Who is most important II

This Japanese list of: “Histories 100 Most Influencial people: Hero Edition,” (Nice spelling…) is interesting (HT: Tyler Cowen).

Some things to think about:

1. Neither Jesus nor Mohammed are on the list (and Confucius is not on the list either).
Not that I’m comparing or anything, but neither are Hitler, Mao or Stalin.
Alexander Fleming also did not make it to the list and neither did Charles Darwin.
As one of the commenters at MR also notices, the list have included no ancient greeks.
From an economical/political point of view, it is interesting that Alexander Hamilton, Adam Smith and Karl Marx are not on the list.

2. Bruce Lee (#37) is considered far more important than Newton, who only just manages to make it to the list (#99).

3. Anne Frank is on this list. One of history’s most important people? Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Arthur Conan Doyle and Charlie Chaplin are on the list as well. Babe Ruth is on the list. Hell, even Freddie Mercury made it to the list.

4. Mozart is considered more important than Beethoven. Beethoven is considered more important than Chopin. I’m not sure I would have included three musicians (4 if you include John Lennon, I have not thoroughly checked if there are any more of them) on such a list, but given that they have, these three are not bad choises.

5. Half of the American presidents on the list were assasinated.

6. No Danes are on the list. I guess Roemer and Bohr were not considered important enough.