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<br>1. [[Jesus]]. “Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” (John 1: 3) That influence is hard to beat.
<br>2.	[[Adam]]. All humans have inherited their sinful nature from Adam.
<br>3.	[[Noah]]. “So the lord said, ‘I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth… for I am sorry that I have made them.’ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Genesis 6: 7-8) God preserved his creation for the sake of Noah.
<br>4.	[[Abraham]].  Abraham was the father of the Jews and the Moslems through Isaac and Ishmael respectively. He sacrificed [[Isaac]] on mount Moriah and is and remains a great example of faith.
<br>5.	[[Moses]].  Leader of the Israelites through whom God gave the Ten Commandments.
<br>6.	[[David]]. Second king of Israel whose psalms have great influence to this day.
<br>7.	[[Paul]]. Evangelist and author of many new-testament books.
<br>8.	[[Alexander the Great]]. Conqueror of most of the known world.
<br>9.	Constantine.  Roman emperor who spread Christianity.
<br>10.	Julius Caesar.  Great Roman dictator whose murder set the stage for the Roman Empire.
<br>11.	[[Thomas Jefferson]].  Third President of the United States, author of the [[Declaration of Independance]], and mover/shaker in the [[Bill of Rights]].
<br>(Benjamin S.)

<br>Jesus
<br>[[Julius Caesar]]
<br>[[George Washington]]
<br>[[Isaac Newton]]
<br>Alexander the Great
<br>Adam
<br>Thomas Edison
<br>Napoleon
<br>Martin Luther
<br>Nicolaus Copernicus.
<br>(submitted by Nathanael H.)

<br>1.	Jesus
<br>2.	Adam ( and Eve)
<br>3.	Abraham
<br>4.	Muhammad
<br>5.	Apostle Paul
<br>6.	Karl Marx
<br>7.	Martin Luther
<br>8.	Charles Darwin
<br>9.	Aristotle
<br>10.	Charles Martel
<br>(submitted by Daniel M.)

<br>1.	Jesus
<br>2.	Moses
<br>3.	Mohammed
<br>4.	Buddha
<br>5.	Confucius
<br>6.	Alexander the Great
<br>7.	Napoleon
<br>8.	Paul (the Apostle)
<br>9.	Sir Isaac Newton
<br>10.	Louis Pasteur
<br>(submitted by Duncan B.)

<br>1. Jesus Christ
<br>2. Noah 
<br>3. Moses
<br>4. The Apostle Paul
<br>5. Socrates 
<br>6. Archimedes 
<br>7. John Locke 
<br>8. Sir Isaac Newton 
<br>9. Alexander the Great 
<br>10. Christopher Columbus
<br>(submitted by Chris J.)

<br>1.  Jesus
<br>2.  Alexander the Great
<br>3.  Mohammed
<br>4.  Karl Marx
<br>5.  Socrates
<br>6.  Martin Luther
<br>7.  Charles Darwin
<br>8.  Louis Pasteur
<br>9.  William Shakespeare
<br>10. Martin Luther King, Jr.
<br>(submitted by Julianna M.)

<br>1. Jesus Christ: Central figure in Christianity.
<br>2. Mohammad: Founder of Islam.
<br>3. Isaac Newton: A physicist who discovered the theory of universal gravitation, the laws of motion, and major developments in mathematics, optics, and thermodynamics.
<br>4. Moses:  A prophet of Judaism and the leader of Israel.
<br>5. Buddha:  The Founder of Buddhism.
<br>6. Confucius:  The Founder of Confucianism.
<br>7. Albert Einstein:  A physicist who discovered the theory of relativity, and Einsteinian physics.
<br>8. Ts'ai Lun: The inventor of paper.
<br>9. Johannes Gutenberg: the inventor who developed movable type and printing.
<br>10. Christopher Columbus: An explorer who led Europe to the Americas.
<br>(submitted by Tyler M.)

<br>1. Jesus Christ 
<br>2. Mohammad 
<br>3. Augustus Caesar 
<br>4. Christopher Columbus 
<br>5. Vladimir Lenin
<br>6. Charles Darwin
<br>7. Alexander the Great
<br>8. Albert Einstein
<br>9. Constantine the Great
<br>10. Martin Luther
<br>(submitted by Max M.)

<br>George Washington
<br>Benjamin Franklin
<br>Alexander the Great
<br>Napoleon 
<br>Thomas Edison
<br>Mikhail Kalashnikov (inventor of the AK-47)
<br>Winston Churchill
<br>Julius Cesar
<br>Isaac/Ishmael  
<br>And of course, Jesus.
<br>(submitted by Scott J.)

<br>1. Jesus (His death opened the gateways of heaven for all mankind.)  
<br>2. Confucius (His system of thought laid the foundation of society in China, Korea, and Japan.)
<br>3. Muhammad (Founded Islam which for good or ill has been one of the most influential religions both politically and culturally)
<br>4. Socrates
<br>5. Henry Ford (built the first popular automobile and started mass production)
<br>6. Archimedes (laid the foundation for mathematics)
<br>7. Alexander the Great (spread the Greek language and conquered the world)
<br>8. Ronald Reagan (parted the Iron Curtain) 
<br>9. Shakespeare (his writings shaped English culture and therefore the World)
<br>10. Winston Churchill (Inspired the British and their allies to resist the Nazis)
<br>(Billy M.)

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