THE GREATEST OF RECENT TIMES
My choices for the “greatest” ever in select categories among celebrities and of the 20th and 21st centuries. (1900 to the present. Very difficult to fairly compare pre-industrial age personalities to those who lived in modern times). Note: These selections are based on the prime years and their overall contribution to the specific categories, i.e. sports, entertainment, politics. For example, Tiger Woods (golf category) is slipping these days, but in his prime, he was the most dominant player in the field ever, in my opinion.
Greatest President: Dwight Eisenhower.
Worst President: Barack Obama
Most Overrated President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Most Underrated President: Harry Truman
Greatest Foreign Leader: Winston Churchill
Worst Foreign Leader: Hitler/Stalin (tie)
Gr. Political Commentator: Charles Krauthammer
Worst Commentator: Al Sharpton
Greatest Entertainer (male): Sammy Davis Jr.
Greatest Entertainer (Female): Barbra Streisand
Worst Entertainer: Too many to name.
Greatest Comic (female): Carol Burnett
Greatest Comic (male): Jackie Gleason
Greatest Popular Singer (male): Frank Sinatra
Worst Popular Singer (male): Fabian
Greatest Popular Singer (female): Celine Dion
Worst Popular Singer (female): Miley Cyrus
Greatest Rock singer (male): Elvis Presley
Greatest Rock Singer (female) Tina Turner
Greatest Composer (theatr): Andrew Lloyd Webber
Greatest American Composer: George Gershwin
Greatest Violinist: Jascha Heifetz
Greatest Pianist: Vladimir Horowitz
Greatest Actor: Daniel Day Lewis
Greatest Actress: Meryl Streep
Most Beautiful Actress: Elizabeth Taylor
Most Handsome Actor: John Derek
Greatest Athlete (male): Jim Thorpe
Greatest Athlete (female): Serena Williams
Greatest Fighter: Rocky Marciano
Greatest Baseball Player: Babe Ruth
Greatest Basketball Player: Michael Jordan
Greatest Football Player: Jim Brown
Greatest Golfer (male): Tiger Woods
Greatest Golfer (female): Annika Sorenstam
Greatest Tennis Player (male): Roger Federer
Greatest Tennis Player (female): Serena Williams
Greatest Author (male) Ernest Hemingway
Greatest Author (female) (stumped)
Greatest Blogger – (male or female) Cornelius Carbuncle
Jose
Great choices, but Fabian wasn’t all that bad! I probably would have included Ted Williams and Jimmy Carter. You had fun with this I bet.???