Who Is The Most Respected Person ALIVE on Earth...???

[NorthofEngland]

It is my opinion that Nelson Mandela was, by far, the most respected person on the face of the planet.
Now he has died I cannot think of anyone who even comes close to having a similar degree if respect on an international level.

But, more than this, I cannot think of anyone who is respected internationally who has 10% of the respect that Mandela had.


The Dalai Lama is respected internationally BUT Chinese pressure ensures that heads of state, from every country on earth, exercise restraint in associating with him. Maybe this Chinese made adversity actually adds to his respect?
Aung San Sui Kyee (Myanmar Political Reformer) is also another hugely respected figure.
After decades of repression and house arrest, she is now internationally recognised as a person with the altruism and bravery to remain unchanged by extreme pressure of the governing generals of the nation in which she lived. Myanmar is now on the verge of massive change and Aug San Siu Kyee is a large part of the reason why.

Who do you consider to be internationally respected???

 

[echelon1k1]

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[cannabineer]

How 'bout Stephen Hawking?

 

[see4]

 

[beenthere]

How 'bout Stephen Hawking?

I second Stephen Hawking.

 

[little butch]

How about that little dumb ass that inherited the throne in North Korea ???? With friends like Dennis Rodman, why not...lol

 

[ginwilly]

How 'bout Stephen Hawking?

That was my first thought but then I realized how celeb obsessed we are. For that I'm going to say The Oprah. Maybe Pele or some other athlete.

Princess Di once made this list while taking 10 mil a year by way of British welfare while dating a Greek Billionaire. People are people.

 

[cannabineer]

That was my first thought but then I realized how celeb obsessed we are. For that I'm going to say The Oprah. Maybe Pele or some other athlete.

Princess Di once made this list while taking 10 mil a year by way of British welfare while dating a Greek Billionaire. People are people.

Shame Ayrton Senna is dead. Schumacher!

 

[ginwilly]

Shumacher is a good one. Federer is up there.

I bet if we find these polls by decade it will list various celebrities and Athletes. John Wayne being one of the all timers. Eastwood was until that unfortunate empty chair speech. Perception trumps reality any day and Hollywood/Paparazzi make strong perceptions. Hell, we made Angelina Jolie into a hero for having a boob job.

I just don't think that many people know or care about Hawkings or other great thinkers/writers of our time. We value entertainment way more. The Queen Mum is one of the biggest welfare recipients in history, yet one of the most respected.

 

[cannabineer]

I will differentiate between thinkers and writers. Most writers are not natural philosophers, but rather tellers of compelling if fictional stories. My gripe with the OP pick was ... where are the natural philosophers, the engineers, the mathematicians? The architects and builders?

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear --
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.'

 

[NoDrama]

DUDES the most respected man on earth?

That's easy....

Nelson Mandela LOL haha suuuure.

 

[ClaytonBigsby]

The Pope still has some clout

 

[mr sunshine]

Im going with danny glover.

 

[Dr Kynes]

OP thinks Popularity is a measure of worth.

OP of course, as usual, indulges in "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name"

 

[theexpress]

 

[Omgwtfbbq Indicaman]

probably snowden in about a years time.