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Assuming for the sake of argument the "Great Man Theory" is true, who would be your top 3 "Great men"?

Asked by Caravanfan (13551points) January 25th, 2019

The Great Man theory is a 19th century historical theory that states that historical change is made through the actions of “great men”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory.

Great men don’t necessarily need to be good men. For example, Hitler, Napolean, and Genghis Khan can all be considered great men.

So let’s put aside the obvious paternal misogynistic overtones of this theory, who would be on your top 3 list of “great men”

I’m thinking—if this particular man did not exist, the world might look very different now.

I’m going to go with these, just for the sake of argument:
Cyrus the Great
Genghis Khan
Winston Churchill

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