Who is the greatest person from your country?

[blaydcor]

TheRealMafoo said:

blaydcor said:
Nope, sorry dude. Washington was born in the US. Remember that clause where all US presidents have to be born on US soil?

But it's moot anyway, as the real answer is....

John Madden

 

Washington founded the US, he could not have been born in it. When he was born, the land he was born in belonged to the British.

If the Chinese invaded and took over the US, I would not then be born in China. I still was born in the US.

Okay, way to be technical. He was born in the British colony of Virginia. Maybe not a U.S. citizen, but he's still viewed as American in a historical light: he was a British expatriot who became one of the first U.S. citizens. Gandhi is not usually hailed as somebody from England, even though he was born in colonial India.