No wonder the 7th century savages, those minions of Allah, have been invited in to ravage our civilization. We have no sense of its value anymore. Well, at least some of the Baby Boomers like myself, who recovered from the Left, surely do appreciate its worth and know who those people are who have been the best to contribute to it.

Remember, Oprah Windfrey (Ooops! – a slip) Winfrey introduced and advanced Barack Hussein Obama to her audiences and beyond.

I decided to do a pre-WWI list since only time gives proper perspective. I also left off Presidents and Generals. Tenth place is a tie if we still consider Henry an American.

1. George Washington
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Robert E. Lee
4. Andrew Carnegie
5. Thomas Edison
6. Theodore Roosevelt
7. Dwight Eisenhower
8. Alexander Graham Bell
9. Albert Einstein
10. Ronald Reagan

1. George Washington
2. Abraham Lincoln

or Chuck Yeager

I had Al Capone & Chuck Yeager on my original list. I dropped Yeager because he is more a personal hero than a ‘famous” person. I dropped Capone because his fame (infamy) was more national than world-wide.

I dropped them & added Ali & the Wright Brothers. both have huge world wide fame.

Nyomythus, Marx, Picasso, and Churchill were not Americans. Hitchens, just barely.

As an architect, I must toss Frank Lloyd Wright’s name into the ring. It seems most lists do reflect the originators idiosyncracies more than a sense of general fame. Perhaps the kids are more on target in this regard, but I agree, it’s a senseless question.