100 American Heroes

[Allhallowsday]

... Yeah, but words are just words. Ever read about Red Cloud's atrocities to other tribes?

Read his bio The Heart of Everything That Is. Red Cloud loathed outsiders and only made alliances out of necessity. He was a slaver and he carried out tortures on red, white, black, yellow, with savage glee. He loved war.

The book was a bestseller.  Some disagree with the framing and contextualizing apparently.  

Oh, sorry, RC, after you mentioned an actor, Bruce Lee, and a stage performer, Hendrix, I guess I thought listing entertainers was fair game.
...

Huh?  

[bob]

70 Charlie Chaplin

He stood up to Hitler with The Great Dictator before the United States did.

[indianasmith]

71.  Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Even though he was in his 50's, he volunteered to serve in WW2 and won the Medal of Honor for his courage on Omaha Beach.  He died in his sleep just a few days later of a heart attack.

[ER]

72. Father Ralph Beiting

[RCMerchant]

73. Muhammad Ali

Boxer and  human rights activist.

I met him once! He was given a tour at the factory that he bought stock in here in Lawton. We made pie filling. That was in 1989.

[Allhallowsday]

70 Charlie Chaplin

He stood up to Hitler with The Great Dictator before the United States did.

Uhm... wasn't he English?

[RCMerchant]

70 Charlie Chaplin

He stood up to Hitler with The Great Dictator before the United States did.

Uhm... wasn't he English?

Yes. He was never nationalized.

[pacman000]

He allegedly came over on the same boat as Stan Laurel. Chaplin never became a citizen, but there is a bit of the American Dream in his life story, going from no-name immigrant to a successful star with his own studio in a few years. And he was independent, sticking with silent films longer than anyone, helping found UA, etc.

Next suggestion:

74) Sam Houston

[RCMerchant]

^ I agree.
If Chaplin is included- so should be

75. John Lennon


Artist and peace activist.

[pacman000]

76) Jack Tramiel - Honestly, he scares me, & I would not want to do a business deal with him, but it's hard not to respect a Holocaust survivor who moved to America & helped found an industry. (I don't think someone needs to be perfect, or even likable, to be an American hero; they do need to have some admirable qualities, like tenacity, an appreciation of freedom, a positive influence on culture, etc.)

[chainsaw midget]

77.  Calamity Jane

[Rev. Powell]

1. James Madison
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. George Washington
4. Rosa Parks
5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
6. Theodore Roosevelt
7. Audie Murphy
8. Gilbert Baker
9. Dwight Eisenhower
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Frederick Douglas
12. Martin Luther King Jr.
13. Davy Crockett
14. Phyllis Schlafly
15. Andrew Jackson
16. Harriet Tubman
17. Daniel Boone
18. John F. Kennedy
19. Roger Williams
20. Geronimo
21. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
22. Harry Truman
23. Bass Reeves
24. Scott Joplin
25. Alexander Hamilton
26. Walt Disney
27. Susan B. Anthony
28. Neil Armstrong
29. Chuck Yeager
30. Ben Franklin
31. John Adams
32. Alexander Graham Bell
33. Walter Cronkite
34. Sergeant Alvin York
35. Orville Wright
36. Wilbur Wright
37. Buzz Aldrin
38. Fred Rogers
39. Madam C.J. Walker
40. Ray Bradbury
41. Nikola Tesla
42. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
43. Elizabeth Ann Seton
44. Laura Ingalls Wilder
45. Billy Graham
46 F. Scott Fitzgerald
47. Helen Keller
48. Jimi Hendrix
49. Louis Armstrong
50. Jackie Robinson
51. Jesse Owens
52. George Washington Carver
53. Red Cloud
54. Christy Mathewson
55. Bruce Lee
56. Walt Whitman
57. Edgar Allan Poe
58. Hank Aaron
59. Stephen Foster
60. Eleanor Roosevelt
61. Dolley Madison
62. Eliza Hamilton
63. Shirley Jackson
64. John Glenn
65. Simon Kenton
66. Quannah Parker
67. John Wayne
68. Jonas Salk
69. Charlie Chaplin
70. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
71. Father Ralph Beiting
72. Muhammad Ali
73. Sam Houston
74. John Lennon
76. Jack Tramiel
77.  Calamity Jane

(numbering was off because Hank Aaron was named twice)

and I'll add

78. Jim Thorpe
Multiple Gold Medal Winner, arguably the most versatile athlete of the 20th Century



(Glad to see Ali and Poe made it, I would have nominated them too)

[RCMerchant]

^ Great choice. I wrote a book report about him in 6th grade. 

79. John Brown


Activist and abolitionist.

[Trevor]

80: Sergeant Rob O'Neill: the man who shot Osama Bin Laden.
81. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who exposed Watergate.

[RCMerchant]

80: Sergeant Rob O'Neill: the man who shot Osama Bin Laden.
81. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who exposed Watergate.

Those guys are still alive, Trev. This is about dead people.