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Interesting. I don't know that much about boxing pre-Ali or post-Tyson.
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NDavenue
(7483 Posts - Original UHND Member)
Posted at 3:14 pm on May 20, 2019
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Of course, I remember Sugar Ray Leonard too.
I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
Replies to: "Interesting. I don't know that much about boxing pre-Ali or post-Tyson."
Who do you think are the Top 5 most famous Americans of all time?
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NDavenue
- 2:34pm 5/20/19
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Any Top 5 Most Famous Americans without Bruce Lee is bogus and racist.
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Aragoto
- 9:58am 5/21/19
I’m in Martial Arts and a huge Bruce fan. Can’t believe I didn’t think of him.
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NDavenue
- 10:44am 5/21/19
What style? How long?
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Aragoto
- 1:49pm 5/21/19
Ninjitsu. 10 years. 3rd Degree BB. Train under Stephen K. Hayes.
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NDavenue
- 5:00pm 5/21/19
I doubt politicians are so well-known as most on the board thought they are. All politics are local,
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Eli
- 12:27am 5/21/19
Lincoln, Current President du joir, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Reagan.....
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BaronVonZemo
- 10:41pm 5/20/19
I had kids in remote villages in Bangladesh talk about Michael Jackson.
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NDavenue
- 10:46am 5/21/19
1. Jesus Christ 2. John Wayne 3. Uncle Sam 4. Knute Rockne 5. Marilyn Monroe
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MAS
- 10:01pm 5/20/19
You do know that North American Jesus was baptized in PA? We claim him as a native son.
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Frank L
- 11:13pm 5/20/19
JePa?
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TakethetrainKnute
- 5:34am 5/21/19
Of course. In Happy Valley.
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MAS
- 11:14pm 5/20/19
Not too far away.
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Frank L
- 11:17pm 5/20/19
my picks
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Hank the Tank
- 8:38pm 5/20/19
most famous people--in the world
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Hank the Tank
- 8:43pm 5/20/19
In the world? I would think Jesus & Mohammad would be the top 2.
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NedoftheHill
- 10:14pm 5/20/19
...followed closely by Snoop Dogg...
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TakethetrainKnute
- 8:46am 5/21/19
I've never heard of any of those people.
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LehighND
- 7:30pm 5/20/19
Troublemaker.
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NedoftheHill
- 9:35pm 5/20/19
Good topic. I don't think Jordan will be remembered much in 50 years. Michael Jackson?...maybe.
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NedoftheHill
- 6:12pm 5/20/19
Michael Jackson’s posthumous controversies keeps him relevant.
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NDavenue
- 8:17pm 5/20/19
Michael Jackson will always be remembered anytime someone advertises "Boys underwear 50% off!"
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TakethetrainKnute
- 9:30am 5/21/19
What women make the Top 10? Any? Maybe Oprah or Jane Fonda? Madonna?
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NDavenue
- 5:00pm 5/20/19
None that I can think of--maybe Goldermiear--spelling is off
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Hank the Tank
- 9:08pm 5/20/19
Golda Meir--thats it
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Hank the Tank
- 9:09pm 5/20/19
Even Baron can answer this one.
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LehighND
- 7:38pm 5/20/19
Emilia Earhart
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NedoftheHill
- 6:13pm 5/20/19
Yeah, she may too the list for women.
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NDavenue
- 8:15pm 5/20/19
#Maytoo
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TakethetrainKnute
- 6:35am 5/21/19
Oprah's a daytime talk show host who stole Phil Donohue's format but resonated better with women and
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TakethetrainKnute
- 5:38pm 5/20/19
History is a funny thing. Take 1969 for example. Lots of famous shit from that year will be
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Frank L
- 6:27pm 5/20/19
You forgot Charles Manson and the release of 1910 Fruitgum Company's seminal album, "Indian Giver."
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MAS
- 10:20pm 5/20/19
In a hundred years they are all footnotes.
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Frank L
- 5:08pm 5/20/19
Washington, Lincoln, King, Edison, and FDR.
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Frank L
- 4:59pm 5/20/19
After serious meditation I concur.
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Curly1918
- 6:42pm 5/20/19
Chinese school textbook has works of Mark Twain & O Henry. But writings of Russia/France/UK dominate
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Eli
- 7:17pm 5/20/19
Some but not many. Hemingway, Lloyd Wright, Sergeant, Wood, Homer, Twain, Fitzgerald, Frost. None
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Frank L
- 6:48pm 5/20/19
Michaelangelo. Shakespeare, Mozart, Voltaire, Aristotle, Tolstoy are giants on the world stage
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Curly1918
- 9:05pm 5/20/19
They might be giants...
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TakethetrainKnute
- 6:34am 5/21/19
Washington, Lincoln, King, Einstein, N.Armstrong.
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NedoftheHill
- 6:09pm 5/20/19
Trump ahead of Lincoln? Maybe in 2019, but not in history.
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Chris94
- 3:56pm 5/20/19
Who was Obama's closest world challenger?
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MAS
- 10:04pm 5/20/19
Einstein did become a citizen. Not sure Elvis had the staying power
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NDavenue
- 4:58pm 5/20/19
Now he does, but in a hundred years will anyone remember or care about him?
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Frank L
- 5:06pm 5/20/19
Agreed. I wouldn't put Trump, Obama or Reagan in a top 5, even though they are quite famous.
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NedoftheHill
- 6:15pm 5/20/19
Reagan was consequential prez who helped change history. The other two not so much IMHO.
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Frank L
- 6:40pm 5/20/19
Yes, I hate to think of what Grenada would be like now if not for Reagan.
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LehighND
- 7:37pm 5/20/19
Mister Lehigh...tear down that wall...
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TakethetrainKnute
- 6:38am 5/21/19
Mister Lehigh in reply......too much work.
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Frank L
- 11:40am 5/21/19
Probably just..."meh"
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TakethetrainKnute
- 12:56pm 5/21/19
Right? Or Germany, Russia the Baltics, Ukraine, and any of the former Warsaw Pact countries.
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Frank L
- 7:41pm 5/20/19
Could toss in Bill Gates, Neil Armstrong and Walt Disney.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 4:04pm 5/20/19
Gates will be in top list after group of age 70-80 die. He's very popular in Africa/Asia. Disney is
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Eli
- 7:22pm 5/20/19
PT Barnum the ultimate huckster and salesman should be ranked.
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PBHangingChad
- 5:48pm 5/20/19
Maybe not top five, but top 15 yeah. He invented popular entertainment.
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Frank L
- 5:55pm 5/20/19
And fostered the Trumps of the world. No one ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the
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PBHangingChad
- 6:15pm 5/20/19
Yep, and you can easily substitute the intelligence of the American voter.
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Frank L
- 6:17pm 5/20/19
I get it. History is a funny thing. The timing was right. May not come around again for 50 years.
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PBHangingChad
- 6:23pm 5/20/19
Just said the same thing above.
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Frank L
- 6:28pm 5/20/19
It was so brilliant I thought I would repeat it.
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PBHangingChad
- 6:37pm 5/20/19
all time? Info age only 40 yrs, social media only 15 ys. So, I would say It's still Thomas Edison
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Eli
- 3:31pm 5/20/19
Jack Dempsey needs to be on the list
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Nigel Tufnel
- 3:06pm 5/20/19
No staying power, though. Most won't know who he is today. Lindbergh & Earhart are more famous now.
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NedoftheHill
- 6:01pm 5/20/19
He’s a good choice. So is Ruth. Every bit as popular in their day as any sports figure now.
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Frank L
- 5:44pm 5/20/19
Is there a more famous sports figure than Ruth? I would put Muhammad Ali as a close second.
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NedoftheHill
- 6:21pm 5/20/19
Interesting. I don't know that much about boxing pre-Ali or post-Tyson.
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NDavenue
- 3:14pm 5/20/19
Kim Kardashian
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TakethetrainKnute
- 3:05pm 5/20/19
You have exposed your leanings some might say
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PBHangingChad
- 2:53pm 5/20/19
Oops sorry some aren’t Americans but they did influence the US
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PBHangingChad
- 2:55pm 5/20/19
Arnold Palmer, Martin Luther King, JFK/FDR,
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THEISMANCARR
- 2:46pm 5/20/19
Just because a guy mixes tea and lemonade, that doesn't make him famous.
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NedoftheHill
- 6:02pm 5/20/19
Tiger is more famous internationally than Arnie
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Chris94
- 3:56pm 5/20/19
Not by a long shot...his name is Eldrick Tont Woods....
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Aragoto
- 7:19pm 5/20/19
Not sure how famous they were outside of the West.
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NDavenue
- 2:48pm 5/20/19
I missed that you listed FDR. That's a good call.
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NDavenue
- 2:53pm 5/20/19
No Muhammad Ali?
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TakethetrainKnute
- 2:41pm 5/20/19
That's a good one. Definitely in the Top 10.
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NDavenue
- 2:42pm 5/20/19