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  • Canadarm, on 12/30/2007, -9/+15What, Marx but no Mises?
    • jmpeagle, on 12/30/2007, -0/+6how many governments have attempted to follow Mises' ideals or at least dropped his name to justify a policy? He may be influential in much of the academic and libertarian world, but I don't thing his impact was as strong as Marx.
      • Canadarm, on 12/31/2007, -1/+0We live in a world of relitively free markets and free trade. This is the opposite of what Marx taught and exactly what Mises taught. In fact, Mises students (Hayek, et al.) were largely responsible for driving this change by pushing Mises ideas.
      • dbt10, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Yeah, let is change this to: "What, Marx but no Adam Smith?"
        • jmpeagle, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1I think he is in there, right next to Otto von Bismarck
        • dbt10, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1I totally need to brush up on my famous philosopher head shots...
    • afx1, on 12/30/2007, -4/+21tay zonday is not there. marked as inaccurate.
    • 15charmaxwtf, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1This is a popularity contest I guess.
    • TheAcclaimed, on 12/31/2007, -0/+13Where's Waldo?
      • Kurisuto, on 12/31/2007, -1/+0Yeah & what about all the movie & cartoonproducers, where are they in all this?
        And what about me, what about me?? :(
    • epmc, on 12/31/2007, -0/+0No Bill Cosby?
    • Hallucinogenic, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2No Lennon?
      • khellendros1984, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3No. Guess the artist decided Lenin was close enough.
    • scimitar91, on 12/31/2007, -2/+6Two complaints.
      1. No Lennon
      2. No Jesus
      they're like the two most influential people ever
  • risinginteger, on 12/30/2007, -7/+2Einstein looks like he's upset there's no one to kancho.
    • deadlift, on 12/30/2007, -3/+12Just a note, 90% of them are men. Shows which gender is really killin' it.
      • apetrie, on 12/31/2007, -1/+2Right, it doesn't say anything about the state of equality throughout history or the opportunities available to women. /sarcasm

        We'll never know how influential women could have been in the past if their social status was different, maybe not any more so, maybe much more so, and your comment is over simplification at best.
        • deadlift, on 01/02/2008, -0/+2"A 29 year-old girl from Toronto, ON Canada who joined Digg on April 28th, 2006"

          obvious bias on your post. STOP RIGHT THERE
  • fusuke31, on 12/30/2007, -3/+111You got to be kidding. Shirley Temple?
    • Rotzooi, on 12/30/2007, -0/+12for being the gateway cocktail?
    • Humptydank, on 12/31/2007, -2/+17Okay, somebody has to stand up for good old Shirl...

      (From Wikipedia, mostly)

      An argument could be made that she saw the United States through the Depression, giving a measure of hope and innocent distraction at a time when things were at their worst. A measure of this success is that at the height of the Depression she was making $15,000 a week, and Bright Eyes singlehandedly saved Fox from bankruptcy.

      President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is reported to have proclaimed that "as long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right."

      In 1976, she became the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States which put in her charge of all State Department ceremonies, visits, gifts to foreign leaders and co-ordination of protocol issues with all U.S. embassies and consulates. She was United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1968 and 1989–92) and witnessed the Velvet Revolution. She commented, about her Ambassadorship, "That was the best job I ever had."

      Black was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1972, and underwent a mastectomy. She is often remembered as the first celebrity to publicly discuss her involvement with this form of cancer, providing education and inspiration to many. In an interview published on the web page of the The American Cancer Society, actress Barbara Barrie is quoted as saying:

      "Shirley Temple Black was the first person who said, on national television, 'I have breast cancer.' It wasn't Betty Ford, it was Shirley Temple, child star. One of the greatest stars of the world ever. And, she was so brave to say that, because first of all, people never said 'cancer' and they never said 'breast,' not in public. She said it and she set the whole ball rolling. People don't remember that, but she did it."

      So what the heck, I'd keep her in.
  • bossm4n, on 12/30/2007, -2/+104Pele', Mike Tyson, Shirley Temple and The Godfather? WTF?
    • AdonisEffect, on 12/30/2007, -12/+2I'm pretty sure that's Muhammad Ali, not Mike Tyson.
      • sundancekid503, on 12/30/2007, -1/+10I hope it's supposed to be Ali, but judging by the hair it definitely looks more like Tyson.
      • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -1/+8No, it's Tyson
        • tmccool, on 12/30/2007, -1/+22Mike Tyson influenced me to eat your children.
          • BruceBogtrotter, on 01/07/2008, -0/+1And to kick their testicles.
      • danwallace, on 12/30/2007, -1/+19It's Tyson on his ass. Ali just left.
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -0/+8I can see Pele being on the list cause he's the most famous star of the biggest sport in the world, but the others I have no ***** clue why they are on there.
    • Mouser58907, on 12/30/2007, -4/+34and no jesus? Religious or not, he has influenced the world more than anyone.
      • ElimGarak, on 12/30/2007, -14/+13As a fictional figure that stands in for 2000+ year old philosophy. Not as a real person with actual evidence of his existence.
        • petebert, on 12/30/2007, -9/+1this is digg, we all know that already. but like mouser said JC has been pretty huge in world history, wonder how many deaths because of him, more then hitler?
          • gllopc, on 12/31/2007, -8/+2Bugs Bunny's has been fairly influential as well, but is not on the list. What do these two characters has in common?
          • atomofconsumpti, on 12/31/2007, -4/+1hahaha
        • SiNN4R, on 12/31/2007, -7/+7He was a real person he just didn't have magical powers.
          • Joshuarr, on 12/31/2007, -3/+4Did he tell you to say that?
          • gllopc, on 12/31/2007, -2/+3Even if I agree, neither of us have proof. The collective writings of the existence of a character doesn't mean he exists.
          • MrWally, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1Oh right, I forgot. So Abraham Lincoln didn't exist either, right? And either did George Washington or Napoleon or Christopher Columbus?
        • atomofconsumpti, on 12/31/2007, -2/+1you are right.
      • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -0/+7Moses might have something to say about that. Remember, Christianity is based on Jewish beliefs. No Moses, no Jesus
      • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4where is Cleopatra, at least we know she existed.
      • MrMeikel, on 12/31/2007, -1/+8I thought it was accepted someone called Jesus was alive at the time, going around preaching/talking to people. Even if you don't believe he was the Son of God, or any of that stuff.
        • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -4/+3Accepted by Christians, but no proof - none of the Historians from that time recorded anything about him.
          • petebert, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1I dont think he was suggesting he was real, simply has had a huge impact.
          • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Its says it right there in his comment "I thought it was accepted someone called Jesus was alive at the time" call me a nut, but it seems to me that sentence indicates he thinks Jesus was real.
      • Scynet, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2We don't know what Jesus looked like if he existed in the first place. You could use the generic white-faced and long-haired version we've learned to know, or a more realistic one like this: http://www.rejesus.co.uk/expressions/faces_jesus/g ...

        They're all just quesses though, we can't know a face of a person that lived 2000 years ago anyway.
      • SolidSnake24, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Jesus is there (i think), he's sitting at the table, stoned or something
    • jester55, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3i found saddam hussein and osama
    • Sroek, on 12/31/2007, -0/+11The title of the digg submission is misleading. It's not most influential people, it's the most iconic.
    • MasterPain, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Thats not Mike Tyson it is obviously Balrog from Street Fighter 2
      • mag4mag, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1lol and I was wondering all day where I have seen that guy
  • Rotzooi, on 12/30/2007, -5/+68Dugg for Bruce Lee.
    • phpchris, on 12/30/2007, -20/+1It actually looks more like Jet Li.
      • TheVirus, on 12/31/2007, -0/+11If it were Jet Li, he'd be hanging from some strings.
  • Haiz, on 12/30/2007, -7/+15Why is Hitler next to Beethoven, and Moses by Jackie Robinson?!
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -0/+13What's your point? I don't think the placing of the people has any meaning in the picture. Would you rather Hitler be next to Jackie Robinson? Cause that would be screwed up.
      • deadlift, on 12/30/2007, -0/+20No, Hitler next to Moses would be screwed up.
      • Haiz, on 12/30/2007, -0/+6It does. Abraham Lincoln's smiling in the direction of Mao Zedong.
    • LemonHerb, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Where's Jackie Robinson?
  • Ninjao, on 12/30/2007, -24/+4Im hoping the majority of Digg can name at LEAST 10 people in that picture. But who am I kidding?
    • iceman0113, on 12/30/2007, -3/+14I spy with my little eye:
      Elvis, Ghengis Khan, Napoleon, Ghandi, Mother Theresa, Caesar, Clinton, Michael Jordan, Lincoln, Bush, Fidel Castro, Osama bin Laden, William Shakespeare, Bruce Lee, Pele, Qin, Confucius, and is that Christopher Reeves on the left hand side?
      • fugazi, on 12/30/2007, -0/+7I see Indiana Jones...
        • ElimGarak, on 12/30/2007, -0/+2Looks more like Patric Stewart when he was playing Picard when he in turn was playing Dixon Hill.
      • cleanme, on 12/30/2007, -2/+0Who do you think is Christopher Reeve? I can't figure out who you're talking about.

        Cheers
      • theojanke, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4If you're talking about the guy on the top left with the glasses, I think that might be Bill Gates.
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -9/+2Cum on noww, we dont be dat dum on diigg
    • raskali, on 12/31/2007, -2/+2Considering it's a list by a white guy spoon fed on the western world's history, I'm sure most could.
  • BasL, on 12/30/2007, -39/+9Yeah, but where's Steve Jobs?
    • psg188, on 12/30/2007, -12/+9People like you are why I hate most apple fanboys.
    • BasL, on 12/30/2007, -4/+8Jeezz... I was KIDDING!

      And come on, Bill Gates is on it, and so is Bush Senior. As a fanboy I wouldn't even WANT my hero in this lame picture.
      • ElimGarak, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9BillG is not in there. Although you are right, he should be.
      • BasL, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6> BillG is not in there.

        Yes he is. Or do you think the guy sitting top left is Christopher Reeves, too?
    • mikesty, on 12/30/2007, -3/+3Don't worry, I thought your comment was funny.
    • tmccool, on 12/31/2007, -6/+1lol @ -22 for mentioning Jobs' name

      p.s. i'm posting this from a macbook pro
  • Duilen, on 12/30/2007, -0/+43Shirley Temple should be replaced with Joan of Arc.
    • Kronos6948, on 12/30/2007, -3/+15Seriously. How can anyone miss Noah's wife.
  • MforMike, on 12/30/2007, -8/+30What about hulk hogan
  • pizzler, on 12/30/2007, -0/+65Can anyone come up with a list of everyone in this pic????
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -0/+7Would have to find out who painted it. Cause there's some confusion as to who some of them are.
      • deadlift, on 12/30/2007, -2/+26Yeah, especially when it comes to the Chinese people in the pic.

        I'm just saying!
      • ElimGarak, on 12/31/2007, -3/+1I think it is a Russian guy Glazunov or something. At least there are a ton of Russians in there, or people that influenced Russian culture and history. Possibly that's why Moses and Jesus aren't there (can't see them at least). They are not real big in Russia.
        • cephelo, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1The estimated 100 million Russian Orthodox Church members would like to disagree (in Russia alone; there are nearly 150 million of them world-wide). The Russian Orthodox Church is, in fact, a split from the Roman Catholic Church.
        • mirunit, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Look at the table and up front (with the sheep). Both are there.
    • haochi, on 12/31/2007, -0/+48This is what I have so far...

      Pelé
      Vladimir Lenin
      Moses
      Bill Clinton
      Deng Xiaoping
      Saddam Hussein
      Benito Mussolini
      Sun Yat-sen
      Empress Dowager Cixi
      Liu Xiang
      Michael Jordan
      Genghis Khan OR Kublai Khan
      Fidel Castro
      Che Guevara
      Zhou Enlai
      Marilyn Monroe OR maybe Paris Hilton, I don't know
      Abraham Lincoln
      Karl Marx
      Napoléon Bonaparte
      Mao Zedong
      Yasser Arafat
      Elvis Presley
      Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
      Mike Tyson
      Charlie Chaplin
      Vladimir Putin
      Elizabeth II
      Confucius
      Guan Yu
      Mother Teresa
      Luciano Pavarotti
      George H. W. Bush
      Prince Charles
      Qin Shi Huang
      William Shakespeare
      • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10Margaret Thatcher
        Audry Hepburn
        Winston Churchill
        Osama Bin Ladin
        Beethoven
      • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7Benjamin Netanyahu (behind M. Jordan)
      • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7Albert Einstein
        • brad3378, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2I can't tell ...... Is he wearing sketchers or Lugz ?
      • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -1/+4Mozart (far right, next to guy with camera - where are the Asian dudes on digg to name all the Asians for us.)
        • jpetrides, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3I believe that is John D. Rockefeller to the left of Michael Jordan
      • mirunit, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5Otto Von Bismarck (next to the right wall)
      • trvr, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7Bill Gates (top left, in the suit and tie).
      • mirunit, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6Kofi Annan (Next to prince charles)
      • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3Adolf Hitler
        Julius Cesar (to the right of Yasser Arafat)
        Shirley Temple
        I think that's King Luois xv to the right of Bill Clinton
      • TridenTBoy, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Um...Harrison ford as Indiana jones.
      • FuriousGopher, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5Humphrey Bogart
      • thunderbird, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4J. Robert Oppenheimer (next to Shakespeare)
      • stanleyford, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Charles de Gaulle (under Clinton)
      • brad3378, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3George Bush in pajamas holding a telescope?
      • bman784, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4To the right of Marx looks to be Nietzsche.
      • Nineless, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Leonardo Da Vinci, to the left of Marx.
        Nelson Mandela I guess between George Bush and Mother Theresa by the right wall.
        And who's that with the accordion behind Albert Einstein? Looks somewhat like Charles Darwin, but did he play the accordion?
      • edwardbc, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Corky Tatcher
      • lolsshea, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Is that Schrödinger's cat?
        • percival2, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1heh... dont expect anyone on digg to get that.

          (what i actually mean is that i was the only one smart enough, thus far, to get that :p )
      • LemonHerb, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Someone said somewhere else that Tolstoy is the one with the Accordian
        I believe the guy playin gthe trupet Between Thatches and Churchill is Ulysses Grant
        A freind of mine here at work thinks that is Marcos sitting at the table at the opposite side of Saddam.
        Also is that Teddy Rosavelt between them?
        Gorbachev is next to the wall.
        Also I think that could be Kevorkian at the table with Freud.
        The same guy who picked out Marcos thinks that could be Henry Ford sitting next to Chaplin, notice the car by his foot could be a model T.
        John Wayne next to Bush?
        Is that possibly Hirohito kneeling to the right of MJ?
      • hiwamy, on 01/01/2008, -0/+0Rabindranath Tagore
    • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Marlon Brando
    • xxvtcxx, on 12/31/2007, -0/+23can someone upload this to flickr and just tag all the faces?
  • nico623, on 12/30/2007, -7/+31Buried...no Pauly Shore !
  • smarty927, on 12/30/2007, -7/+28No Muhammad? hehe
    • deadlift, on 12/30/2007, -1/+11I don't see Jesus either
    • jmpeagle, on 12/30/2007, -6/+22BEHEAD THOSE WHO CARTOON ISLAM!!!!
    • deadlift, on 12/30/2007, -2/+10Actually now that I think about it, Muslims do not want Muhammed to be portrayed so as to stray away from making his image into an idol and worshipping it. It makes sense now why Muhammed (pbuh) was not included.
    • burkay, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8actually he is included... but not drawn.
    • roaryyyj, on 12/31/2007, -5/+4Yeah he was in there, until mr islamic-extremest ran in and blew the picture up so the artist had to start over again
    • elzafir, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2nobody knows how muhammad looks like. apparently.
    • skyfire1, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2Muhammed Ali is there.
  • bskerr88, on 12/30/2007, -8/+15the 'i like turtles' kid should be on there
  • Lutremi, on 12/30/2007, -14/+8Pfft, what, no Chuck Norris?
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -7/+4I know right, Chuch Norris would totally kick everyone's ass in that picture, with the exception of Gandhi.
      • danwallace, on 12/30/2007, -1/+8The last time Chuck Norris tried to fight Bruce Lee, it ended badly for him.
        • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -3/+1THAT'S A LIE!!! Chuck Norris has never lost a fight!
        • tehbored, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Except to Bruce Lee. Seriously.
        • cococooky, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Yes it did, Bruce broke his back....then cried.
      • Sroek, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Bruce Lee > Chuck Norris.

        By a longshot.
  • Hitpoint, on 12/30/2007, -2/+45AH HA! I finally found Waldo, he is that goofy guy in the back looking through the telescope!
    • betajippity, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5Now try to find where in that world Carmen Sandiego is.
  • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -0/+43Ummm what's Mike Tyson doing on there?
    • stopbrorape, on 12/30/2007, -1/+20Eating Saddam's children.
      • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -2/+11The artist should have painted an ear in Tyson's mouth.
    • captcanuk, on 12/31/2007, -2/+8That's not Mike Tyson, that's Balrogg from SF2.
    • FuriousGopher, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Agreed; Replace him with Terry Fox
  • neiltc13, on 12/30/2007, -21/+10That's funny. I don't see Ron Paul in there.
    • aflaks, on 12/30/2007, -11/+5your an idiot.
      • Haiz, on 12/30/2007, -1/+16You're
      • fightclub, on 12/31/2007, -4/+1Hail to the Grammar Nazi!!! (Seriously, I'm a grammar nazi too.... see my comma after seriously? hehehe keep up the good work) LOL
    • psg188, on 12/30/2007, -1/+6He's not that influential, that's why.
      Hopefully he'll be more so in the future.
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -6/+8He's in that painting of people that will NEVER win the Presidency.
      • guntario, on 12/31/2007, -3/+4Jumping in on the anti-ron paul bandwagon, huh?
        • neiltc13, on 12/31/2007, -3/+6I'd call it the "realism bandwagon" but whatever.
  • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -1/+22Anyone notice Bin Laden in the top righthand side, speaking with what looks like the Virgin Mary?
    • stopbrorape, on 12/30/2007, -1/+6***** we're on the wrong side.
    • psg188, on 12/30/2007, -1/+7CONSPIRACY!
    • Pake, on 12/30/2007, -1/+9He's probably pissed because he thought he was going to get showered with 40 virgins, not 1.
    • darkane, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2I had no idea that the Virgin Mary and Bin Laden were the original leaders of the KKK. I'm glad this painting cleared that up.
    • Jugalator, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Virgin negotiations for the afterlife. :) Bin Laden has his priorities right. ;)
  • silverspyder, on 12/30/2007, -8/+59Where's Jesus?
    • Urusai, on 12/30/2007, -14/+28Riding the invisible pink unicorn on the right.
      • topace3000, on 12/31/2007, -2/+4So Jesus didn't exist?
        • Hallucinogenic, on 12/31/2007, -3/+2Yes, I believe that was the point.
        • Monkeydew06, on 01/02/2008, -0/+0erm... Jesus is real, but his divinity is questionable. Thus Urusai fails.
    • nsv007, on 12/30/2007, -1/+2i spotted mother Theresa in the corner instead...Still cool.
    • orxor, on 12/31/2007, -15/+18Maybe the artists didn't want to include imaginary people.
      • pcsurfer17, on 12/31/2007, -5/+4ha your a moron, he was a real person
        • CannibalTom, on 12/31/2007, -3/+2Proof please?
        • FranksValli, on 12/31/2007, -3/+2It's more likely he existed and was an actual person than not. What people dispute is whether he performed miracles and was resurrected. Even people who doubt his divinity usually agree that he actually existed. What makes you doubt he didn't exist?
          • FranksValli, on 01/02/2008, -0/+1Someone would rather dig me down than reply to an honest comment?
        • einstein37, on 12/31/2007, -2/+3Where is your proof George Washington was real?
          • LemonHerb, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3Um, actual historical record outside of one fictional source.
          • STARTSOMETHING, on 01/01/2008, -1/+2I know what your saying Einstein. Give it 200 more years, and you could get people to actually doubt his existence.
      • dullly, on 12/31/2007, -1/+2Nobody disputes Jesus's existence you fool. He was written about by Josephus and the new testament which is an extremely accurate historical record of that period. It is all backed up by modern day Archaeology. Additionally, Whether or not he was the son of God, you would be an idiot not to realize that he is far and away the most influential person that has ever walked the planet. 2nd would be Rush Limbaugh, third is a tie between Reagan, Churchill, and Lincoln.
        • orxor, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Josephus never met Jesus, he wrote that paragraph around 96 CE. He barely mentions him in a short paragraph which has been shown to be mostly a forgery. Good evidence you have there.

          However theologians like John Marco Allegro, who was one of the translators of the dead sea scrolls has said that even *if* someone by the name of Jeshua lived around 30 CE he is not the person that was written about in new testament.

          I would like to see your archaeological evidence. Please cite examples.
          • FranksValli, on 01/01/2008, -2/+1I'm skeptical of the fact that we should want archaeological evidence in order to prove that any person actually existed. So in the MANY cases where we have no "archaeological evidence" or anything tangible, we should immediately rule out that the person actually existed? That's way too strict of a criteria and we would have VERY LITTLE history if that was seriously applied to all historical persons. Rather, we should approach history with good faith, assuming that people mentioned in history actually existed, UNLESS we have reason to doubt their existence.

            What's your reason to doubt that Jesus actually existed?
          • dullly, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1A better question is what archaeological evidence contradicts the new testament. Since you seem to think it was made up by someone there should be mountains of innacuracies. Answer = none.
      • STARTSOMETHING, on 01/01/2008, -2/+1Jesus was a real living person. Thats like saying Ben Franklin was an imaginary person.
    • dudefather, on 12/31/2007, -4/+25inside all of us!
    • deff, on 12/31/2007, -1/+4He's sitting at the table with his arms wide open (maybe in reference to his crucification?).
    • Hitpoint, on 12/31/2007, -11/+6This is a list of real people.... /snicker
    • lilkelkel, on 12/31/2007, -2/+7whether your a Christian or not, you cant deny that Jesus was a real historical person whose teachings have had a major impact on the world for nearly two thousand years.
      • LemonHerb, on 12/31/2007, -1/+4Why not? There is no real reson to believe Jesus ever existed beyond one's own faith. Which is great for people who believe that, but the story of King Arthur had a huge historical impact too. So did all the tales of Greco/Roman gods, and most other major religions that have passed through this world. So if being a real person is a requirement of major world impact then you have to reconsider your views on the historical existance of a great deal of characters.
        • scimitar91, on 12/31/2007, -2/+1Christianity is the world's leading religion. Whatever he was, I'd say that's pretty influential.
          • LemonHerb, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3True, but it's art not a declaration. The artist put in who he/she wanted and where it made sense. I mean there is no Darwin there either.
          • Sawta, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2@ LemonHerb: Besides, who would you even be able to sit next to Jesus? He'd obviously be stealing any thunder that they had.
            "Yeah, I brang peace to such and such a place."
            "People think I'm the son of God."
            "..."
  • carbonetc, on 12/30/2007, -2/+80I was very pleased to not find Paris Hilton.
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -4/+7She's in that painting of the world's biggest whores. It includes all the usual suspects. You know, Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan. Among others.
  • CrudeDarkness, on 12/30/2007, -0/+17It seems that Michael Jordan is enjoying what he sees..
    • stopbrorape, on 12/30/2007, -1/+4just sitting there chilling.
    • deadlift, on 12/30/2007, -1/+5MJ, definitly deserves to be on there.
    • identifiedlogo, on 12/30/2007, -2/+3he is probably the only "normal" guy out there, he is just chilling. everyone else is doing something sniky..look closely
  • Dunge, on 12/30/2007, -7/+4Who's the little girl?
  • jmpeagle, on 12/30/2007, -1/+31please tell me that is not George W. Bush looking through the telescope...
    • sillykalcifer, on 12/30/2007, -0/+15he's influential, just not in a good way
      • jmpeagle, on 12/30/2007, -0/+8I would say the people behind him are influential....he's just a moron along for the ride
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -0/+47It looks like him in his pajamas. He's looking for Bin Laden, who's RIGHT BEHIND HIM!!!
    • petebert, on 12/30/2007, -0/+2he's trying to find places on his new map (Miss Jr. S.C.)
    • aussieNickuss, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Looks more like George senior to me? GWB doesn't have that big receding hair line.
    • Funpolice2050, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1He forgot to remove the lens cap.
    • Hallucinogenic, on 12/31/2007, -0/+0It's H.
    • yarhood, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Not only is it bush, but i think the telescope is looking at a nuke going off on the television across the image. kind of like what he does now...blows things up and looks from far away?
      • OrlyonokEaglet, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1Wow, you're right. This picture is so politically loaded it's not funny.
    • dullly, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2He is being portrayed as a visionary looking to the future.
  • FoxMcCloud, on 12/30/2007, -13/+4Buried for not having Steve Jobs
  • emot1con, on 12/30/2007, -5/+14Where's Jack Bauer?
    • 8randon, on 12/31/2007, -1/+2saving the world from nuclear perils. either that or he painted this
  • holyskeleton, on 12/30/2007, -7/+5Mom?
  • deb4te, on 12/30/2007, -3/+11after i saw MJ and bruce lee, i was looking for gretzky
  • psylent, on 12/30/2007, -4/+51Am I blind or are The Beatles not there?
    • Pake, on 12/30/2007, -1/+2I was thinking the same thing after I tried finding John Lennon first.
    • Gav0510, on 12/30/2007, -5/+7The Beatles were way more important then Elvis ever was. Dugg down for inaccuracy.
    • doyoulikeworms, on 12/31/2007, -1/+9Also Dugg down for inaccuracy. No Beatles? *****.
    • mrblonde314, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5The Beatles should have been the first on it. That blows my mind.
    • Dennern, on 12/31/2007, -5/+2Excuse my possible ignorance... But The Beatles? Why would they make it onto the picture?
    • random19, on 12/31/2007, -2/+1First thing I scanned for was Bob Dylan, then the Beatles. Lack of both proves this picture worthless.
  • deb4te, on 12/30/2007, -7/+1after i saw MJ and bruce lee, i was looking for gretzky
  • aznrocket, on 12/30/2007, -0/+13Anyone want to create an alternate version will all those people 'tagged'? :)
  • danwallace, on 12/30/2007, -1/+7I think Hitler just ripped one.
    • vjeko, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1lool good eye
    • OhSn4p, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1how do you suppose hitlers farts smelled like?

      somehow dusty comes to mind
  • thehuskerfan, on 12/30/2007, -1/+58Notice how Bush is looking the wrong way for Bin Laden?
    • SiNN4R, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2I was about to comment on that. I also wonder what the significance of Osama looking over his back while in line for some sort of pilgrimage towards the pyramids is all about.
    • rayxtime, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4If look in the direction of the telescope, you see that Bush is staring at Saddam Hussein.
    • CannibalTom, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Is Bush in PJs?
  • chopsky, on 12/30/2007, -9/+5Where the hell is Ayn Rand? She's more influential than many of those people.
    • LucasVB, on 12/30/2007, -2/+5lol, Ayn Rand.
    • Rojahon, on 12/31/2007, -5/+2Yeah, Atlas Shrugged is the second most influential book in America.
      • RoboPimp3000, on 12/31/2007, -1/+4Yeah, it influences college students to act real smug.
        • Rojahon, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1Yes, and I suppose that is much worse than Hitler's or Marx's influence. Damn Rand for telling people to stand up for themselves and to not put up with collectivist ideologies like Nazism and Communism.
    • obxjdt, on 12/31/2007, -1/+299% of digg users have no idea who she was, let alone what she stood for.
      When you have an artist that places Clinton as influential, but not Regan, Jefferson, or (Joe & Jack) Kennedy....'nuff said....
      • nipplash, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1Any Rand was influential the same way L Ron Hubbard was influential; their books inspired their own cults.
    • sirlancelot88, on 12/31/2007, -1/+2Ayn Rand wasn't even a respected philosopher in HER day. She never published in any peer reviewed journal and most academics considered her no more than a simple author of fiction.

      Note to libertarians: Most people IRL don't think like you. Only on the internet.
      • chopsky, on 12/31/2007, -1/+2Picasso and van Gogh weren't respected in their day either. That means nothing. It took some time for people to appreciate her philosophy, but today she has massive influence any many people. As Rojahon said, Atlas is the 2nd most influential book in America.
        Ayn Rand actually abhorred the libertarians. She felt they were the most dangerous of parties as they had the ability to prove through their 'impure' Capitalism, that Capitalism was not an ideal.
  • nsv007, on 12/30/2007, -4/+7Where's Wally???
  • aceakm, on 12/30/2007, -12/+0Saddam but not Hitler?
  • gdeanu, on 12/30/2007, -2/+6Is Jesus that guy around the table that looks like he's really smashed and just laying back with his eyes closed until the room stops spinning?
  • captainbeah, on 12/30/2007, -8/+9No Jesus or Muhammad? Bush and Clinton are nothing next to those two.
    • snaacks, on 12/31/2007, -1/+13you want someone to draw muhammad?
    • SiNN4R, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3You get dugg down for that but they're both clearly important even in today's politics.
    • ElimGarak, on 12/31/2007, -4/+4LOL, except that they are real people.
    • mikecc, on 12/31/2007, -1/+0except jesus is at the table
      • atomofconsumpti, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1that dude has a goatee, i don't think it's jesus. someone else said it's Konfucius.
  • samBAKER, on 12/30/2007, -10/+22Where the ***** is the master chief!!
    • Checkerd, on 12/31/2007, -2/+4Behind The Beatles and Gordon Freeman.
    • KingGorilla, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1This was made a couple hundred years before his greatness
  • keef06, on 12/30/2007, -19/+4Where's Steve Jobs?
    • BasL, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3Been there already... Trust me, you're not making friends here.
    • lex0nyc, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6***** Steve Jobs. Where's The Woz?
  • schpadoinkleday, on 12/30/2007, -6/+2Bill Clinton? where's Monica?
    • jeremymccurdy, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1She's there, but you can't see her because she's on her knees in front of Bill.
    • SiNN4R, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1I actually thought the exact same thing while looking at the picture.
  • jmpeagle, on 12/30/2007, -1/+13prince charles? Isn't he only famous because of his ex-wife? What has he influenced?
    • SiNN4R, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2His mom would be more appropriate I think she has had a larger influence than he ever has.
  • Tapeduey, on 12/30/2007, -2/+9Despite everyone's banter about not seeing Kermit, or having Ron Jeremy next to Al Sharpton – that picture is AWESOME.
  • rayzha, on 12/30/2007, -1/+3Chea Liu Xiang
  • banido, on 12/30/2007, -4/+33NO DARTH VADER ?
  • FellOffACliff, on 12/30/2007, -1/+10Putin looks a little bit like Daniel Craig in this painting.
    • MattnJax, on 12/30/2007, -0/+5I think you've just cast the Putin bio-picture.
    • OhSn4p, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1I think he is young-putin. Mischievous and up to no good
  • CPoe, on 12/30/2007, -8/+8Anyone else disappointed when they couldn't find Osho or even Gautama Buddha?
  • aceakm, on 12/30/2007, -6/+5Where's Tommy Vercetti?
    • baalzebub, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1he is still trying to take control of Vice City...
    • loopinator20, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1right next to Jesus, the Beatles, and Steve Jobs.
  • Mononuclear, on 12/30/2007, -4/+21Bill Clinton? This picture is cool but hardly the most influential people in the history of the world.
    • Jugalator, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8Yeah, it seems to be more like iconic people, and from a US perspective at that.
      • cixiwhatever, on 01/01/2008, -0/+0Not US perspective, but Chinese perspective, see my comment below with source. You would think that it is obvious from all the chinese guys on there.
    • dbt10, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5I dunno, the US had one of their biggest times of prosperity with the Clinton administration's economic policies
    • brad3378, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1It would be funnier if they showed the back of a brunette's head at his crotch
  • aceakm, on 12/30/2007, -3/+6Where's Doc Brown and the DeLorean?
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