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twiistaaa wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_of_the_Year_Award_recipients

Ohhh please, Australian of the year is a popularity contest, theres nothing special about it.

Doctor Victor Leo Chang
Howard Walter Florey
Fred Hollows
Henry Ross
John Flynn
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Henry Parkes

Cheez wrote:

Australia's got nothin' unless, we claim Hollywood celebrities.

Shows how much you know...

Last edited by DrunkFace (2007-07-11 13:15:57)

confused wrote:

Drakef wrote:

I hate this Alexander Graham Bell debate. Born in Scotland, lived in the US, but also considered Canada his home. Can anyone really put any single claim to him? In the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Greatest Canadian, he was ranked ninth greatest Canadian. But, I seem to remember that the Brits and Americans did similar honours to him.

The same program gave the honour of greatest Canadian to Tommy Douglas, founder of our social medicine program (as viewers of Michael Moore's Sicko will know). But, the greatest living Canadian is David Suzuki. Has anyone not from this nation heard of him?

The list, if anyone is too lazy:

1. Tommy Douglas
2. Terry Fox
3. Pierre Elliot Trudeau
4. Sir Frederick Banting
5. David Suzuki
6. Lester Bowles Pearson
7. Don Cherry
8. Sir John A. MacDonald
9. Alexander Graham Bell
10. Wayne Gretzky

Only in Canada would people have voted two hockey related persons its greatest citizens.  That's pathetic.

A bit. Wayne Gretzky certainly deserves a place there, as Canada does not have a particularly amazing history, and he is a national icon and legend. If I were to pick the Ten Greatest Canadians seriously, instead of the list that was voted upon for the CBC program (although I agree with some of theirs), these would be them, in no particular order:

Tommy Douglas - Father of our Medicare system
Terry Fox - A legend in the fight against cancer who died of it himself
Pierre Elliot Trudeau - Our greatest prime minister
Wayne Gretzky - One of the greatest hockey players of all time and a national icon
Sir Frederick Banting - Inventor of insulin and a Nobel laureate
Nellie McClung - Responsible for the recognition of women as people throughout the British Empire
Pamela Anderson - Her contributions to acting cannot be ignored (OK, maybe this one wasn't serious, but does deserve some consideration)
Pierre Burton - Legendary journalist, author and historian
Neil Young - To pick one musician, I would choose him. Musicians are certainly important to a people, and Young certainly has been
Tim Horton - Hockey player and founder of our famous restaurants, Tim Horton's

Of note, only one on my list is born outside of Canada (Douglas), albeit it does not really matter. I should note than I feel no pride in being born in the same country as these people- Nationalism is a foolish thing. Their accomplishments are theirs, not the people of the country. Most on the list are important to Canadians, and only some are world famous. It is difficult to define 'greatness', which I have done to consider what the people of our nation would think of them, not the world.

Paco_the_Insane wrote:

Chuck Norris.

Where the fuck did you come from?

Paco_the_Insane wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Paco_the_Insane wrote:

Chuck Norris.

Where the fuck did you come from?

Hey, havent seen you in a while. How was prison?

Ya I'm from the US. Duh.

Prison was fun. I was known as big lion gang member.

Considering Denmarks size I think its a resonable list:

• Tycho Brahe
• Johannes Kepler
• Niels Bohr
• Lars Ulrich (if you are a 'tallica fan like me...)
• Hans Christian AndersenAnd according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Da … _Americans)Danish Americans:
• Jessica Alba
• We (the vikings (also credit to sweden and norway here..)) were actually the first to reach the north american continent - not Columbus..
• (Jørn Utzon - designed the iconic australian opera house..)
• (Oldest Royal family - monarchy)
• (Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller - Owner and founder of Maersk)
• Harald Bluetooth (.. and yes, the Bluetooth technology is named after him..)
• Viggo Mortensen (Aragon LOTR, G.I. Jane.......)
• 3/4's of Aqua was danish (.. not that I'm proud of it.. (they hitted with "barbie girl")

Again, considering the size of Denmark (compared to USA, UK and such..) I think its pretty good..

Last edited by Z-trooper (2007-07-11 20:08:18)

DeathUnlimited wrote:

Ultimate:
Uusis
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen

Forum:
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I feel honored.

Ty wrote:

- Peter Seay

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