The Greatest American

[Ronin]

How can I go about such a monumental task as choosing the greatest american of all time?

It needs to be somebody that represents the finer ideals of that country.....the one that most lived up to them, the one that had the most important and most positive effect on my life as an individual.....

I´m going with Hugh Hefner....

Ahhhh Hef....one has simply to take a look at your life´s work
to tell you are worthy of praise....may the future generations say your name in reverence!

[doc_bean]

Hugh Hefner

No matter how famous or rich you are, there will always be at least a tiny instant where you wish you were Hugh Hefner.

[KukriKhan]

To give Louis a hand, below is the raw list of nominees, as of 1500 GMT, 10 April, listed by time of nomination. A '+' after the name indicates additional votes for the same name:

Ben Franklin + + + + + +
Thomas Jefferson + + + + +
Bruce Springsteen
James W. Monteith
James Madison + + + + +
George Lucas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Lindberg
Bill Clinton +
Hillary Clinton
George Washington + + + + + + +
Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Du Motier
Harry S Truman
John Steinbeck
Abraham Lincoln + + + + +
Theodore Roosevelt + + + +
Ronald Reagan +
George Patton + +
Douglas MacArthur
Andrew Jackson
Crazy Horse
Martin Luther King + + +
Thomas Edison +
Robert E. Lee + +
Albert Einstein +
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Richard Feynman
Joshua Chamberlain
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Elizabeth Blackwell
Carrie Chapman Catt
Robert Johnson
Miles Davis
James Brown
Benedict Arnold +
Jim Thorpe +
Todd Beamer ('Let's Roll')
Mike Modano (hockey)
Sitting Bull
Grigori Rasputin
Chris Chelios (hockey)
George Berkeley
Pat Lafontaine (hockey)
Walt Disney
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Norman Ernest Borlaug
Chuck Norris
Mark Twain (S. Clemens) +
Lewis
Clark +
Sacagawea
Frederick Douglas
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Bill Gates +
Elvis Presley
Ulysses S. Grant
Chief Joseph
James K. Polk
Walt Whitman
Mr. T
Melvil Dewey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry Clay
Henry Ford +
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
Chesty Pullman
Steve Jobs
John F. Kennedy
Devastatin Dave
Paris Hilton
John Carmack
William Allen
Joseph Brant Thayendenegea
William Franklin (son of Benjamin)
Beverly Robinson
William Stark
Alexander Graham Bell
Benjamin Thompson
Samuel Seabury
Herman Melville
Lewis Morris
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
Cheryl Tiegs
Hugh Hefner
Tecumseh
Stonewall Jackson
George W. Carter
William Johnson
















=93 names
9 front-runners, with 3 or more votes

edit: added Fisherking's names

[KukriKhan]

Non-US posters (15):
Louis VI the Fat
Duke of Gloucester
Petrus
Fenring (Kralizec)
Insane Apache
AdrianII
doc_bean
Stig
Vladimir
Gerard Byram
Hiji
Husar
Duke Malcolm
Ronin
Fisherking

Nominated:

Benjamin Franklin + +
Thomas Jefferson
Bruce Springsteen
James W. Monteith
James Madison + + +
George Lucas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Lindberg
Bill Clinton +
Hillary Clinton
Abraham Lincoln
Martin L. King
George Washington
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Richard Feynman
Joshua Chamberlain
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Elizabeth Blackwell
Carrie Chapman Catt
Robert Johnson
Miles Davis
James Brown
Benedict Arnold +
Walt Disney
William Hanna
Theodore Roosvelt +
Walt Whitman
Mr. T
Bill Gates
Henry Ford
Steve Jobs
John F. Kennedy
George Patton
Devastatin' Dave
Paris Hilton
John Carmack
William Allen
Joseph Brant Thayendenegea
William Franklin (son of Benjamin)
Beverly Robinson
William Stark
Alexander Graham Bell
Benjamin Thompson
Samuel Seabury
Herman Melville
Hugh Hefner
Joseph Barbera
Chuck Norris
James K. Polk
Sam Clemens (Mark Twain)
George R Clark
Tecumseh
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
George Washington Carver
William Johnson

[KukriKhan]

US posters (according to IP address) (13)

Proletariat
Gelatinous Cube
Sasaki Kojiro
Crazed Rabbit
Big Tex
KukriKhan
Reenk Roink
Pindar
Gregoshi
Lemur
Divinus Arma
Strike For The South
Marshal Murat

Nominated:

Thomas Jefferson + + + + +
George Washington + + + + + +
Ben Franklin + + +
Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Du

Motier
Harry S Truman
John Steinbeck
Abraham Lincoln + + + + +
Theodore Roosevelt + +
Ronald Reagan +
George Patton +
Douglas MacArthur
Andrew Jackson
Crazy Horse
James Madison +
Martin L. King + +
Thomas Edison +
Robert E. Lee +
Albert Einstein
Jim Thorpe +
Robb
Mike Modano
Sitting Bull
Grigori Rasputin
Chris Chelos
George Berkeley
Pat Lafontaine
Norman Ernest Borlaug
Mark Twain (S. Clemens)
Lewis
Clark
Sacagawea
Frederick Douglas
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Bill Gates
Elvis Presley
US Grant
Chief Joseph
Melvil Dewey
LB Johnson
Henry Clay
Henry Ford
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
Chesty Pullman
Lewis Morris
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
Cheryl Tiegs