Deceased People You Would Most Want to Bring Back for an Interview

1. Albert Einstein

   

   Albert Einstein (14 March 1879-18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development... read more

2. Anne Frank

   

   Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist. One of the most widely discussed victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, in which she documented her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944 during the German occupation of the Netherlands... read more

3. Martin Luther King Jr.

   

   Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was an African American minister and a pioneering civil rights leader. From 1955 until his assassination in 1968, he was the most visible spokesperson for the civil rights movement. King is best known for leading nonviolent... read more

   There are definitely some good options here, but Martin Luther King Jr. is the clear choice for me. As for a second question, who should interview him?

   It would be a very interesting conversation to hear his thoughts on modern politics and what he thinks about the Black Lives Matter movement.

4. Leonardo da Vinci

   

   Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519), more commonly known as Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath. His areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy... read more

5. Abraham Lincoln

   

   Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 to April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery,... read more

6. Winston Churchill

   

   Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He is renowned for his leadership during World War II and his stirring wartime speeches. Churchill also had a distinguished early career as... read more

7. Amelia Earhart

   

   Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. For this achievement, she received the United States Distinguished Flying Cross.

8. Hans Christian Andersen

   

   Hans Christian Andersen, often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen (April 2, 1805 - August 4, 1875), was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. His popularity is not limited to children, as his stories... read more

9. Marco Polo

   

   Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and citizen of the Republic of Venice. His travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, or Book of the Marvels of the World, also known as The Travels of Marco Polo. The book introduced many Europeans to Central Asia and China during the 13th century... read more

10. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

    

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in various meters and styles, as well as prose and verse dramas, memoirs, an autobiography, literary and aesthetic criticism, and treatises on botany... read more

The Newcomers
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    Duke Ellington

    

    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1924 until his death. His career spanned more than fifty years and had a major impact on the history of jazz. Ellington composed thousands of pieces and is regarded as one of the greatest... read more

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    Berengaria of Portugal

The Contenders

13. Rabindranath Tagore

    

    Rabindranath Tagore, FRAS, also known as Ravindranath Thakur and honored with the title Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath. He reshaped Bengali literature and music and made significant contributions to Indian art through the movement known as Contextual Modernism. His work from the late 19th and early... read more

14. Alexander von Humboldt

    

15. Imhotep

    

    Imhotep was an Egyptian polymath who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the king and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. He is among the earliest architects known by name and was later revered as a god of medicine. Imhotep is traditionally credited with designing the... read more

16. LaVern Baker

    

17. Plato

    

    Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in the Western world. He was a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. His works, written in the form of dialogues, have had a lasting influence on Western... read more

    I would ask him if Atlantis really existed.

18. Khufu

    

    I would ask him how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.

19. Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born on March 20, 1915, and died on October 9, 1973. She was known for her unique blend of gospel music and electric guitar playing. Tharpe's work strongly influenced the development of rock and roll and inspired artists... read more

    I would ask her if she considers herself a pioneer of rock 'n' roll and if she enjoys contemporary rock music.

20. Benjamin Franklin

    

    Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was an American polymath active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, he was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a drafter and signer... read more

21. Marie Curie

    

    Marie Skłodowska Curie (November 7, 1867 - July 4, 1934) was a Polish-born, naturalized French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel and won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery... read more

    Icon. That is her in one word.

22. Blackbeard

    

23. Elvis Presley

    

    Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor, widely dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll" and regarded as a pivotal cultural icon of the 20th century. His energetic musical interpretation and provocative performance style, bridging racial music traditions in a shifting era, both fueled his fame... read more

    Elvis was a great musician and definitely a legend. He was hugely popular in the 50s and 60s, known as the King of Rock and Roll. My grandma really liked him. It would be fascinating to bring him back for an interview.

24. Cleopatra

    

    Cleopatra VII Philopator, known to history simply as Cleopatra, was the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. She ruled from 51 to 30 BCE and was known for her political acumen and alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. After her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.

25. Jesus

    

    According to the Gospels, Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem in Roman Judea. He was born to Mary, and the Bible says, "she was found with child of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew 1:18). Christian doctrine holds that Jesus is both fully human and fully divine within the belief in one God.... read more

    Sorry if this is rude. I'll take this down if it's too upsetting. But I really want answers.

26. George Washington

    

    George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War and presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1787, helping to shape the U.S. Constitution and... read more

27. Mahatma Gandhi

    

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

    He's widely known for his philosophy of nonviolent resistance, or satyagraha, which helped lead India to independence in 1947. Gandhi's methods and beliefs influenced civil rights movements... read more