in 1727 just weeks before his death one
of the most famous man of his day is
busy burning boxfuls of his manuscripts
what better way to honor their
achievements than to give them the
big-screen treatment welcome to
watchmojo.com today we’ll be counting
down our picks for the top 10 male
historical figures that deserve a
Hollywood movie the most famous work and
the most important one that Leonardo
produced while in Milan was his Last
Supper for the refectory of the Church
of Santa Maria della Grazia
for this list we’ll be taking a look at
the gentlemen whose exceptional lives
are worthy of being remembered in a
big-budget Hollywood flick though some
of these men have had movies made about
them before they were produced outside
of the USA or never received much
attention outside of classrooms we’re
excluding sports people this time but be
sure to look out for our list on famous
female figures from history that should
have their own film I don’t mind people
asking me questions about what I’m going
to do on orbit and whether I’m going to
be doing any of the cooking on orbit
unless it’s asked by someone who expects
that the only reason that I’m flying is
because Krip needs somebody to serve him
coffee
number 10 Henry Ford he’d lived from the
days of horse and buggy until cars were
part of our way of life this world was
his world best known for revolutionizing
transportation and the overall American
manufacturing industry Ford’s impact in
world history goes further than the
Model T thanks to the success of the
Ford Motor Company Ford was at one point
one of the richest and most well known
men in the world having popularized the
now integral assembly line technique of
mass production the work at Ford’s at
that time you had to give up your
dignity your manhood and your self sense
a pacifist during World War one and a
supporter of high wages for his
employees Ford wasn’t without his
controversies his anti-semitic writings
and ties to the Nazi Party would make
for an intriguing watch the tragedy of
it was that he had the money and the
conceit to put his ideas on paper and
actually publish his own magazine which
spread it all around America and of
course made him a laughingstock number
nine
Ferdinand Porsche we all have a desire
to create something different sure we
were here and did something of value
there are many fascinating stories
surrounding the relationships that
business is forged with the Nazi Party
but the part this engineer had to play
in the war effort was more intimate than
most Hitler summoned Porsche to a
meeting in the autumn of 1933 and set
out his design parameters for an
air-cooled family car that could be
produced for less than a thousand German
Rash Marx founder of the German car
company that bears his name he worked
closely with the Third Reich and Adolf
Hitler to create many of the tanks and
weapon systems used during the war the
factory therefore became a target for
Allied bombers this association now has
obvious negative connotations but he was
a leading innovator for automobile
technology with his works including the
Volkswagen Beetle and hybrid engines it
was called semper Vivat always alive and
was invented by an Austrian named
Ferdinand Porsche they could run using
gas the batteries are both number-8
Isaac Newton the Enlightenment must have
been an exciting time to be alive as
scientific developments completely
altered the way we view the world around
us Newton is very secretive and has no
interest in sharing his work with the
world it would eventually transform it
would have been even more enthralling to
be a leading figure in the movement
towards a greater understanding of the
forces of Earth he discovers the laws of
optics figures out that white light is
composed of colors that’s kind of freaky
right there if you take your colors of
the rainbow put them back together you
get white light again Newton is best
known for his association of gravity
with a falling Apple but his influence
is far greater than that his laws of
motion had a profound effect on
scientific thought for centuries his
philosophical musings challenged the
most prominent use of the time bordering
on heresy to mainstream Christianity
when Newton dies he is one of the
world’s most famous men number seven
Shaka Zulu the enemy responsible
captured the British imagination we went
down in history that’s what a most
fearsome powerful kingdoms in Africa the
sooner the ambiguity of the Kings nature
is the most enduring factor in the
interest paid to him by historians and
in popular culture before Shaka the last
nazil Empire Shaka in his intent through
his intelligence is the one who created
a Zulu Empire some see him as a
revolutionary leader who forwarded Zulu
culture through innovative and
diplomatic means he said ok now what I’m
gonna do
I will go from Glen to Glen chieftain I
will approach each and every chief and I
will just unite people using the spear
others regard him as a monster who
slaughtered thousands of people and as a
result divided the south of the African
continent due to contradictory
recollections the truth behind the man
may never be known but the fact that his
story invites a variety of
interpretations could work in his favor
on-screen it was just a game of the day
that it could kill other people to get
what he wanted to get but he was a great
politician number six Aristotle the East
has a way of swallowing men and their
dreams acknowledged as the first true
scientist this Greeks contribution to a
huge number of fields is unrivaled to
this day
Aristotle not only invented logic was
the first systematic investigator of
biology his most important work was in
the realm of metaphysics namely the
study of the structure of reality many
of his discoveries were unchallenged
until a 19th century and he still
influences thought on philosophy and
science in the present day many would
say he single-handedly created Western
philosophy Aristotle would question
everything that was presented to him to
the point where he was able to discern
the very minut details and not only
understand what each of them represented
but how they all fit together into
forming a larger system
Aristotle tutored the legendary King
Alexander the Great extending his
influence even further I have only these
frogs could look outward and act on
their favorite position at the center
Greece could rule the world those
his views on other cultures and women
are antiquated by today’s standards a
biopic on one of the first genuine
scientists in history would surely be
entertaining no Alexander only common
people believe these tales number 5
Napoleon Bonaparte
that’s what I like lizard Kings hitting
each other the cliched image of the tiny
general with an inferiority complex is
what many imagine when they hear
Napoleon actually Napoleon was at least
average height for his time in fact that
is merely a joke stemming from British
propaganda at the time of his reign
Napoleon was really an inspirational
leader with an ambition for power that
few could resist emerging from humble
beginnings to eventually rule much of
Europe he bent influential figures to
his will through sheer force of
personality oh and an army his charisma
I mean he got tremendous presence
napoleon was a master at motivating his
soldiers as well as being a masterful
commander his liberal reforms in the
countries he conquered laid the
groundwork for civilized society as we
know it today I found the crown of
France in the gutter he said and I
picked it up
number 4 Leonardo da Vinci as one of the
greatest naturalist who ever lived
he is someone who we continue to admire
today the quintessential Renaissance man
is one of the greatest painters and
inventors of his era
often devising machines that were too
advanced for the technology available at
the time yes I shall go down in history
as the man who opened a door we’re
talking hydraulic pumps flying machines
and parachutes
and he’s on the charming you notice is
that if you build this parachute just
like I tell you I guarantee that it’ll
return a man safely to earth from any
altitude now maybe he felt safe in his
boast because he thought no one’s gonna
be stupid enough to go and try it his
genius and unquenchable thirst to
further his own learning in a diverse
range of disciplines mean many consider
him as the most multi-talented human
being ever his private life and
sexuality remain largely unknown but
some recordings note him as a strong
handsome and outgoing man that’s part of
the attraction that he is a disreputable
but eminently forgivable lovable young
man still apparently only his pupils
truly knew the inner work
mind and know the davinci code does not
count in this case you say you you hate
history nobody hates history they hate
their own histories number three
Vladimir Lenin must crush capitalism one
of the most influential men of the 20th
century was absolutely unwavering in his
commitment to bringing about a socialist
revolution in his own country
let him brought back to his homeland his
Marxist ideals and on the long train
journey through whore torn Europe he
wrote down his plan for a socialist
future nothing could change his views on
Marxism and the ways he believed social
reforms should be brought about Lenin
never cared for personal gains even his
enemies admitted that he fully believed
in his cause living modestly and working
tirelessly from his student days until
his to early death he was a key figure
in the 1917 revolution that saw
communist government installed in Russia
thereby influencing world affairs for
the rest of the century he was
apparently capable of kindness but still
oversaw the murders of tens of thousands
of opponents who stood against him life
may not have been luxurious but nearly
everyone had a roof over their head and
food on their plate number two Thomas
Jefferson Thomas Jefferson might be the
most important person of the American
Revolution the lives of fellow former US
presidents George Washington and
Theodore Roosevelt would make for
interesting films but Jefferson gets the
nod for our list Tom took the lead on
the Declaration of Independence in 1776
with all that good stuff about power
residing with the people the second one
started when he won the 1800 election a
founding father of the US he was also a
great thinker and became president of
the American Philosophical Society as a
massive figure during the crucial
historical era he had a hand in almost
all of the social and cultural advances
of the time while serving in the state
legislature Jefferson wrote the statute
of Virginia for religious freedom this
became the basis for the drafting of the
First Amendment
despite promoting anti-slavery
legislation he still owned over 600
slaves during his lifetime a duality in
his personality that is often overlooked
he also had a three and a half decades
long relationship
with his wife’s half-sister Sally
Hemings
who was also his slave he had several
children with her and the only slaves
Jefferson Freight upon his death we’re
the children he had with Sally Hemings
we know that 1995’s Jefferson in Paris
documents his relationship with his
daughter but a man of his stature
deserves something more he’s your
daughter here to learn French manners
and tomorrow manners to some extent but
when it comes to moms we should keep to
our own before we reveal our top pick
let’s take a look at some honorable
mentions
he kept dinner tables hanging on his
every word his plays ran to packed
houses Wilde brought color to the gray
of Victorian England with both his words
and disappearance John Locke is the
father of classical liberalism his core
political ideas and doctrines are really
at the heart of constitutional law and
anglo-american jurisprudence whether he
foresaw it or not his impact on
revolutionary movements from Russia to
China to Cuba Vietnam North Korea has
been immense
number one Nikola Tesla these things
never quite work as you expect them to
mr. NGO that’s one of the principal
beauties of science the scientist is
today recognized for his input in
creating modern electricity systems but
his work often delved into the bizarre
thousands of people believed the US
government suppressed Tesla’s technology
take the story of the Tesla oscillator a
small device that can allegedly simulate
earthquakes despite being quite a
showman when presenting his quirky
inventions he was strictly regimented
when it came to his work schedule he
kept only a few friends most notably
Mark Twain an openly hated fellow
inventor and rival Thomas Edison if
Tesla and Westinghouse want Apollo war
Edison is ready to give it to them an
endlessly unusual man he supposedly
never slept more than two hours
criticized the work of Albert Einstein
and even believed in eugenics I give you
the future have electricity alternating
current the story of this unique and
extraordinary man and his incredible
ideas would electrify the screen then
why isn’t machine working because exact
science mr. NGO is not an exact science
the machine simply does not operate as
expected
do you with our list I have nothing to
be ashamed of you arrogant brat which
meant from history would you like to see
on the big screen
we’ve got people slogging through
calculus in college just to learn what
it is that Isaac Newton invented on a
dare for more historical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com it keeps each of us a
beginning and an end and just makes us
question how we use what comes between
of the most famous man of his day is
busy burning boxfuls of his manuscripts
what better way to honor their
achievements than to give them the
big-screen treatment welcome to
watchmojo.com today we’ll be counting
down our picks for the top 10 male
historical figures that deserve a
Hollywood movie the most famous work and
the most important one that Leonardo
produced while in Milan was his Last
Supper for the refectory of the Church
of Santa Maria della Grazia
for this list we’ll be taking a look at
the gentlemen whose exceptional lives
are worthy of being remembered in a
big-budget Hollywood flick though some
of these men have had movies made about
them before they were produced outside
of the USA or never received much
attention outside of classrooms we’re
excluding sports people this time but be
sure to look out for our list on famous
female figures from history that should
have their own film I don’t mind people
asking me questions about what I’m going
to do on orbit and whether I’m going to
be doing any of the cooking on orbit
unless it’s asked by someone who expects
that the only reason that I’m flying is
because Krip needs somebody to serve him
coffee
number 10 Henry Ford he’d lived from the
days of horse and buggy until cars were
part of our way of life this world was
his world best known for revolutionizing
transportation and the overall American
manufacturing industry Ford’s impact in
world history goes further than the
Model T thanks to the success of the
Ford Motor Company Ford was at one point
one of the richest and most well known
men in the world having popularized the
now integral assembly line technique of
mass production the work at Ford’s at
that time you had to give up your
dignity your manhood and your self sense
a pacifist during World War one and a
supporter of high wages for his
employees Ford wasn’t without his
controversies his anti-semitic writings
and ties to the Nazi Party would make
for an intriguing watch the tragedy of
it was that he had the money and the
conceit to put his ideas on paper and
actually publish his own magazine which
spread it all around America and of
course made him a laughingstock number
nine
Ferdinand Porsche we all have a desire
to create something different sure we
were here and did something of value
there are many fascinating stories
surrounding the relationships that
business is forged with the Nazi Party
but the part this engineer had to play
in the war effort was more intimate than
most Hitler summoned Porsche to a
meeting in the autumn of 1933 and set
out his design parameters for an
air-cooled family car that could be
produced for less than a thousand German
Rash Marx founder of the German car
company that bears his name he worked
closely with the Third Reich and Adolf
Hitler to create many of the tanks and
weapon systems used during the war the
factory therefore became a target for
Allied bombers this association now has
obvious negative connotations but he was
a leading innovator for automobile
technology with his works including the
Volkswagen Beetle and hybrid engines it
was called semper Vivat always alive and
was invented by an Austrian named
Ferdinand Porsche they could run using
gas the batteries are both number-8
Isaac Newton the Enlightenment must have
been an exciting time to be alive as
scientific developments completely
altered the way we view the world around
us Newton is very secretive and has no
interest in sharing his work with the
world it would eventually transform it
would have been even more enthralling to
be a leading figure in the movement
towards a greater understanding of the
forces of Earth he discovers the laws of
optics figures out that white light is
composed of colors that’s kind of freaky
right there if you take your colors of
the rainbow put them back together you
get white light again Newton is best
known for his association of gravity
with a falling Apple but his influence
is far greater than that his laws of
motion had a profound effect on
scientific thought for centuries his
philosophical musings challenged the
most prominent use of the time bordering
on heresy to mainstream Christianity
when Newton dies he is one of the
world’s most famous men number seven
Shaka Zulu the enemy responsible
captured the British imagination we went
down in history that’s what a most
fearsome powerful kingdoms in Africa the
sooner the ambiguity of the Kings nature
is the most enduring factor in the
interest paid to him by historians and
in popular culture before Shaka the last
nazil Empire Shaka in his intent through
his intelligence is the one who created
a Zulu Empire some see him as a
revolutionary leader who forwarded Zulu
culture through innovative and
diplomatic means he said ok now what I’m
gonna do
I will go from Glen to Glen chieftain I
will approach each and every chief and I
will just unite people using the spear
others regard him as a monster who
slaughtered thousands of people and as a
result divided the south of the African
continent due to contradictory
recollections the truth behind the man
may never be known but the fact that his
story invites a variety of
interpretations could work in his favor
on-screen it was just a game of the day
that it could kill other people to get
what he wanted to get but he was a great
politician number six Aristotle the East
has a way of swallowing men and their
dreams acknowledged as the first true
scientist this Greeks contribution to a
huge number of fields is unrivaled to
this day
Aristotle not only invented logic was
the first systematic investigator of
biology his most important work was in
the realm of metaphysics namely the
study of the structure of reality many
of his discoveries were unchallenged
until a 19th century and he still
influences thought on philosophy and
science in the present day many would
say he single-handedly created Western
philosophy Aristotle would question
everything that was presented to him to
the point where he was able to discern
the very minut details and not only
understand what each of them represented
but how they all fit together into
forming a larger system
Aristotle tutored the legendary King
Alexander the Great extending his
influence even further I have only these
frogs could look outward and act on
their favorite position at the center
Greece could rule the world those
his views on other cultures and women
are antiquated by today’s standards a
biopic on one of the first genuine
scientists in history would surely be
entertaining no Alexander only common
people believe these tales number 5
Napoleon Bonaparte
that’s what I like lizard Kings hitting
each other the cliched image of the tiny
general with an inferiority complex is
what many imagine when they hear
Napoleon actually Napoleon was at least
average height for his time in fact that
is merely a joke stemming from British
propaganda at the time of his reign
Napoleon was really an inspirational
leader with an ambition for power that
few could resist emerging from humble
beginnings to eventually rule much of
Europe he bent influential figures to
his will through sheer force of
personality oh and an army his charisma
I mean he got tremendous presence
napoleon was a master at motivating his
soldiers as well as being a masterful
commander his liberal reforms in the
countries he conquered laid the
groundwork for civilized society as we
know it today I found the crown of
France in the gutter he said and I
picked it up
number 4 Leonardo da Vinci as one of the
greatest naturalist who ever lived
he is someone who we continue to admire
today the quintessential Renaissance man
is one of the greatest painters and
inventors of his era
often devising machines that were too
advanced for the technology available at
the time yes I shall go down in history
as the man who opened a door we’re
talking hydraulic pumps flying machines
and parachutes
and he’s on the charming you notice is
that if you build this parachute just
like I tell you I guarantee that it’ll
return a man safely to earth from any
altitude now maybe he felt safe in his
boast because he thought no one’s gonna
be stupid enough to go and try it his
genius and unquenchable thirst to
further his own learning in a diverse
range of disciplines mean many consider
him as the most multi-talented human
being ever his private life and
sexuality remain largely unknown but
some recordings note him as a strong
handsome and outgoing man that’s part of
the attraction that he is a disreputable
but eminently forgivable lovable young
man still apparently only his pupils
truly knew the inner work
mind and know the davinci code does not
count in this case you say you you hate
history nobody hates history they hate
their own histories number three
Vladimir Lenin must crush capitalism one
of the most influential men of the 20th
century was absolutely unwavering in his
commitment to bringing about a socialist
revolution in his own country
let him brought back to his homeland his
Marxist ideals and on the long train
journey through whore torn Europe he
wrote down his plan for a socialist
future nothing could change his views on
Marxism and the ways he believed social
reforms should be brought about Lenin
never cared for personal gains even his
enemies admitted that he fully believed
in his cause living modestly and working
tirelessly from his student days until
his to early death he was a key figure
in the 1917 revolution that saw
communist government installed in Russia
thereby influencing world affairs for
the rest of the century he was
apparently capable of kindness but still
oversaw the murders of tens of thousands
of opponents who stood against him life
may not have been luxurious but nearly
everyone had a roof over their head and
food on their plate number two Thomas
Jefferson Thomas Jefferson might be the
most important person of the American
Revolution the lives of fellow former US
presidents George Washington and
Theodore Roosevelt would make for
interesting films but Jefferson gets the
nod for our list Tom took the lead on
the Declaration of Independence in 1776
with all that good stuff about power
residing with the people the second one
started when he won the 1800 election a
founding father of the US he was also a
great thinker and became president of
the American Philosophical Society as a
massive figure during the crucial
historical era he had a hand in almost
all of the social and cultural advances
of the time while serving in the state
legislature Jefferson wrote the statute
of Virginia for religious freedom this
became the basis for the drafting of the
First Amendment
despite promoting anti-slavery
legislation he still owned over 600
slaves during his lifetime a duality in
his personality that is often overlooked
he also had a three and a half decades
long relationship
with his wife’s half-sister Sally
Hemings
who was also his slave he had several
children with her and the only slaves
Jefferson Freight upon his death we’re
the children he had with Sally Hemings
we know that 1995’s Jefferson in Paris
documents his relationship with his
daughter but a man of his stature
deserves something more he’s your
daughter here to learn French manners
and tomorrow manners to some extent but
when it comes to moms we should keep to
our own before we reveal our top pick
let’s take a look at some honorable
mentions
he kept dinner tables hanging on his
every word his plays ran to packed
houses Wilde brought color to the gray
of Victorian England with both his words
and disappearance John Locke is the
father of classical liberalism his core
political ideas and doctrines are really
at the heart of constitutional law and
anglo-american jurisprudence whether he
foresaw it or not his impact on
revolutionary movements from Russia to
China to Cuba Vietnam North Korea has
been immense
number one Nikola Tesla these things
never quite work as you expect them to
mr. NGO that’s one of the principal
beauties of science the scientist is
today recognized for his input in
creating modern electricity systems but
his work often delved into the bizarre
thousands of people believed the US
government suppressed Tesla’s technology
take the story of the Tesla oscillator a
small device that can allegedly simulate
earthquakes despite being quite a
showman when presenting his quirky
inventions he was strictly regimented
when it came to his work schedule he
kept only a few friends most notably
Mark Twain an openly hated fellow
inventor and rival Thomas Edison if
Tesla and Westinghouse want Apollo war
Edison is ready to give it to them an
endlessly unusual man he supposedly
never slept more than two hours
criticized the work of Albert Einstein
and even believed in eugenics I give you
the future have electricity alternating
current the story of this unique and
extraordinary man and his incredible
ideas would electrify the screen then
why isn’t machine working because exact
science mr. NGO is not an exact science
the machine simply does not operate as
expected
do you with our list I have nothing to
be ashamed of you arrogant brat which
meant from history would you like to see
on the big screen
we’ve got people slogging through
calculus in college just to learn what
it is that Isaac Newton invented on a
dare for more historical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com it keeps each of us a
beginning and an end and just makes us
question how we use what comes between
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