<p>List who you think are the top 5 greatest Americans ever to exist. My list would go like this:</p>
<li> Ben Franklin (total playboy and inventor)</li>
<li> Teddy Roosevelt (CMH winner and killed many elephants)</li>
<li> LeBron James (the chosen one)</li>
<li> Joe Vorell (would be higher but still very young)</li>
<li> Robert E. Lee (best military strategist ever)</li>
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<p>I'll probably be shot down, but...</p>
<p>Didn't Lee lose?</p>
<p>still an American, hell Roosevelt couldn't win a third term either</p>
<p>Not necessarily in order:
Thomas Jefferson
James Watson
Mark Twain
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thomas Edison
Abraham Lincoln</p>
<p>(and I know, I put in 6)</p>
<ol>
<li>ML King</li>
<li>BIll Clinton (no rude comments pelase)
Al Sharpton(SIKE)</li>
<li>UHH.. I have to say Malcolm X</li>
<li>My man Abe</li>
<li>Watson n Crick..they are a 'team'</li>
</ol>
<p>I don't really see how Lee can be a "great American" considering how he was trying to destroy the United States of America and democracy itself =P</p>
<p>My list (in no particular order)</p>
<p>Margaret Sanger
Lincoln
Thoreau, Emerson, etc.
Hamilton
MLK</p>
<p>not that i agree lee is one of the greatest, he is applicable bc he's a great american as in country of birth...we're talking about his mind here not his motivations...</p>
<p>In no particular order</p>
<p>Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Abe Lincoln
Ron Artest :)</p>
<p>MLK
George Washington
Rosa Parks
Bill Clinton
Ron Artest</p>
<p>Ronald Reagan
George HW Bush
George W Bush
Tucker Carlson
Ann Coulter</p>
<p>John F Kennedy
Cesar Chavez
Martin Luther King Jr
Jackson Pollock
Eleanor Roosevelt</p>
<p>Joev, I can't believe you put the unchosen one (lebron) on your list, one day you will see the light!</p>
<p>Jimmy Carter-terrible president, but real intellectual
Thomas Jefforson-loved the man and the president
Bill Clinton-2nd greatest president ever
Robert E. Lee- I love this guy, he was so loyal to the south, and even as a black, I don't support slavery, he rocked
MLK junior-stands as a symbol of past in a way not a lot of others do</p>
<p>I am</p>
<p>Sike</p>
<p>Bill clinton, yo!!
and of course his wife</p>
<ol>
<li>Abraham Lincoln ( an ugly American with a great mind and deeply passionate about the rights of all mankind)</li>
<li>John Adams (without his sometimes crass enthusiasm and perseverance we wouldn't have the US)</li>
<li>Jonas Salk (discovered the ultimate cure for a terrible wicked disease of children)</li>
<li>Franklin D. Roosevelt ( had the wherewithall and courage to bring us out of the DEPRESSION...manufacturered JOBS...did NOT outsource, I might add)</li>
<li>Thomas Edison (discovered almost everything we value today...lights, movies, the phonograph to name a few)</li>
<li>Ben Franklin ( without him couldn't mail a letter or even KNOW there was electricity)</li>
</ol>
<p>CANNOT really limit to five....too hard.</p>
<p>Alexander Hamilton
FDR
Mark Twain
Pulitzer & Hearst
Edison</p>
<ol>
<li>Martin Luther King, Jr.
-felt obligated to put him on</li>
<li>Bob Dylan
-no comment needed</li>
<li>Thomas Edison
-ditto above</li>
<li>Lou Reed
-why listen to the beatles when you have the velvet underground?</li>
<li>Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Kurt Cobain
-yea, so that's not one guy</li>
</ol>
<p>props to RaboKarabekian for recognizing the American that saved America, Alexander Hamilton. If not for him, there would be no USA</p>
<p>It is hard to limit the list to 5, but living in America isnt easy. I honestly admit I forgot about Tommy E, another Ohio boy. But I stick to my original list. BTW, how do you put smiles in a post?</p>
<p>Elizabeth Cady Stanton
ALexander Hamilton
William Lloyd Garrison
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eleanor Roosevelt</p>
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<p>Instead of hitting "post quick reply", hit "Go Advanced". Scroll down to the bottom and click the link for the smilies. Unfortunately, our choice has been severely cut down since the switch to the new CC format. :eek:</p>