Who is your favorite Historical figure?  

I also have lots and one of them is Abraham Lincoln. He is best remembered for his vital role as the leader in preserving the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process that led to the end of slavery in the United States. He is also remembered for his character, his speeches and letters, and as a man of humble origins whose determination and perseverance led him to the nation's highest office.

I am really fond of Martin Luther King, Jr and Abraham Lincoln. Because they did great things for people of color. I hope to live up to their example someday.

so hard a question it is but besides from my prophes and his friend i can say Kanuni Sultan Süleyman or Süleyman the Magnificient as known in the western world

George Washington is my favorite because I think he is a brilliant person. He is very unselfish.

It varies. Aethelflaed of Mercia has always impressed me - in any other country she'd have a day named after her.

I've always been fascinated by Joan of Arc. It was amazing that she lead an army when she was so young, and her tragic ending just made her more fascinating. I'm also very interested in the Tudors -Henry the VII, his wives, Lady Jane Grey (who also was killed young), Elizabeth I.

Since I am Asian I would have to say Genghis Khan and Sun Tzu. Genghis Khan will forever be my idol. He conquered vast lands and went into Europe. It just happened that there were no competent heir to pick up where he left off after his death. Sun Tzu was an amazing tactician and a good general. His Art of War is the basis of almost every conflict, not only in the battlefield but also in our daily lives. He instilled discipline in the Chinese troops. These two men, for me, are the greatest Asians ever.

It will always be John Paul II, the great Pope of the new millennium. He was a man of compassion and deep humility. His effort to spread the good news about Christianity, democracy, solidarity and peace, earned him a reputation of being one of the most effective God's messenger ever sat in the throne of St. Peter. He was often credited as the instrument of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.

His compassionate manner made him known through out the world. He was a man who endured suffering and regarded it as the true essence of life to realize one's mission in life. During world war II, the then Karol Wojtyla, undergone a painful experience of what it would be like to live in terror, he endured long hours of hard labor pounding limestone at the scourging heat of the sun and during the biting cold of winter to avoid being sent to the concentration camp in Germany because his father, who was the only one left to him after his mother and brother died, had grown ill and frail, but he never complained.

When he was 21, his father died, the future Pope learned to live alone, but this trials did not weaken his spirit, instead he used this as an opportunity to serve God and people and inspired others with his unique abilities to cope up with distress, sufferings and sacrifices.He carried his mission in life with profound dedication and devotion. His personal trials became his inspiration to spread peace and unity through out the world.