2022

UPDATED: Check out <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-influential-people-2023/calistylie">the most influential people of 2023</a>!Who are the most influential people of 2022? The year has just started&nbsp;but there are already new power players in 2022. From <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/influential-2010s-actors/tyler-mitchell?ref=search">influential actors</a>, musicians, and athletes to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-influential-politicians-in-american-history?ref=search">politicians</a>, scroll on&nbsp;below for some of the male and female role models making an impact in 2022. This list will feature current influential people, such as famous celebrity leaders, most talked about people, and most important celebrities, so far as what they have accomplished in 2022.Such people include&nbsp;President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is another of the politicians likely to make a splash in 2022. Evan Rachel Wood is already in the news for speaking out against her alleged abuser, Marilyn Manson in documentary,&nbsp;Phoenix Rising -- Part 1: Don't Fall.&nbsp;She's certainly one of the most influential celebrities in 2022.&nbsp;Misha Green already made her mark in 2020 with&nbsp;Lovecraft Country, but is likely to be one of the famous celebrities in 2022, thanks to her multi-year deal with Apple. This list could answer, "Who is the most recognizable person in the world?" in 2022. However, these people are not simply famous. They are also making an impact in 2022.Who are&nbsp;the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-influential-people-of-all-time?ref=search">most impactful people</a> of the year? Vote for who you think is the most influential person in 2021, keeping it strictly to influencers with positive impacts. Then check back to see if your favorites made it into the top 25 most influential people on this list!

The Most Influential People Of 2022

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50+ Most Influential People You Should Know In 2022

Jules Burke

Influential

Every year brings new do-gooders trying to improve and advance how we live our lives. From politicians like Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, to famous musicians and philanthropists like Dolly Parton, this list ranks the people making a change in 2023.Below you’ll see stars like Taylor Swift, whose Eras Tour had so much demand, that it broke the Ticketmaster website. There are also unforgettable athletes like Serena Williams, Tom Brady, and Peng Shuai. Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Stacey Abrams are a few of the politicians who have been making changes. There are, of course, also game-changing actors, like Michael B. Jordan, Michelle Yeoh, and Selena Gomez.&nbsp;Who do you think are&nbsp;the most impactful people of the year? Keep voting strictly to influencers with positive impacts. Then check back to see if your favorites made it into the top 25!

The Most Influential People Of 2023

Lists about and ranking the best, worst, most interesting, and most surprising names of real people, normal and famous.

What's In a Name?

Pop Culture

What&#39;s in a name? Apparently, a lot of misconceptions and mispronunciations. These famous names have become part of the public vocabulary, whether they belonged to historic heroes or modern-day celebrities. But once the masses start to say a name in a particular way, it tends to stick.

Many of the people on this list found it hard to change the narrative once their mispronounced name got big, and resigned themselves to being called the wrong thing for all of eternity. In other cases, translating names into English from another language caused the mispronunciation mishap. And occasionally, the mispronounced name is so well known, it actually overtakes the original version, making a wrong into a right.

Some of these might change the way you say certain names.&nbsp;But also, we get it. No one wants to be the person who insists on calling The Cat in the Hat&nbsp;author&nbsp;&quot;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dr-seuss-facts/tamar-altebarmakian" target="_blank">Dr. Soice</a>.&quot; Still, it&#39;s nice to know the technically correct way of saying things, and some of these mispronunciations have <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/us-town-name-backstories/michael-muir" target="_blank">backstories more mind-blowing</a>&nbsp;than the right way to say the name. At least now, if you&#39;re ever time-traveling to the beginning of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/whoa-mongol-empire-facts/mallory-weiler" target="_blank">Mongol Empire</a>, you&#39;ll be courteous enough to pronounce &quot;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/savage-genghis-khan-stories/jason-f-collins" target="_blank">Genghis Khan</a>&quot; correctly.

Famous Figures Whose Names We Just Realized We're Mispronouncing

General

Elle Tharp

The best movies about ethical dilemmas are thought-provoking films that make you question your own morals. These movies feature characters who find themselves in difficult situations and must decide whether or not to act on their beliefs. There are also movies with choices that anyone would hate to face like Sophie's Choice. Watchmen waits all the way until the end of the film to reveal its major ethical dilemma. There are quite a few movies like this that save their tough decisions for the moment right before the end credits role. One thing's for sure, they're all great food for thought.Vote up your favorite movies that pose ethical dilemmas and vote down any that you think other fans should skip. Check back for upcoming and new movies with ethical dilemmas as they are added to the list once they're released.

The Best Movies About Ethical Dilemmas

Film

The 20 Best Movies About Ethical Dilemmas

Ranker Film

Interesting

Look around you at&nbsp;items nearby, and you might see some pretty straightforward products that seem intuitive in design and use. But it&#39;s possible that what you&#39;re looking at is a re-purposed invention - a&nbsp;device, tool, or simple item that began as one product and ended up being successful as something else.&nbsp;

Some inventions have a specific intent behind their development;&nbsp;others have unexpected outcomes and consequences. The introduction of a product to the marketplace might completely fail at first, but&nbsp;with some tweaks and ingenuity, change the game entirely. Whether it&#39;s a medicine with surprising side effects or a food that went from libido-tamer to cupboard staple,&nbsp;the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/backstories-of-american-products/philgibbons" target="_blank">stories behind common products</a> aren&#39;t always what they seem.

Vote up the products originally invented for something else that have the most surprising starts.&nbsp;

Common Products Originally Invented For Something Else

Melissa Sartore

Fun and very interesting lists about slang, vocabulary, language, spelling, and even punctuation.

Words, Words, Words

Culture

The United States is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world; as of 2020, it was estimated that between 350 and 430 different <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-language-to-learn/jennifer-lee" target="_blank">languages</a>&nbsp;are spoken in the nation. English is the most widely spoken, followed by Spanish.

But there are also dialects that are spoken by a much smaller number of people who reside in specific parts of the US. These <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/til-accent-dialect-facts/tracey-graham" target="_blank">lesser-known dialects</a> include the brogue spoken by the residents of Ocracoke Island in North Carolina&#39;s Outer Banks region, the Cajun French of Louisiana, and the pidgin that was developed by people who came to the Hawaiian Islands to work on the sugar plantations.&nbsp;

Some of these dialects, like the mixture of colonial-era British English and Tidewater spoken by some of the residents of Tangier Island in Virginia or the Boontling heard in the Northern California community of Boonville, are in danger of dying off, as younger generations haven&#39;t been taught the language. But there is hope that these, as well as many of the other lesser-known dialects spoken by residents of the US,&nbsp;can be preserved - and possibly even revived - before it&#39;s too late.

12 Unique Accents And Dialects You Can Only Find In Specific Places In the United States

Accents And Dialects You Can Only Find In Specific Places In the United States

TGWrites

Lists about your head, shoulders, knees, toes, ligaments, veins, muscles, bones, and all the other visible features and hidden viscera that make up your very own unique body.

Body Parts

Lists about your fingernails (and toenails) and ideas for cool, unique, and ambitious nail art you can try at home.

Tips & Toes

Biology

Have you ever looked down at your hands (perhaps while they were being painted in a nail salon) and thought:&nbsp;why do we have nails? One of the mysteries of human evolution, scientists are still debating whether or not they're a leftover, flattened version of claws, or a completely separate adaptation.When you think of all the things your fingernails help do, it makes sense that evolutionary adaptation didn't eliminate them (unlike the tail). You can peel an orange easily, undo knots, scratch an itch, and pick your nose, all with the help of fingernails. They can even function as an early warning sign of potential malnutrition or health risks.And how about toenails? Why do we have toenails? Early humans were thought to use all four limbs for climbing, and toenails definitely help with gripping (think about longer, thick, claw-like nails that early humans would have had). Useful back then, but why do we still have toenails? Why do humans have nails, period?&nbsp;Read on to discover all the fascinating reasons why humans have nails!

Why Do Humans Have Fingernails?

10 Surprising Reasons Why Humans Have Nails

Kellen Perry

The many wonderful things that make life worth living. 

All Good Things

Popular Opinion

Scientists have found that smell is the sense that’s most tied into memory, and this makes one contemplate the possibility that a person’s favorite smell is tied into a favorite memory. Whether it’s your mother cooking breakfast on a Sunday morning, or the memory of a beach vacation with an ex-lover, these sense memories are waiting in your subconscious to be awakened with one sniff of a candle. Call us sentimental, but all of the scents and pleasant odors on this list of the best smells in the world are connected to important parts of life, and you likely feel the same way about more than one of the smells on this list. Even though you probably smell it every day, the aroma of ground coffee is still one of the best smelling scents imaginable. It’s possibly only topped by the smell of the air before it begins to rain. You'll surely have your own personal list of the best smells in the entire world, but how many of them cross over with those on this list? Are any of the smells something that most people find super gross, but you just love? Check out this list of the best smells and don’t forget to vote up the ones your nose loves the most. Are any of your favorite scents missing? Feel free to add them for others to vote on.

The Best Smells in the World

internet smellz

Best Smelling Things in the World

Jacob Shelton

Lists of great questions and thought experiments to bust out at your next social gathering.

Food for Thought

History

Which historical era would you want to live in? Most people have their favorite eras of history, be it the Renaissance, or the &#39;90s in Seattle, but rarely do we get to choose which time period(s) we would deposit ourselves into forever if we could. Imagine that you have a time machine and could choose which historical era you want to live in.

Different people will debate and disagree on what is the best <a href="/list/eras-in-history-zodiac/jessica-bedewi" target="_blank">time in history</a>. Depending on what you can or can&rsquo;t live without, you might be surprised&nbsp;at the era you&#39;d prefer. Even though there&rsquo;s no TARDIS to take you back, it&rsquo;s a fun philosophical question to ask: what age would you want to live in? Does it matter to you if the mortality rate is just under 90%? Can you live without pizza? Find out who you are by looking through the historical eras on this list, then vote&nbsp;up the era&nbsp;you would want to live in the most!

The Roaring '20s Or The Straitlaced '50s?

Which Era Would You Want To Live In?

Eras in History, Ranked from Best to Worst

Lists about trends and fads that all the cool kids are doing around the world and throughout history.

Everybody's Doing It

Fads

Face it, when it comes to solid taste, majority doesn't always rule. It's time to take a good long&nbsp;look at popular things that are lame. No matter how many people may nerd out over 3D movies, '90s nostaliga,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-types-of-sushi-rolls/ranker-food">eating sushi</a>, and&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-podcasts/jacob-shelton">listening to podcasts</a>, are these things really that&nbsp;cool? At the very least, these things are not for everyone. It's time to be honest and admit to all the popular things that just don't do it for you.&nbsp;If you spend any time on the Internet, you know you're supposed to love the '90s,&nbsp;bacon, and cats. But do you? Maybe not!&nbsp;So let's all be honest for a moment and admit that there are some popular things that we're just not interested in. Whether it's a trend&nbsp;you actively don't like, or an activity that you just don't care about at all, let us know below.&nbsp;Vote up the things that are overrated and simply not interesting. And if you can think of any more popular things that suck - in your opinion -&nbsp;add them to the list! Chances are if you're not into them, someone else out there agrees with you.

Popular Things You're Just Not Interested In

40+ Popular Things That Many People Find Overrated

Elise Hennigan

Food and riddles: two great flavors, together at last! A good riddle nearly stumps us until we finally stumble onto the answer, then leaves us hungry for more. So, we've searched for a variety of riddles to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/riddles-from-movies/will-morgan-1">quench our puzzle appetites</a>, this time focusing on food.&nbsp;Take a big bite out of these food-themed brain teasers and see if they satiate that riddle rumble in your tummy.&nbsp;

Our Favorite Foodie Mind-Boggling Riddles

Will Morgan

Since the dawn of civilization, a lot of important things have happened. Here are lists of about the many winding routes we took to get where we are today.

Historical Contexts

Earth

Have you ever wondered about the age of the planet? To grasp&nbsp;just how old the Earth is might take some major mind bending. It definitely requires familiarity with technical geologic&nbsp;terms. After all, geologic time is so broad that it&#39;s been divided into more than 20 categories and subcategories. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/geologic-time" target="_blank">There are</a>&nbsp;eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages - all of which form a complicated timeline of overlapping (and somewhat simplified)&nbsp;divisions of time.&nbsp;

We&#39;ve avoided as much technical jargon as possible here,&nbsp;but there&#39;s still a lot about geologic&nbsp;time that&#39;s just really difficult to wrap one&#39;s head around. Dinosaurs, volcanoes, and woolly mammoths... oh my!&nbsp;Take a look at some geologic timeline facts that might actually make steam come out of your ears!&nbsp;

15 Facts About Geologic Time That Made Our Brains Hurt

Explainer

Have you ever taken the time to&nbsp;study the toilet seat in a public bathroom? Even if you&#39;ve only given a passing glance, you&#39;ve probably wondered why public toilet seats are U-shaped (especially since the one&nbsp;in your house is a closed oval). Even <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/funny-and-weird-toilets/chris-abraham">the weirdest toilets on earth</a> have this seat shape. It turns out there are lots of good&nbsp;reasons and theories to explain why public toilet seats are shaped like a U&nbsp;- it&#39;s cheaper, more hygienic, and maybe even more comfortable than the rounded model you have in your bathroom at home.

Just as there are smart explanations for <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/reasons-toilet-stalls-are-short/candice-darden">why toilet stalls come up short</a>, there are plenty of excellent answers to the question, &quot;Why are public toilet seats shaped like that?&quot;

9 Perfectly Good Reasons Why Public Toilet Seats Are U-Shaped

Ryleigh Nucilli

Study these cautionary lists about the ensembly challenged to help you ward off a visit from the fashion police.

Fashion Victims

Fashion

You can learn a lot about people who consider themselves <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/overblown-single-issues-in-politics/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">single-issue voters</a> when you find out what they consider to be the single-most important <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/social-issues-in-america-that-you-care-about-most/mike-rothschild" target="_blank">social issue facing the US today</a>. Similarly, a person's <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time" target="_blank">favorite band</a>&nbsp;– or their <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-foods/ranker-food" target="_blank">favorite food</a> – can be revealing far beyond music or gastronomic taste. In reality, there are just some things people can like that immediately reveal their taste and preference subtleties at depths beyond the surface.&nbsp;Fashion choices are no different. The choice of a hat, or the fit of a shirt, or the amount of jewelry someone wears might just reveal everything you need to know about a person. While the adage that one shouldn't judge a book by its cover certainly has merit, pukka shell necklaces are a pretty revealing cover aren't they?&nbsp;Vote up the clothing and jewelry choices that speak the most volumes.

What Fashion Choice Immediately Makes You Suspicious Of Someone?

Gadgets

Science fiction is packed with gadgets that range from super useful to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dumbest-science-fiction-technology/maggie-clancy" target="_blank">completely impractical and out of date</a>. Mostly, I just want that damn Transporter to be real so I can, one day, skip the hour that it takes to drive 5 miles on the 405. Vote for the gadgets you most wish were in your hands right now.

Sci-Fi Tech from TV & Movies You Most Wish Was Real

Cool Fictional Technology from Movies & TV

analise.dubner

Lists about the millions of social-media-influencing, politics-affecting, industry-destroying, gig-economy-hustling adults of the world who don't love being insulted or called entitled, lazy, etc.

Ugh, Millennials

Millennials

No one likes to be stereotyped, let alone grouped in with an entire generation, and there is something particularly annoying about the cliches assigned to millennials.&nbsp;Older generations seem&nbsp;fixated on the idea that young people are ruining everything, but the&nbsp;most annoying <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/jokes-and-memes-about-millennials/mel-judson?var=6&amp;utm_expid=16418821-324.3lRbXetYRRWrK-hFLSpdrg.1" target="_blank">millennial stereotypes</a> are the ones that actually apply to every generation or&nbsp;are just straight lies. The <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/things-wrongly-blamed-on-millennials/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">worst stereotypes about millennials</a>&nbsp;put into perspective just how much people like having someone to blame.These ideas are at best baseless, and at worst lazy justifications for older generations who refuse to face the fact that the society they have created <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/millennial-attitude-economy-stagnant-organizing-resistance-immigration-black-lives-socialism/" target="_blank">barely functions</a> on an economic or social justice level.&nbsp;In fact, rather than being the generation that is ruining the country, millennials are often just trying&nbsp;to function in it.Meanwhile, Baby Boomers won't retire from jobs they are old enough to ride into the sunset from and then blame millennials for being jobless, broke, or &quot;unloyal&quot; as they flit from one bad paying job to the next. But of course that's not all millennials have done. From their supposed social media addictions to their epic ruination of the world as we know it, here's all the stereotypes about millennials that are endlessly annoying.If you're sick of these stereotypes, check out some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/current-shows-that-deal-with-millennial-issues/ranker-tv" target="_blank">current TV shows about millennials </a>that portray the experience more accurately.&nbsp;

The Clich&eacute;s And Stereotypes About Millennials That Annoy Them The Most

The Clichés And Stereotypes About Millennials That Annoy Them The Most

Hugh Landman

Thought Provoking lists at Ranker - the ultimate source for lists and rankings in all categories

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Lists about every type of relationship, from those who just met to those who have been side by side for years.

Coupled Up

Marriage

What do you love about your guy or gal? Their hair? Their smile? Their honesty? This is a list of the biggest turn ons for women and men, meaning what men want in a woman and what women want in a man. Wondering how to be charming and attractive to the opposite sex? This crowdsourced list contains <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-qualities-in-a-person/samantha-dillinger">the best qualities that a person can have</a>, as agreed upon by the Ranker community. These traits are what women really want and what men like. The secret to making yourself attractive to a potential mate can be found on this list!The <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-qualities-in-a-person/samantha-dillinger?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best qualities in a person</a> will vary, but there's no denying there are well-liked qualities that are common across the board. Most people would agree that the biggest turn ons in a person include intelligence, humor, and a hot body, but that's not all!What are the biggest turn ons for men and women? What are the best personality traits? This is a great place to see what things other people value, whether you're trying to determine the best qualities in another person or trying to answer the question &quot;what qualities should I have?&quot;

The Biggest Turn Ons in a Person

Biggest Turn Ons in a Lover | What Men Want & What Women Want

Samantha Dillinger

Some lists to get you thinking about the billions of complex and fascinating human beings that inhabit our world, including little ol' you.

People! Bless Em

poll

Jorts are the dumbest things I've ever seen. Next to Toms shoes. Next to the Toyota Prius. Next to <a href="/list/pictures-of-d-bags-taking-photos-of-their-food/ariel-kana">d-bags taking pictures of their food</a>. There are so many things that suck that people think are cool. For real, some of the supposed&nbsp;<a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time">best bands ever</a> and the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time">greatest movies of all time</a> are just overrated bunches of garbage.So add the things that you think have run their course or never had a leg to stand on to begin with, like people that use their children as their profile picture. Unless you were permanently scarred and no longer recognizable after giving birth, this is not okay. (UPDATE: it has been determined this is never okay).If there are other things that society has deemed acceptable and/or cool that are missing from the list, make sure to add them so other people can finally realize that the things they are doing (like the Harlem Shake) are just not okay.

Miley Cyrus

Things That Are Not As Cool As People Think They Are

HoserUSC

Lists of our favorite celebrities and public figures who give just about everyone the warm fuzzies.

Wonderful People We All Love

RIP to our world&#39;s greatest achievers, those who changed the way we live and the ways we thought. This list of people we wish were still alive includes some of the greatest humanitarians, artists, politicians, and celebrities we wished could have stayed with us longer. These notable dead people passed ahead of their time; regardless of the reason or timing, these are famous people who died while they still had very much to contribute to the world.

There are myriad great people who died too soon on this list. Among them, composers like Mozart, rock musicians like Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, politicians like&nbsp;JFK, and even celebrity personalities like the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. All these famous dead people left too soon, and left a void most people can never fill. This list of dead celebrities features many beloved icons who are still very missed. You&#39;ll see great people who have died, like Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana. Prince is a famous dead entertainer who many would likely kill to have back in this world. Robin Williams is another famous dead person who many still celebrate and miss. This list of dead people is really a space to celebrate those we wish had never passed.

Who are some famous dead celebrities who should still be alive? These famous deceased people were gone way too soon. Who are the celebrities that died before their time? There are many reasons you might want to vote up your favorite notable deceased person, so make sure to do so on this list of famous people you wish were still alive. If your favorite dead celebrity isn&#39;t listed, feel free to add them to the discussion.

Leonardo da Vinci

People We Wish Were Still Alive

Ranker Community

Lifestyle

What are the best&nbsp;qualities a woman can have? How do women become popular among their peers and attractive to&nbsp;men? This list will help women in understanding men because the characteristics&nbsp;on this list have been voted on and ranked by women and men alike. While noone is perfect, an admirable woman is honest, loyal, patient, friendly, and confident. What other admirable qualities are important to consider when choosing or seeking a partner or&nbsp;beginning a friendship?

When it comes to meeting new people, it&#39;s important to consider how their qualities and personal traits align with your own; there&#39;s no sense in forging a relationship with someone who doesn&#39;t share your values. This list of the top qualities in a woman is meant to sort out the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-qualities-in-a-person/samantha-dillinger?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">good qualities</a> a woman should have and list them in order of the most important positive feminine&nbsp;qualities.

Some people would say that the best traits a woman can have is her patience or her nurturing skills. Others would argue that a woman&#39;s best quality is her independence or free spirit. When considering the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-qualities-in-a-person/samantha-dillinger?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best qualities in a person</a>, subjectivity comes into play. Most importantly, if you are wondering <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/ways-to-be-a-good-friend/samantha-dillinger" target="_blank">how to be a better friend</a> or partner, think about the traits you would want in your own friends or loved ones.

Most Desirable Qualities in a Woman? What Men Really Want

The Best Qualities in a Woman

The Best Qualities in a Woman: What Do Men Look for in Women?

Thought Provoking

Written Language

Agriculture

Medicine

Pizza

Chinese Food

Cheeseburger

Betty White

Dolly Parton

Tom Hanks

American Football

Basketball

Baseball

These are things that make America great. Get in the spirit and vote!

USA! USA!

America&#39;s&nbsp;national treasures work in different fields, are of different generations, and all have different stories to tell. But all of their stories are that of America itself. Some are media moguls, others are entertainers that nobody can bring themselves to hate. A few are politicians that have enormous influence and cultural cachet, even if you completely disagree with everything they believe in. But what they have in common is that they exemplify the American spirit, can-do attitude, and our cultural heritage. They also do really great on talk shows. They&#39;re US national treasures and are loved by just about everyone.

These likable celebrities and public figures who are national treasures are the ones that, love them or hate them, can&#39;t get enough of them or totally sick of them, truly show what it means to be American. To take risks, to give back, to never give up, to be in control of their environment, and to know exactly what to say at the right time.

If you can think of other broadly popular Americans&nbsp;who qualify as national treasures for the people of the USA, feel free to add them to the list!

American Public Figures Who Are National Treasures

American National Treasures - Our Most Beloved Public Figures (Poll)

Mike Rothschild

We all gotta eat, right? Lists of your favorite things to stuff in your face, ranked.

Food Glorious Food

It’s a question asked by kids at sleepovers and by bored office workers around the world. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Don’t blurt out the first thing that comes to your head, because the answer may not be as simple as you think. Maybe pizza is the first thing you think of, but can you truthfully say that you won’t miss the satisfying, perfect bite that you only get with a giant plate of nachos? This entire list is a Sophie’s choice of delicious food, and it will drive you insane with just a glance, setting your stomach rumbling. If you think you’re up to the challenge, throw out your concept of healthy eating, undo the top button on your jeans, and vote up the one food that you would eat for the rest of your life.Foodies have long discussed the one best food they would happily eat until they departed this mortal coil. Some people get fancy with it and choose a forever meal of a lone quail egg. Other folks, who aren’t afraid to get trashy with their bad selves, decide they’re going to eat nothing but bean burritos until eternity. But now it’s your turn to decide what one food you’ll eat for the rest of your life.Vote here on your favorite forever food, and if there’s some weird regional grub that isn't already listed, run it up the flag pole and see if anyone salutes it.

Steak

If You Could Only Eat One Food for the Rest of Your Life...

Food

Favorite Foods | Food You Could Eat for Every Meal

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Inventions

What is mankind's greatest invention? This list includes some of the most innovative, ground breaking inventions ever. Each invention listed here in some way changed history, altering the way we live our lives. Some inventions, like medicine, help to extend our lives and others, like the wheel, changed the way we get around, transport goods and just generally do anything. Which of mankind's inventions do you believe is the most important? Time to vote, and be sure to rerank this list in any order you like. The <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-american-inventors-list/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most famous inventors</a>&nbsp;in history have made contributions that stand the test of time. From electricity to fire to telephones, mankind's greatest inventions and discoveries help define who we are today. Can any of you argue that the computer is not one of the most notable inventions ever? Certainly not, given that the computer is how many of you are reading this list right now. Of course, everyone at one time or another has an idea for a new invention. Sometimes inventors with the best of intentions wind up <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/13-inventors-foiled-by-their-own-inventions-v1/lons" target="_blank">foiled by their own creations</a>. And, in case you think all great inventions were created by men, think again: This list of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/history_s-most-under-appreciated-female-inventors/brooke-wilson" target="_blank">history's most under-appreciated female inventors</a> will set you straight.

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Current Sports

For the past century, sports have become an important part of American culture. Many of the most popular sports in the world have been American games. A fair number of Americans either participate or follow sports. Children play sports to meet other kids their own age and they teach important tactics, like teamwork, which helps people later on in life. Football, not to be confused with European football or soccer, is one of the most popular American sports.&nbsp;The Super Bowl is always the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-watched-events-in-television-history/brendan-kelly?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most watched sporting event</a> in the United States, drawing nearly 100 million people to their TVs to watch an event that&#39;s distinctly American.

Basketball is another popular American sport that has a worldwide reach. Becoming almost as globally relevant as soccer, basketball&nbsp;and the NBA in particular&nbsp;have turned the game from a semi-popular American sport into a game people across the globe love to play.

Vote for the game you think is the most popular American sport on this ultimate list. If you see a sport that isn&#39;t on the list and should be added, feel free to.