Adam and Eve : They lived in Paradise , near Eden. Raised Cain.... and Abel also !. Chatted with a snake , ate some fruit and blew it for the rest of us.
Noah : Built a big boat , survived the flood and saved Darwin's species for later classification.
Job : He lost his family and all his worldly possessions ...... yet all the while sat patiently on a heap of manure praising the Lord. My hero !
Herod the Great: King of Judaea at moment of Jesus' birth.... responsible for the Massacre of the Innocents and whose very name still remains to this very day a choice swearword in everyday French speech here in Québec.
Punch Us Pilot : Roman Procurator in Judaea who believed Jesus innocent....... yet gave Him over for execution.
Nero : Roman Emperor. He played fiddle while Rome burned !
Confucius , Aristotle , Saint Thomas Aquinas... and my Dad !
Mohammet : Holy man and great prophet. I feel certain he would have condemned the 9 /11 perpetrators.
Leif Eriksson : Viking explorer who discovered Vineland , later identified as Newfoundland , and this is why Newfoundland vineyards and wines enjoy such popularity throughout the world today.
George Washington : First president of the United States. Cut down a cherry tree just outside Oval Office ..... and then LIED about it !!
James Madison : President of the US betwen 1809 and 1817. Had to move out of the White House in 1814 when Canadian and British forces burnt it to the ground during the War of 1812.
Abraham Lincoln : President of the US who liked Black Folks. Went to the theatre once too often !
Shakespeare : " All the world's a stage and all the men and women on it , merely actors ".
Hitler: He told a great number of people that they were supermen . UNfortunately for the world most of them believed him !!
George W Bush : The American voters willingly and wilfully put him in charge of the world for eight years !!! Thanks , guys !