Here's the American top ten as voted by the public:
Ronald Reagan - 24.0%
Abraham Lincoln - 23.5%
Martin Luther King, Jr. - 19.7%
George Washington - 17.7%
Benjamin Franklin - 14.9%
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Elvis Presley
Oprah Winfrey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
May I suggest that people tend to forget their history classes? I mean, Oprah Winfrey is greater than Thomas Edison?