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美国历史上最有影响的100个人 马丁·路德·金纪念日快来了，顺便读读美国历史。发现《大西洋月刊》2006年末整理出来的美国百名历史风流人物中还是有不少听起来很陌生，做一个小笔记，（以绿色字体做了些加注，而以蓝色标注的则是我不先前不知晓的）那些陌生的大人物还是值得了解一下。虽然这个名单未必符合所有美国人的评判标准，但如果熟知这百名影响美国历史的人物，作为一个外国人对美国的历史文化的掌握即使不能洞悉也足够了。大家也来读读看你们听说过多少位。 目录 ? 美国历史上最有影响的100个人 ? 100位影响美国历史的重量级人物中你我知道多少？ ? 参考文献 美国历史上最有影响的100个人 编辑本段回目录 1 Abraham Lincoln 林肯 美国百名历史风流人物 He saved the Union, freed the slaves, and presided over America’ssecond founding. 2 George Washington 乔治·华盛顿He made the United States possible—not only by defeating a king,but by declining to become one himself. 3 Thomas Jefferson 杰佛逊The author of the five most important words in American history:“All men are created equal.” 4 Franklin Delano Roosevelt德拉诺·罗斯福He said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” andthen he proved it. 5 Alexander Hamilton 亚历山大·汉密尔顿Soldier, banker, and political scientist, he set in motion anagrarian nation’s transformation into an industrial power. 6 Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林The Founder-of-all-trades— scientist, printer, writer, diplomat,inventor, and more; like his country, he contained multitudes. 7 John Marshall 约翰·马歇尔The defining chief justice, he established the Supreme Court as theequal of the other two federal branches. 8 Martin Luther King Jr.马丁·路德·金His dream of racial equality is still elusive, but no one did moreto make it real. 9 Thomas Edison 爱迪生·托马斯It wasn’t just the lightbulb; the Wizard of Menlo Park was themost prolific inventor in American history. 10 Woodrow Wilson 威尔逊He made the world safe for U.S. interventionism, if not fordemocracy. 11 John D. Rockefeller 约翰·洛克菲勒The man behind Standard Oil set the mold for our tycoons—first bymaking money, then by giving it away. 12 Ulysses S. Grant 尤利西斯·格兰特He was a poor president, but he was the general Lincoln needed; healso wrote the greatest political memoir in American history. 13 James Madison 詹姆斯·麦迪逊He fathered the Constitution and wrote the Bill of Rights. 14 Henry Ford福特·亨利He gave us the assembly line and the Mode