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Who will be remembered 1000 years from now

Riddle101

When we look back on history we still remember historical figures who died hundreds, if not thousands of years ago. We still remember leaders like Alexander The Great, Julius Caesar, Attila The Hun, Genghis Khan. We remember philosophers like Plato and Aristotle. Artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and musicians like Beethoven and Motzart. There are plenty of other historical figures I could name but I'll leave it at that.

It's hard to say what the world with be like a thousand years from now(assuming it isn't destroyed). But I wonder what history books will say about people of today. Who has made a significant enough of an impact that their legacy will live on for thousands of years.

I guess the first name that pop into my mind, is Tim Berners Lee for inventing the World Wide Web. Of course who knows what they'll have 1000 years later, they'll probably consider the World Wide Web primitive and outdated by then.

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SafeSurfer

Jayop wrote: »

SafeSurfer wrote: »

The majority of scientists who have made major discoveries are completely unknown today and will be but footnotes in academic texts in a thousand years time. Ask the average person on the street to name 3 Nobel prize winning scientists and few would get past Einstein.

I'm sure most people could name loads of important scientists.

Einstein
Darwin
Hawking
Curie
newton
Bell
Tesla
Eddison
Hubble

I don't share your optimism. Ask a friend to name 3 Nobel prize winning scientists and see how many they can name.

Jayop

SafeSurfer wrote: »

The majority of scientists who have made major discoveries are completely unknown today and will be but footnotes in academic texts in a thousand years time. Ask the average person on the street to name 3 Nobel prize winning scientists and few would get past Einstein.

I'm sure most people could name loads of important scientists.

Einstein
Darwin
Hawking
Curie
newton
Bell
Tesla
Eddison
Hubble

SafeSurfer

Grayson wrote: »

Unless they start a big war current politicians won't be remembered in 1000 years. It's possible none of our countries will exist then.

It may be possible that if climate change works out really bad then the most powerful deniers will be remembered as the causes.

Peter Higgs (as in the Higgs boson) will be remembered. As will any other scientists that make big discoveries.

The majority of scientists who have made major discoveries are completely unknown today and will be but footnotes in academic texts in a thousand years time. Ask the average person on the street to name 3 Nobel prize winning scientists and few would get past Einstein.

RoyalMarine

Adolf Hitler and Stephen Hawking.

BrokenArrows

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Nevertheless, we still remember Genghis Khan despite the two World Wars having happened.

Ya but Khan killed about the same amount of people as in WW2 and it was 10% of the world population at the same. So it is still seen as insane.

Grayson

Unless they start a big war current politicians won't be remembered in 1000 years. It's possible none of our countries will exist then.

It may be possible that if climate change works out really bad then the most powerful deniers will be remembered as the causes.

Peter Higgs (as in the Higgs boson) will be remembered. As will any other scientists that make big discoveries.

Jayop

Skylinehead wrote: »

Yuri Gagarin too, first in space is as significant as first on the Moon.

Wright brothers maybe, and Einstein.

Yeah good shouts, especially Einstein. Even though despite having read about his work on numerous occasions I still don't have a balls notion what he was talking about it's clearly been hugely significant.

Dubh Geannain

The new world lightweight of the championship

Maximus Alexander

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Chances are they there will be another war between now and 3016 where the 70 million who died in WW2 will look like a minor scuffle.

We will probably be populating other planets by then and an interstellar war will occur when the death toll will reach the billions.

Nevertheless, we still remember Genghis Khan despite the two World Wars having happened.

BrokenArrows

Jayop wrote: »

Aye, Armstrong and Hitler are the only two from the 20th century that are sure to be remembered in 1000 years time.

Chances are they there will be another war between now and 3016 where the 70 million who died in WW2 will look like a minor scuffle.

We will probably be populating other planets by then and an interstellar war will occur when the death toll will reach the billions.

Maximus Alexander

Einstein, Armstrong and Hitler would be the only ones from that last century that I'd feel fairly certain about.

If SpaceX ends up putting people on Mars, then Elon Musk and whoever steps off the ship first probably, but that's a pretty long shot at this point.

From the art side of things, I haven't a clue. Have we had a Shakespeare or Mozart equivalent in any of the 'new' media? I don't think so.

Cortina_MK_IV

William Shakespeare.

ZeroThreat

Marty Morrissey

Skylinehead

Jayop wrote: »

Aye, Armstrong and Hitler are the only two from the 20th century that are sure to be remembered in 1000 years time.

Yuri Gagarin too, first in space is as significant as first on the Moon.

Wright brothers maybe, and Einstein.

yermanoffthetv

Trent A character whose tale will be told aeons from now. Truly the greatest story ever told.

Jayop

RobertKK wrote: »

Neil Armstrong and whoever is the first human to step onto Mars..

Aye, Armstrong and Hitler are the only two from the 20th century that are sure to be remembered in 1000 years time.

Tsipras

Muhammad Ali

RobertKK

Neil Armstrong and whoever is the first human to step onto Mars..

Cazale

Ronnie Corbett. Four Candles is a classic.

Skylinehead

A Little Pony wrote: »

Donald Trump, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Stonewall Jackson, George Washington, Nigel Farage

I'd say 90% of people on the street don't know who Stonewall Jackson is now, let alone in a thousand years. Likewise Adams. As for Farage, tis but a pimple on history. Trump....remains to be seen. Lets hope Putin doesn't make fun of his hair.