Who is is your favorite historical persona?

My favorite person is Albert Einstein.I nver ceases to be amazed at the power of his thoughts.He is way ahead of our times and at the same time simple and very reasonable. My fvorite of his quotes is 'God does not play dice with the universe'. Einstein believed that that the universe was deterministic in the sense that every event that occurs is caused by other events.Our ancient ancestors shared the same belief that every event that occurs is ultimately caused by a God. I strongly think he is one of the remarkable geniuses God has ever created. It is so interesting and absorbing to try to understand his theories.The more you read his theory of relativity the more you get wrapped into it.I just adore him.

Both of those women were truly remarkable. One woman who i really admire is katherine of aragon, henry Viii's first wife, she was cast aside yet still stood strong in her beliefs, she maintained that she had not slept with her first husband until the bitter end and would not give up on her religion or her marriage to the husband she loved regardless of being separated from her only daughter, being forcedto live in damp, unhealthy old buildings and effectively being pushed aside while people waited for her to die, she didn't give in. I think that takes a really strong person to be able to put up with such awful living conditions in order to maintain what they believe in, it kind of makes me wish that i had something that i believed that strongly in, as beliefs are obviously an enormous source of strength for some! xxx

Those are beautiful and extremely touching words of Anne Frank. I must admit, that i know little about her , but after reading this i surely would be interested in knowing more. From my childhood i have always had the fascination for our freedom fighters and reformists and have always tried to follow whatever i could on them. There are a lot of great personalities and historical persona who have influenced my thinking, but the topmost would be Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi. Since very little is talked about Tilak, i would like to take this discussion to share a little bit about him Lokmanya Bal Ganghadhar Tilak to many was the "uncrowned king of India" and has been described by Mahatma Gandhi himself as the maker of modern India. To many he was a creative genius.He worked for the masses and once wrote "There is no greater folly than the assumption of the educated classes that they are a seperate class from the mass of the people.Their own salvation depends on the salvation of the people .He is remembered by many for his profound vision and dynamtic action. Though many know him as a political leader fe know that he was a genius at literay work . After having learnt and been influenced by his politcal and social thoughts, his literary workd are those which i am keen on pursuing now. Having shared this there are those in the category of those that i love to hate. But that's another matter and for some other time. Thanks Mimpi again for sharing Anne Frank, please do share some more about her.

i also very much liked Anne Frank. how a little girl has portrayed the history like this. hats off to her also. she was really brave in that time of crissis. above all she clearly wrote all the things that time, even about her liking the boy(sorry i do not remmeber the name who were staying with her.)

I regret that this discussion does not appear to be my cup of tea. I have not heard the names of Joan of Arc and Anne Frank, poor me, cannot decipher about them. Could come to know about them after reading your posts. I have read about Gandhiji a lot and consider him as a great historical leader.

Hi dear Well i have list of personalities i like in History, Mostly are from Islamic history. Other thing u need to have great knowledge and study to analyse that. as we have such a long history and so much personalities. Take care

I read the Anne Frank diaries when I was in school and probably never really appreciated them as much as I should have at the time to be honest. This always seems to be the case when we are told we have to read something rather than discovering and reading it of our own accord. I really should take the time to read these diaries again I think..... When I was younger I was obsessed with "The Time Machine" by H.G Wells and also "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. Both of these books provided me with a lot of imagination and fascination. I didn't have an affinity to any particular character in either book as such but it was more the stories in general that intrigued and inspired me!

you have actually reminded me with this that i have always wanted to read the diaries of anne frank so i think i will head off to the library on monday and take them out thanks my fave historical person, was henry V||| He was such a character and i adored reading about him

Eew I don't like Anne Frank. I didn't enjoy her book. It was entertaining enough, but we had to study it when I was in high school. So I guess that turned me off. Instead of just enjoying her story I had to memorize passages and be graded on my knowledge. I'm interested in the English and French royalties though. I find their lives really interesting.

I love history and I admire a lot of historical personas. One of them would be Anne Frank. I haven't read her diary but I was able to watch her story in a theater play. I hope to get a copy when I get around to it. I also love Winston Churchill. When I was in college, my English thesis was about him. I think he's one of the best statemen ever. ;D

My favorite historical persona is Chey Gueyevara

i think that she is my mother.

my favourite history person is adolf hitler.. no offense meant but his biography taught me how a wonderful idea can go seriously wrong if you let your motivation and idea take control of your senses... his acts are perfect examples of what not to do to become successful... virtually carrying out anything however grotesque it may be to achieve one's goals is not a very good idea....

My favorite is St. Therese of Lisieux. Her life story is so inspiring. It's really hard to follow her examples. We can't even live the way she lived, not even 10% of it. But at least, we are inspired by the little ways she did for the love of Jesus. In my own way, whenever I remember her, I try hard to do just as she did. :)

Hi Mimipi, I must admit I have never read Anne Fransk diaries as I was never interested in anything to do with history of any kind at school. However Joan of Arc has always fascinated and in recent history Mother Theresa. I must actually get a copy of the book and read as now I am older much more interested in this type of thing. Huggles. Ellie :D

Napoleon and Josephine.....John Lennon...The Tudors..William Wallace...Czar Nicholas and Peter the Great...Vlad Tepes....I have a wide variety of historical favorites from all parts of the globes. History has some inspiring stories of fascinating people that hold lessons that still apply today.

I always admire Mother Theresa. I think what she did is very novel and i admire her strength and determination to help people no matter what race and religion they may have. She never even stop helping people even though she is already old. I wish there are still people with a good heart like her nowadays. She is a good samaritan and she inspires a lot of people that no matter what race or religion we may had we are all brothers and sisters in Gods eyes.