aeronautical engineer you probably ought to look up the history of flight and space travel. There are a few names that do spring to mind:

Wilbur and Orville Wright
Louis Bleriot
Reginald Mitchell
Frank Whittle
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin

Being at least familiar with the past will do your credibility no end of good when it comes to finding that first job.

You want to be an aeronautical eng and you don't know Gagarin? To be honest that is really bad.

stupid thing is i've been to Huntsville (twice) and Kennedy etc. and have an interest in space i guess i have a blind spot there. I maybe doing aero but am more a car person myself.