Top Ten People Who Helped to Broaden and Expand the Human Race
In 10,000 years, nobody will remember anything whatsoever about today's politics, arts, social issues, or even science- with one exception. The name of the first human being to leave the planet and walk on another world will always be remembered.
Behind Martin Luther King? No.
Helped to end racial prejudice in the USA & helped to change the world in the process.
Of course Ike was a WW1 veteran, whose age and rank precluded him from being on the front lines during WW2. He was naturally conservative during his administration, but was far from a disgrace, even famously warning about the Military Industrial Complex. FTR, the highest ranking Allied officer who was on the beach and taking fire at Normandy was Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Junior, who was crucial to the victory there.
As Supreme Allied Commander during WW2, he literally saved the world. Then as President of the USA, he presided over an unprecedented period of prosperity, made the first significant moves for civil rights, and built most of the infrastructure we still use today, including the Interstate Highway System.