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"bangle for president"
right now there's a "contest" going to find the greatest belgian ever, and i heard they did this in several countries already.
i taught it would be cool to know who won where, and what countries have which person i should know.
so post the top 10 for you countrie with a line of explanation so every knows who he/she is, and also mention who you think should win (or who already won, if it's finished)
so, for belgium
1. Father Damian (1840 - 1889): simple missionaire who dedicates his live to the lepra victims who are banned to molokai. he eventually dies to the disease as well
2. Ambiorix (100bc/-100): the most well known gallier ever, he stood up against Julius Caesar, and made him say the words "the belgians are the bravest people ever"
3. Andreas Vesalius (1514 - 1564): the first person to do any anatomic research. highly illegal in that time, so he went out and stole corpses which had been hung publicly. he formed the basics of modern health knowledge
4. Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640): one of the greatest barock painters ever
5. Paul Janssen (1926 - 2003): founder of Janssen pharmaceutica, which did a huge amount of research, and released several wide spread medicines
6. Eddy Merckx (1945-...): does he need any explanation? THE greatest cyclist EVER, won everything you can imagine (except olympic gold) several times
7. Gerardus Mercator (1512 - 1594): the very first guy who ever started making maps so ships would know where they were going
8. Hendrik Conscience (1812 - 1883): the greatest writer belgium ever had, he's always referred to as "the man who taught his people how to read", his books are still being reprinted
9. Adolf Daens (1839 - 1907): a simple priest who stood up for the work people, managed to give them the right to vote, and although being obstructed by both state and church, became a politician of the people
10. Jaques Brel (1929 - 1978): a simple singer who turned out to be a great song writer, and who made "le chanson" very popular in all of europe
i think eddy merckx should win. he was the greatest of his era, the things he did, he all did himself, and everyone knows him.
i don't have a big taught about artists, they're just lucky to get recognition, so i don't think any of them should win.
fathen Damian shouldn't either, caus he died doing sth for someone else, that's just stupid
i have no idea what the janssen dude is doing there, i guess he had a good research team around him
ambiorix is cool, but kinda old, i don't think he should be considered
then we still have vesalius and mercator. they're decent winners, they did sth usefull and revolutionary. but eddy still lives, so he gets my vote
remarkable: no politician made it in the top 50
and no mention in the top 100 about Karel Cogge, he's the guy who came up with the plan to open the gates at the end of WWI, and drown all the germans (no offence
), i think he at least deserves his name being mentioned
i taught it would be cool to know who won where, and what countries have which person i should know.
so post the top 10 for you countrie with a line of explanation so every knows who he/she is, and also mention who you think should win (or who already won, if it's finished)
so, for belgium
1. Father Damian (1840 - 1889): simple missionaire who dedicates his live to the lepra victims who are banned to molokai. he eventually dies to the disease as well
2. Ambiorix (100bc/-100): the most well known gallier ever, he stood up against Julius Caesar, and made him say the words "the belgians are the bravest people ever"
3. Andreas Vesalius (1514 - 1564): the first person to do any anatomic research. highly illegal in that time, so he went out and stole corpses which had been hung publicly. he formed the basics of modern health knowledge
4. Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640): one of the greatest barock painters ever
5. Paul Janssen (1926 - 2003): founder of Janssen pharmaceutica, which did a huge amount of research, and released several wide spread medicines
6. Eddy Merckx (1945-...): does he need any explanation? THE greatest cyclist EVER, won everything you can imagine (except olympic gold) several times
7. Gerardus Mercator (1512 - 1594): the very first guy who ever started making maps so ships would know where they were going
8. Hendrik Conscience (1812 - 1883): the greatest writer belgium ever had, he's always referred to as "the man who taught his people how to read", his books are still being reprinted
9. Adolf Daens (1839 - 1907): a simple priest who stood up for the work people, managed to give them the right to vote, and although being obstructed by both state and church, became a politician of the people
10. Jaques Brel (1929 - 1978): a simple singer who turned out to be a great song writer, and who made "le chanson" very popular in all of europe
i think eddy merckx should win. he was the greatest of his era, the things he did, he all did himself, and everyone knows him.
i don't have a big taught about artists, they're just lucky to get recognition, so i don't think any of them should win.
fathen Damian shouldn't either, caus he died doing sth for someone else, that's just stupid
i have no idea what the janssen dude is doing there, i guess he had a good research team around him
ambiorix is cool, but kinda old, i don't think he should be considered
then we still have vesalius and mercator. they're decent winners, they did sth usefull and revolutionary. but eddy still lives, so he gets my vote
remarkable: no politician made it in the top 50
and no mention in the top 100 about Karel Cogge, he's the guy who came up with the plan to open the gates at the end of WWI, and drown all the germans (no offence
), i think he at least deserves his name being mentioned
