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Einstein over Hawking if you are going to go that way.
Twain over all others if you are going to go that way. (nathaniel west, dalton trumbo, orson welles, thomas pynchon, djuna barnes, gertrude stein???)
Carlin over Chapelle if you are going to go that way.
If you are serious about it, Grant and Kennedy don't make the list.
Irateplatypus has a good list, but the top two should be:
James Madison--Father of the Constitution (18th Century)
Lincoln--preserver of the Union (19th Century)
Honorable mention to MLK--(20th Century).
Any 21st Century nominations? (Bono is not an American).
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