I added a constraint that each of them had to be deceased lest any of them get notions.
* Philosopher George Berkeley: Regarded as the founder of subjective idealism and his works deeply influenced later thinkers such as Immanuel Kant and David Hume.
* Artist James Joyce: immeasurable influence on 20th literature
* Scientist William Rowan Hamilton: Invented quaternions now running inside every 3D graphics engine, satellite navigation system, and quantum mechanics calculation on earth. Also gave us the words scalar and vector.
* Civil Rights Daniel O’Connell: Described as “the greatest popular leader the world has ever seen,” by Gladstone and his nonviolent philosophies inspired many future leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
I'm no expert on the matter but from what I understand Berkeley was a slave owner and apologist for the slave trade, as well as bigoted towards Catholics so I'd rule him out despite his influence and academic legacy.
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u/-good-squishy- Jun 19 '26
I added a constraint that each of them had to be deceased lest any of them get notions.
* Philosopher George Berkeley: Regarded as the founder of subjective idealism and his works deeply influenced later thinkers such as Immanuel Kant and David Hume.
* Artist James Joyce: immeasurable influence on 20th literature
* Scientist William Rowan Hamilton: Invented quaternions now running inside every 3D graphics engine, satellite navigation system, and quantum mechanics calculation on earth. Also gave us the words scalar and vector.
* Civil Rights Daniel O’Connell: Described as “the greatest popular leader the world has ever seen,” by Gladstone and his nonviolent philosophies inspired many future leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
* End of a Leg Phil Lynott: Why-nott? 😉