Who’s the most underrated person in history?
Who’s the most underrated person in history?
Fritz Haber is also considered the "father of chemical warfare" ... and also created the process to synthesize ammonia which is at the root of an agriculture that supports half the world's population.
Without this guy, half of history wouldn't exist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber
Diogenes of Sinope. The more you read about him the stranger things get. Alexander the Great came to him and sought his guidance. Instead of being impressed and delighted by his request, Diogenes asked Alexander the Great to move to stop blocking his sunlight. Unfortunately, most of his primary sources have been lost besides "Lives of Eminent Philosophers." His stories offer great levity and fresh perspective.
Squanto. Without his intervention, the Plymouth colonists all die, the Anglo-Iroquois synthesis culture never develops, Adam Smith never describes capitalism, and the geopolitical balance of power in the world never shifts west of the Atlantic.