Most Significant Figures in History?

[Franky Four Fingers]

Churchill?
Dickens?
Lincoln?
Washington?
Einstein?
Shakespeare?
Nelson?
Hitler?
Darwin?

Nope.......the man that gets my vote is the man who decided that it might be a great idea to eat bacon and eggs together-who ever you are, I salute you Sir

Whos you're real life figure that needs commendation?

[Anygreg]

Churchill?
Dickens?
Lincoln?
Washington?
Einstein?
Shakespeare?
Nelson?
Hitler?
Darwin?

Nope.......the man that gets my vote is the man who decided that it might be a great idea to eat bacon and eggs together-who ever you are, I salute you Sir

Whos you're real life figure that needs commendation?

Oh yes, he gets a vote from me also... But we must also thank the man who invented the bread from which to hold said bacon and egg.

I would also like to mention the guys who put fresh cheese and onion together, may of been one guy, I always like to think it was two, lonely guys peddling there onions and cheese with little success until a chance meeting.... Then boom!

And when all these guys got together..... Well that's just another story!

[Huertecilla]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_from_Genghis_Khan

[PickleB]

Much though I admire the OP's choice of breakfast, when it first started Taenia solium was a bit of a problem.

With that in mind, I think Joseph Bazalgette deserves and honourable mention, if not the top spot.

[Possu]

Has to be John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

[Franky Four Fingers]

Has to be John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

That is a good shout, especially with bacon and eggs.

[PickleB]

To continue the gastronomic theme; mine's Giuseppe Cipriani for the dish named after Vittore Carpaccio. It is often my choice of starter, if it's on the menu.

[Huertecilla]

Ok, this is a brit forum but all well and good, the world is a bit bigger than a chilly island in NW Europe.

Around the Med aioli outscores b & e in importance umpteen to zilch. Has done so for centuries and that is just óne example.

Despite being from the Netherlands and having spent quite some time in the UK, b&e have remained a taste I never acquired.

Enjoy but rememr to not go american

[o u t a t i m e]

My vote goes to Mario Lasagna and Filippo Tortellini.

[SimonK]

Bacon and eggs also provide a good management lesson for those who don't know the difference between 'involved' and 'committed'. The chicken was involved, the pig was committed.

[JasonM]

My vote is for the inventor of this culinary marvel. http://metro.co.uk/2015/04/11/we-wan.../?ito=facebook

[PickleB]

Ok, this is a brit forum but all well and good, the world is a bit bigger than a chilly island in NW Europe.
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Enjoy but rememr to not go american

There have been some Mediterranean references already and there's nothing wrong with Eggs Benedict for breakfast...another of my favourites.

Edit: That said, the OP reminded me of the bacon in the fridge waiting to be used up. There goes the diet...but I must admit that he didn't mention the fried bread I had to go with my b&e.

[Huertecilla]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momofuku_Ando

Instant ramen.

[bitfield]

Taenia solium

Glad I already finished breakfast before reading that.

[number2]

Ok, this is a brit forum but all well and good, the world is a bit bigger than a chilly island in NW Europe.

Thrash the bounder.

[bond]

Terence McKenna

[bond]

Nietzsche
Sartre
Beckett
Parmahanda yoganan da
Sri yuteswar
Ghandi
Christ?

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Socrates
Stephen hawkings

[Albellisimo]

Julius Caesar
Newton
Hitler
Tim Berners-Lee

[CaptainSlow]

Ali-G.

[seadog1408]

William beebe.

[coredriller]

As has often been said, it was a very brave man who first ate an oyster.

[Neil.C]

Stalin

Mao Tse Tung

[Layin_Cable]

Thomas Mudge.

[Dave O'Sullivan]

The man who first thought to jetwash the scraps from a cow skeleton to make Corned Beef. Best food stuff in the world.

[GraniteQuarry]

The parents of Mélissa Theuriau.

[Argon]

As has often been said, it was a very brave man who first ate an oyster.

...or a desperately hungry one..

[TakesALickin]

Any discussion of the most significant and influential (and brilliant) figures in history would be incomplete without mention of Louis Réard and his wonderful invention.

[Dazzler]

John Harrison ;-)

[Steve27752]

Julius Caesar, who made us what we are today.

[Josh B]

At the very top of the tree stands one towering figure whose achievements outrank all of those in the rest of the thread combined.

Hans Wilsdorf. Obviously.

[Franky Four Fingers]

At the very top of the tree stands one towering figure whose achievements outrank all of those in the rest of the thread combined.

Hans Wilsdorf. Obviously.

Nah, surely it was Kintarō Hattori ;-)

[SimonK]

The parents of Mélissa Theuriau.

I met her last year at a do. She is as fit in real life as on the screen, and as her blouse was practically unbuttoned to the waist maintaining eye contact, or indeed any kind of contact other than eye-norg contact, was one of the great challenges of my life.

[GraniteQuarry]

I met her last year at a do. She is as fit in real life as on the screen, and as her blouse was practically unbuttoned to the waist maintaining eye contact, or indeed any kind of contact other than eye-norg contact, was one of the great challenges of my life.

Jealousy level: TOTAL

[Jim W]

Mikhail Gorbachev

He brought about massive economic, social, and political changes and helped bring an end to both the Soviet Union and the Cold War.
A certain candidate for the greatest man of the 20th Century.

[Bristolian]

If a criterion is a single act with the greatest practical consequence, then Pope Theophilus in 391 who ordered the destruction of the Library of Alexandria.

Had it not been for that catastrophe, we'd all be living like the Jetsons and moon landings would be old hat.

[Cirrus]

Hitler? Significant, just not nice...

[wildheart]

John Lennon

[bofff]

Considering influence of christianity - Jesus
Hitler and Marks - Europe history

[jimmyt]

Noel Gallagher