If there was a Mt. Rushmore for non politician American men - who would be on it?

Aaron Burr should be on it just because he was awesome.

Speaking of Burr, what about Gucci Mane?

rojo wrote:

SAlly V wrote:

Thomas Edison, (hard to exclude politicians), Jonas Salk, Albert Einstein and Alexander Graham Bell (with honorable mention to Enrico Fermi, J Robert Oppenheimer, James Watson and Hillary (just kidding).

American-born only. ;) Taking out Einstein.

Bell was born in Scotland ⤴

Robert Noyce, Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, Nikola Telsa, Andrew Carnegie

Runners up: George Westinghouse, Steve Jobs, Chester Nimitz, John D. Rockefeller, Walt Disney, Jonas Salk, Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Mark Twain, Henry Ford, John Marshall

tesla wrote:

SAlly V wrote:

Thomas Edison, (hard to exclude politicians), Jonas Salk, Albert Einstein and Alexander Graham Bell (with honorable mention to Enrico Fermi, J Robert Oppenheimer, James Watson and Hillary (just kidding).

Edison was an awful person, just saying.

Rockefeller

Einstein (although he was German)

Franklin

Rupp

Einstein did nothing important other than persuade FDR to start the Manhattan project. Nothing individually.

Ford did more than Rockefeller.

Not American but given a choice, and the impact they had on my own life, I'd go with:

1. Walt Disney

2. Jim Henson

3. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

4. Bill Nye the Science Guy

5. Neil Armstrong and Louis Armstrong

El Keniano wrote:

Not American but given a choice, and the impact they had on my own life, I'd go with:

1. Walt Disney ↔maybe

2. Jim Henson ❌👉a massive tax payer rort.

3. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera ✔ (Wacky Races, Top Cat just brilliant)

4. Bill Nye the Science Guy❌

5. Neil Armstrong and Louis Armstrong

✔

Mister Rogers

I'm dead serious. Name a better person who was born in America. You can't.

Dane Rauschenberg@SeeDaneRun wrote:

I'll play. 1) Harvey Weinstein 2) RKelly 3) Bill Clinton 4) Donald J Trump 5) Bill Cosby

Title said ⤴"non politician"

rojo wrote:

American-born only. ;) Taking out Einstein.

Technically, only two of the Rushmore Presidents were born in the U.S.

I'm going to go with Einstein, MLK, Carol Burnett, and John Steinbeck.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Not American but given a choice, and the impact they had on my own life, I'd go with:

1. Walt Disney ↔maybe

2. Jim Henson ❌👉a massive tax payer rort.

3. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera ✔ (Wacky Races, Top Cat just brilliant)

4. Bill Nye the Science Guy❌

5. Neil Armstrong and Louis Armstrong

✔

Oh ... and Dr Seuss of course.

Joe Douglas

Tom Telez

John Smith

Jim Bush

Bobby Kersee

On the mountain:

Sacagawea

Harriet Tubman

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ben Franklin

Honorable mentions (plaques in the surrounding park):

Cesar Chavez

Thomas Edison

Pocahontas

Rosa Parks

Jackie Robinson

Babe Ruth

Neil Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Billie Holiday

Elvis

Betsy Ross

Susan B. Anthony

Amelia Earhart

Muhammad Ali

George Patton

Jonas Salk

Johnny Carson

Mr. Rogers

John Steinbeck

William Faulkner

Ernest Hemingway

Toni Morrison

Harper Lee

Frank Sinatra

Marilyn Monroe

Michael Jordan

The Wright Brothers

Miles Davis

Jimi Hendrix

Alexander Graham Bell

Oh, crap--I forgot Paul MF Revere!

John McEnroe

I'm answering this without looking at any other answers. I like this kind of challenge.

First queston: only men? No women? I'll assume yes.

First names that come to mind:

Frederick Douglass

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thomas Edison

Muhammad Ali

I can't believe I'm the first to mention Douglass and only the second to mention MLK. That's pitiful. These are world-historical non-politician leaders (neither ever ran for or held public office).

Washington - born VirginiaJefferson - born VirginiaRoosevelt - born New YorkLincoln - born Kentuckyman, this is why Trump won the election. no education in America.

webby wrote:

Technically, only two of the Rushmore Presidents were born in the U.S.

I'm going to go with Einstein, MLK, Carol Burnett, and John Steinbeck.

MLK was deeply political. Learn about his career and life or read his biographies.

KudzuRunner wrote:

I can't believe I'm the first to mention Douglass and only the second to mention MLK. That's pitiful. These are world-historical non-politician leaders (neither ever ran for or held public office).