FamCore's Favorite Historical Figures

Below is a list of historical figures (some are from recent history or even modern day, but I am bunching them all together) that I have been inspired from in one form or another. I don't agree with some of the actions some of these individuals did, but I wanted to compile a list all in one place and share it here for discussion. Feel free to add other individuals who inspired you. Here we go:

Herodotus

Nikola Tesla

Marcus Aurelius

Albert Einstein

Salvador Dali

Arnold Bocklin

Johann Sebastian Bach

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Johannes Brahms

Robert Nesta Marley

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dante Alighieri

Joseph Campbell

Walter Russell

John Milton

Princess Diana

General George Patton

Theodore Roosevelt Jr

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

John F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King Jr.

Harry Houdini

Saladin (An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)

Barry Sanders

Michael Jordan

Muhhammad Ali

William Melvin "Bill" Hicks

George Carlin

Frank Sinatra

Sammy Davis Jr.

Dean Martin

Marvin Gaye

Sam Cooke

Leon Bridges

Kevin Levrone

Lee Priest

Tom Platz

Dallas McCarver

Immortal Technique (Felipe Andres Coronel)

Tupac Shakur

Judge Andrew Napolitano

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Bruce Lee

Gary Webb


I'm sure there are dozens more I can't think of right now.

Bill Hicks, surely.

a reply to: FamCore

Socrates

Plato

Pythagoras

Various philosophers and occultist' of whom I can't remember their names.

Oh and myself of course, I am an important modern historical figure, in my own mind.

a reply to: FamCore

Socrates

Plato

Pythagoras

Various philosophers and occultist' of whom I can't remember their names.

Oh and myself of course, I am an important modern historical figure, in my own mind.

a reply to: threeeyesopen

Thanks for sharing - I am a huge fan of the great Greek philosophers!

Agreed, I too think I'm a fairly important 'historical figure' - perhaps in the future "my city will build monuments, listin my accomplishments" (lyrics from a song called Summer Reading List by Spitta Andretti)

Hmmm, Churchill, Patton, several of the Civil War generals (it's fascinating when you realize that so many on both sides attended West point together and so many knew each other), several of the ancient Romans.

I'm sure there are others if I think about it.