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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. 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 wasn't 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. He also writes that
Muhammad's role in the development of
Islam is far more influential than
Jesus's collaboration in the development of
Christianity. He attributes the development of Christianity to St. Paul, who played a pivotal role in the spreading Christianity.
In addition, Hart wrote a 'sequel' in 1999, entitled A View From The Year
3000, in which he writes from the perspective of a person from that year ranking the most influential people in history. Roughly half of those entries are fictitious people from 2000-3000, but roughly half are actual people, most of whom are taken from the 1992 edition, though many have been reranked in order.
Hart's Top 15 (from the 1992 edition)
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