I would swap George Washington with Thomas Edison. Edison is overrated.
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They didn’t allow presidents or presidents’ wives. If they had, my first choice would also have been Washington, who still stands as one of the most underrated presidents. He can never be rated high enough.
I would also swap some of the names on the list for some of the industrialists that we have had in America. For example Henry Ford, for all his personal short comings, pioneered and refined mass production. This is the preeminent force in our modern lifestyle behind AC current.
I think the list is too fixated on government add social actors. It makes me a little disappointed in historians.
Excluding presidents and their wives was a selection criteria.
I’d take Tesla over Edison.
Edison is overrated.
I agree. He stole much of what is attributed to him from his employees and from TESLA, who eminently deserves to be on that list.