148 Years Ago...

[LincolnMan]

(04-16-2013 03:15 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  I don't know how accurate this is, but it sounds plausible.

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. William Shakespeare
4. The Bronte sisters, authors of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights
5. Jane Austen - author of Pride and Prejudice
6. Marie Curie - scientist (won the Nobel Prize for her discovery of radium)
7. George Washington
8. Martin Luther King
9. Elvis Presley
10. Florence Nightingale (founder of nursing as a profession)

I've heard Napoleon was in the top ten.