Mathis' Ten most influential people from the 20th century
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah represents two major minorities in the US. Women, and African Americans. She is one of the most influential people of the nineties .
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the US president from 1901 to 1909.
He represents the values of the American people from the early 1900s. Cowboy and diplomat, Teddy Roosevelt is the true face of the early 20th century in the US.
Lord Kitchener
Herbert Kitchener was a British army officer. He was very influential during WW1, and this poster made of him was the start of motivation through patriotism.
Al Capone
Al Capone was, in the 1920s, the man to call when it came to alcohol and illegal contreband. He made a fortune during the prohibition era and influenced politics, pop culture and other mobsters past his time.
Raymond Loewy
Franco-American designer Raymond Loewy marked the 30s with his designs, and was an important figure in the beginning of heavy consumerism.
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi died from a gunshot in 1948, and was an advocate for peace while the world was at war.
Spoutnik
Although not a peron, Spoutnik at its launch launched the world into a new era of space discoveries.
Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman was the leader of the Anti Vietnam War movement in the 60s, and represents the "hippie" era.
John Lennon
John Lennon in 1971 published the song imagine, a song of hope and visionary thinking, which represents the thinking of the 70s.
Bob Geldof
As co-creator of the 1985 Live Aid concert to feed Africa, Bob Geldof is most likemy one of the most influential people of the 80s,