who is the most famous Icon in German history?
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People CAN be icons.  Look at Marilyn or James Dean.\n\nI agree that the answer would be (unfortunately) Hitler.\n\nIt will be another generation before his "agenda" will start to ease, as the survivors of the holocaust will then be all gone.\nIf you know a survivor, go talk to them about their experiences.  (if they are willing to talk)
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Here are several more famous ones\n\nJessica Biel\nhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004754/\n\nCharisma Carpenter\nhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004806/\n\nKatie Lohmann\nhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517867/\n\nNiki Taylor\nhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1555754/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
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Johann Wolfgang!\n\nHe discovered furfural, worked on the use of platinum as a catalyst, and invented a lighter, known as Döbereiner's Lamp.\n\n:)
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Good one!  And consider some other grusome (cool) icons...\n\nHanged - a body with rope around neck\nBurned  - a chared figure on a stick\nDrawn & quartered - four horses w/ body parts behind each\nBoiled in oil - a steaming cauldron\nExposure in animal skin - vultures with flesh hanging\nFlayed - a "skinless" figure\nBrazen Bull - A bronze bull\nScaphism - I'll let you look this one up
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Adolph Hitler\n\nHitler controlled Germany from 1933–45. His fascist maneuverings for world domination, his dream of a Teutonic master race subjugating all non-Germanic peoples, led to a criminality unmatched by any leader this millennium. Responsible for the genocide of six million Jews, the slaughter of Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals, Communists, and other "undesirables" and "decadents," as well as the invasion of Europe and the preposterous ambition to rule the world, Hitler defies any more sophisticated explanation than categorical evil.\n\n\nJoseph Stalin\n\nTotalitarian leader of the U.S.S.R. from 1929–53, Stalin crushed the Soviet peoples with his megalomania and repressive version of communism. His adopted name meant "man of steel," and the term Stalinism has become the definition of a cruel, draconian socialism. He sent millions of Soviets not conforming to the Stalinist ideal to forced-labor camps, and he persecuted his country's vast number of ethnic groups—reserving particular vitriol for Jews and Ukranians. Soviet historian Roy Medvedev estimated that about 20 million died from starvation, executions, forced collectivization, and life in the labor camps under Stalin's rule. Another 20 million survived imprisonment and deportation.\n\nMao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)\n\nA despotic ideologue who controlled China from 1949–76, Mao subjected the Chinese people to his massive social experiments, all of which went catastrophically amok. Early in his reign, he encouraged free speech in an attempt to avoid the mistakes of Stalinism. When criticism of his regime arose, however, his true sentiments—absolute intolerance of dissent and opposition—emerged, and he retaliated savagely. When he launched the Great Leap Forward—his economic plan to forge an industrial revolution in China—it resulted in the worst famine of the century, described as a "totally unnecessary, entirely man-made holocaust that claimed between 23 million and 30 million lives." He then masterminded the Cultural Revolution, which, despite its ideological claim to "purify" communism of bureaucrats and elitists, was a vehicle for settling Mao's personal scores and shoring up power. During the nightmarish decade when culture was equated with depravity, millions—most of whom were guilty of the crime of belonging to the bourgeoisie—were imprisoned, tortured, and murdered as suspected class enemies.\n\n\nPol Pot\n\nRadical Marxist leader of Cambodia from 1975–79, who butchered his own people. The four years of nightmarish Khmer Rouge rule led to the state-sponsored extermination of citizens by its own government. Between 1 million and 2 million people were massacred on the "killing fields" of Cambodia or were worked to death through forced labor. Pol Pot's radical vision of transforming the country into a Marxist agrarian society led to the virtual extermination of the country's professional and technical class—anyone wearing glasses, for example, was murdered. Pol Pot died in 1998 without remorse, declaring, "My conscience is clear."\n\nTamerlane (Timur)\n\nTamerlane's life (c. 1336–1405) was spent conquering the inhabitants of Asia. A Turkik Mongol, his goal was to make his capital, Samarkand, the most impressive in Asia. Yet he rarely stayed at home, preferring to vanquish and destroy additional lands. Legendary for his ruthless savagery and lack of mercy, Tamerlane massacred entire populations—including the 80,000 residents of Delhi— and razed whole cities, leaving behind nothing but rubble. And he had a macabre sense of architecture—building towers out of the skulls of his victims.\n\nMaximillien Robespierre\n\nRobespierre was the mastermind of the Reign of Terror (1793–1794), the dark underside of the French Revolution that perverted its lofty ideals of democracy with fanaticism and inhumanity. Robespierre, leader of the infamous Committee of
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk...\nthe founder of the Turkish Republic\nhttp://www.turkishnews.com/Ataturk/
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someone you admire most
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The chinawall, aqubuncher, kung fu,boothism.\nthe most famous  population number one
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Follow this link -\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Germany\n\nand this -\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany\n\nShould tell you all you need to know.
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German football player
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Johann (Hans) Hölzel.\n\nFrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco_(musician)
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Hmmm!  tie between Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.  Simply mention their names...
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Germany had the most gold
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Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister\n\nFollowing Hitler's death he served as Chancellor for one day, approved the murder of his own six children and committed suicide (Hell of a way to make use of your one day in charge).\n\nGoebbels was known for his zealous and energetic oratory, virulent antisemitism and perfection of the so-called Big Lie technique of mass propaganda.
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Hitler\nStalin\nCromwell\nNapoleon\nHubbard
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Pele. He is being regarded as the Legend in football/soccer game. You can't complete the history of football without mentioning his name. He is all time hero.