Most Impactful Lives Of The 20th Century (born 1901 - died 2000)

[daBronzeBomma]

Looking for your list of impactful Lives that began no earlier than 01 Jan 1901 but ended no later than 31 Dec 2000; i.e. completely within the span of the actual technical 20th century.

These can be for good or ill, but a lifespan completely within the 20th century is the main qualifier here.

Can be heads of state, political leaders, musicians, actors, athletes, innovators, entrepeneurs, religious figureheads, media, celebrities of other ilk.

People who had a huge impact on the 20th century but were born in the 19th century are automatically DQed for this. So, good bye Mahatma Gandhi, good riddance Adolf Hitler, so long Albert Einstein. Y'all born too soon.

Likewise, people who had a huge impact for good or ill on the 20th century but lived into the 21st century are also automatically DQ'ed. Sorry, Muhammad Ali, can't help ya Christopher Lee, bye bye Paul McCartney (also DQed by still living), can't do much Pope John Paul II.

Hmmm ... in no particular order, for good or ill, and mostly from an American POV:

A. Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998)
B. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
C. John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
D. John Lennon (1940 - 1980)
E. Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972)
F. Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994)
G. John Wayne (1907 - 1979)
H. Wilt Chamberlain (1936 - 1999)
I. Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)
J. Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
K. Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)
L. Florence Griffith Joyner (1958 - 1998)
M. Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)
N. Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)
O. Wilma Rudolph (1940 - 1994)
P. Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980)
Q. Joe Louis (1914 - 1981)
R. Thurgood Marshall (1908 - 1993)
S. Janis Joplin (1943 - 1970)
T. Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994)
U. Tupac Shakur (1971 - 1996)
V. Bob Ross (1942 - 1995)
W. Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973)
X. Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970)
Y. Bob Marley (1945 - 1981)
Z. Charles M. Schultz (1922 - 2000)

That's 26 right there.

Who else could be added to the list?

[daBronzeBomma]

OK, kinda want to tinker with this idea a bit more.

I'm aiming for 100 Impactful Lives Within The 20th Century (1901 - 2000).

I'm keeping my original 26, but maybe a bit more organization.

10 categories of 10 slots each.

- Heads of State
- Political Leaders (non-Heads of State/activists)
- Religious Figures (non-Heads of State)
- Entrepreneurs (Business Leaders)
- Science (Medicine/Engineering/Technology)
- Musicians (Singers/Songwriters)
- Cinema (Actors/Directors)
- Artists (Writers/Illustrators/Painters/etc)
- Athletes
- Other


Heads of State
1. Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973)
2. Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994)
3. John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
4. Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)

Political Leaders
1. Thurgood Marshall (1908 - 1993)
2. Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
3. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)

Religious Leaders

Entrepreneurs

Science

Musicians
1. Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998)
2. Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)
3. John Lennon (1940 - 1980)
4. Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970
5. Janis Joplin (1943 - 1970)
6. Bob Marley (1945 - 1981)
7. Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994)
8. Tupac Shakur (1971 - 1996)

Cinema
1. John Wayne (1907 - 1979)
2. Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)

Artists
1. Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)
2. Charles M. Schultz (1922 - 2000)
3. Bob Ross (1942 - 1995)

Athletes
1. Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980)
2. Joe Louis (1914 - 1981)
3. Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972)
4. Wilt Chamberlain (1936 - 1999)
5. Wilma Rudolph (1940 - 1994)
6. Florence Griffith Joyner (1958 - 1998)

Other


Hmmm ... ok, maybe there doesn't have to be exactly 10 for 10, I'm sure some categories will represent more than others.

[Kirby101]

Zetsu, many of those were born in the 19th, not the 20th Century.

[Billy Batson]

Carl Barks (1901-2000)

[daBronzeBomma]

Mother Theresa
Princess Diana
Mahatma Gandhi (born before 1901 = DisQualified)
Dwight Eisenhower (born before 1901 = DisQualified)
George Patton (born before 1901 = DisQualified)
Jack Kirby
Joe Shuster
Jerry Siegel
Osamu Tezuka
Bob Kane

Not going judge who you pick for your list (other than to steal the ones I like to add to my own list ), but the lives selected have to have occurred completely within the 20th century, which is Jan 1901 through Dec 2000.

This applies to your other post, as well. Too many of them were born before 1901.

Lyndon B. Johnson may have a good civil rights record and he is a good leader of a superpower nation, but not good enough compared to others.

"Bad Guys" can definitely be selected, too. And any President of the USA, if they were alive only within the 20th century (per this exercise), automatically wields so much national and global power that they wind up having a greater impact for good or ill than anyone.

[Abe]

Deng Xiaoping 1904-1997
Robert Oppenheimer 1904-1967

(I won? )

A few others :

Orson Welles 1915-1985
Andy Warhol 1928-1987
Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Robert Johnson

[Vegan Daddy]

Literature:

Samuel Beckett(1906-1989)
James Baldwin(1924-1987)
George Orwell(1903-1950)
John Steinbeck(1902-1968)

Film:

Akira Kurosawa(1910-1998)
Stanley Kubrick(1928-1999)
Orson Welles(1915-1985)
Federico Fellini(1920 – 1993)

Music:

Billie Holiday(1915-1959)
Louis Armstrong(1901-1971)
Roy Orbison(1936-1988)
John Coltrane(1926-1967)

[Abe]

Thanks Vegan Daddy! Especially for adding names in literature (Orwell...).

We both want to add Coltrane and Orson Welles to the list btw...

I haven't thought about Kubrick first and you're so right. Welles was an obvious name to add, one of the reason being his hidden influence on comics - its a CBR list. In the studios artists were talking a lot about Citizen Kane at the time. Kirby noticed that film...

[seismic-2]

science and technology:
John von Neumann (1903 - 1957)

Often called "the greatest mind of the 20th century", von Neumann made tremendous contributions to mathematics and physics, including developing the formal mathematical structure of quantum mechanics, inventing the programmable digital computer (modern computers all use what is called the "von Neumann architecture), the foundations of game theory and economics, theoretical mathematics, and hydrodynamics. He was one the scientists in charge of computation in the Manhattan Project, and after the war he used the computer he invented at Princeton to perform the shock-wave calculations that underly the triggering mechanism of the hydrogen bomb. (Edward Teller's design was shown to be unsuccessful until von Neumann developed the triggering process that allowed the temperature to build up enough prior to detonation.) Practical every scientist who ever met him described him as "the cleverest man they ever met" because of how quickly he could solve very complex problems just in his head.

[daBronzeBomma]

I'm going to avoid comic book writers and artists for my list for now.

Lots of good ideas , as I am stealing liberally from y'all


AA. Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

BB. James Baldwin (1924-1987)

CC. George Orwell (1903-1950)

DD. John Steinbeck (1902-1968)

EE. Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)

FF. Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)

GG. Orson Welles (1915-1985)

HH. Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

II. John Coltrane (1926-1967)

JJ. Fela Kuti (1938-1997)

KK. Princess Diana of Wales (1962-1997)

LL. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)

MM. Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)

NN. Ralph Ellison (1913-1994)

OO. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

PP. Hank Williams (1923-1953)

QQ. Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)

RR. Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

SS. Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994)

TT. Che Guevara (1928-1967)

UU. Pol Pot (1925-1998)

VV. Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997)

WW. Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965)

XX. Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)

YY. Miles Davis (1926-1991)

ZZ. Eva Peron (1919-1952)


That's 52 spots out of 100 filled up for my list. 48 more to go!

[Mister Mets]

It's annoying how many people I want to add, before realizing they miss the cutoff by being born too early (Jim Thorpe, Frank Capra, Agatha Christie, Norman Rockwell)

Mother Theresa
Princess Diana
Mahatma Gandhi
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
Jack Kirby
Joe Shuster
Jerry Siegel
Osamu Tezuka
Bob Kane


Lyndon B. Johnson may have a good civil rights record and he is a good leader of a superpower nation, but not good enough compared to others.

Osamu Tezuka, Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, Jack Kirby, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel qualify according to born after 1901; dead before 2000 standards.

I wouldn't put Bob Kane on that level.

Some more possible choices...

Film:
Lucille Ball (Had a respectable film career, and was the star/ showrunner of one of the best comedies ever.)
Richard Burton
James Dean (Innovator of method acting)
Jackie Gleason (Had a respectable film career, and was the star/ showrunner of one of the best comedies ever.)
John Huston (Directed some of the best American films ever.)

Writers:
Issac Asimov
Phillip K. Dick

Political Leaders:
Barry Goldwater (Key figure of the conservative Republican movement)
Robert Kennedy (Friend to the Civil Rights movement as Attorney General, Martyred inspirational presidential candidate)
Nelson Rockefeller (Key figure of the moderate Republican movement, Significant Governor of New York)

[Billy Batson]

What do you mean by not putting Bob Kane on that level? Bob Kane was born on October 24, 1915 and died on November 3, 1998. He was born after 1901 and died before 2000.

He was the Stan Lee (a thief) of his time.

[numberthirty]

So, thinking about this one...

While Henry Ford was obviously born way before the cutoff, FMC was founded right at start of the century and had a huge impact on things.

[numberthirty]

The men who would go on to found Harley Davidson also seem to fit into that category.

[dancj]

He was the Stan Lee (a thief) of his time.

Stan Lee disagrees with most people (as far as I can tell) about how much credit the artists deserves for their part in creating a character, but as far as I know he's not a thief - and certainly not comparable with Bob Kane.