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Simple, who do you think is the greatest person to have ever been born or raised in your country?

 

I'm British and I think I may go with Ismbard Kingdom Brunel as being one of the greatest british people. For one man he did A LOT

 

-edit- I know his father was French, but we're not all perfect lol



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I am the greatest American



People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

When there are more laws, there are more criminals.

- Lao Tzu

TheSource said:

I am the greatest American

 

agreed



TheSource said:

I am the greatest American

Sorry,  I have you second to Abraham Lincoln

 



tough one, there are so many great people in the history of the Britan, picking just one is so hard, possibly Darwin as he changed the way we view evolution and stuff so much.



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Nye Bevan. Father of the NHS.



ronald reagan is the greatest person to ever be born in this country



heh, name five famous belgians ;)



 

Some might say Shakespeare, born and died in the geographical centre of England (the head of the greatest Empire ever) who was born, and died on all Saints Day (I think that is the one) and wrote tons of plays... or copied them off other people....

I would be more willing to support Nelson, Trafalgar secured British naval dominance for over 100 years



Ugh Ronald Reagan basically did nothing. The Soviet Union was on verge of collapse and he did little to speeding it up. I think he ran up more debt during his terms than all the previous Presidents combined. For America it would either have to be George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.