Rules:
List names (explanations optional)No flaming/debating (just let people list - I know, difficult concept on ST)Athletes, non-athletes, whateverWhy? Because I want to. Sucks, doesn’t it?
I’ll start:
Lance Armstrong
Bo Ryan
Brett Favre
Veterans
In no particular order:
My boss
My dad
My nephew
All are examples of intelligent, kind and generous persons.
Anyone doing better than me.
Chrissy Wellington.
Gordie Howe
Bob Dylan
Jesus
Jeffery Lebowski
Admiral Hyman Rickover
Mark Twain
Leonardo da Vinci
.
Living or Dead?
Florence Nightingale
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Mark Twight
Chris Hoy
Lord Winston
Stephen Hawking
Nassim Taleb
Got to keep the diversity in…
at different levels
Leibniz
Evarist Galois
Ramanujan
Michael DeBakey
Roger Federer
Haile Gebrselassie
Tim Berners-Lee
Jonathan Edwards
.
choco leibniz?
I had Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in mind, but now that you mention choco Leibniz…
Anyone who chooses a career where they would likely earn less money, but they do so because they want to help make the world a better place. Included in this list are soldiers, teachers, people who work for charities, clergy, *some *politicians, social workers, paramedics, police, firefighters…
People who are their childrens’ parent, not their best friend.
People who find a way to stay married to their SO through the good times and the bad.
Most foster parents.
My Mom
Winston Churchill
Sir Richard Burton (the explorer)
Vets
da Vinci
Amudsen
Columbus
MLK
JFK
Michaelangelo
Lincoln
Jesus
.
George Washington
Sam Walton
Lance Armstrong
Ronald Reagan
Steve Prefontaine
Mark Messier
My Father
My Grandfather
Henry Ford
Milton Hershey
Benjamin Franklin
.
Vlad Tepes
Gary Ridgeway
Ed Gein
John Gacy
Jeffery Dahmer
Albert Fish
Ted Bundy
.
Jesus
Ronald Reagan
Coach Pat Summit
.
Alan Turing - because he saved the world, with gay math
Chrissie Wellington - Because whoa
Torbjorn - Because his fucking name is thunderbear
Greg LeMond - because he is telling the truth even though it costs him his business and popularity.
Me
Just about everybody else to one extent or another
.
Big Kahuna.
Brett Favre??? And why do you assume we think it sucks for you to list people you admire?
Oh…my list:
Bob Dylan
Edmund Hillary
Roger Bannister
Mark Helprin
Thomas Wolfe
St. Augustine
C.S. Lewis
Kelly Slater
Gerry Lopez
Bernard Moitessier
Off the top of my head.
Art, Vitus, and Big Kahuma for their brave stance against the lefties on this board
Irishsailsman for his apparent obsession with anal sex.
Jesus
My dad
My mom
Thomas Jefferson
FDR
Lew Wallace
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