THE 100

'''The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History''' is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart. It is a ranking of the 100 people who most influenced human history. Since publication the book has been hotly debated and its concept widely copied. It is important to note that Dr. Hart did not rank the ''greatest'' people. His criterion was influence.
The book was reprinted in 1992 with several notable revisions made to the original list of 100 people and their associated rankings. Chief among these revisions was the demotion of figures associated with Communism, such as Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong, and the introduction of Mikhail Gorbachev. Hart took sides in the Shakespearean authorship issue and substituted Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford for William Shakespeare. Hart also substituted Niels Bohr and Henri Becquerel with Ernest Rutherford, thus correcting an error in the first edition. Henry Ford was also promoted from the "Honorary Mentions" list, replacing Pablo Picasso. Finally, some of the rankings were re-ordered, although no one listed in the top ten changed position. What mainly surprised readers was the first person on Hart's list. Hart decided to choose Muhammad over Jesus or Moses despite the fact that Islam was not the largest religion and that it was from a distant part of the world from where he lived. Hart attributes this to the fact that Muhammad was successful in both the religious and political realms.

Contents

Hart's Top 15 (from the 1992 edition)

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Hart's Top 15 (from the 1992 edition)

Rank	Name	Influence
1	Muhammad
2	Isaac Newton
3	Jesus
4	Buddha
5	Confucius
6	St. Paul
7	Ts'ai Lun
8	Johannes Gutenberg
9	Christopher Columbus
10	Albert Einstein
11	Louis Pasteur
12	Galileo Galilei
13	Aristotle
14	Euclid
15	Moses

Other lists

External links

★ Europe's Top 100 - Seeking to collect Europeans' views on who they think are the most influential Europeans of all times

★ Full List