Discussion Ask HN: Who are the 100 people who most changed the world? Norman Borlaug invented dwarf wheat and in so doing allowed the earth to support billions more people.Mikhail Kalashnikov invented a weapon which changed the world map and the ability of the common man to fight governments (and vice versa).In creating C and Unix, Dennis Ritchie created arguably the infrastructure for all modern computing.---------Who would be on your list of the top (perhaps unsung) people who changed massive numbers of lives for centuries and WHY? 31 points petenixey 13 years ago 84 comments
Mikhail Kalashnikov invented a weapon which changed the world map and the ability of the common man to fight governments (and vice versa).
In creating C and Unix, Dennis Ritchie created arguably the infrastructure for all modern computing.
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Who would be on your list of the top (perhaps unsung) people who changed massive numbers of lives for centuries and WHY?