I asked ChatGPT to tell me the Top 100 Greatest Americans for our Not the Bee audience, and AI has us nailed

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Harris Rigby

Jul 4, 2025

I regret to inform you that the AI chat bots are getting really, really good.

I asked ChatGPT if it could make a list of the 100 Greatest Americans but make the list specific to readers of Not the Bee.

In my opinion, it cranked out something super accurate.

Please enjoy.


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Top 100 Americans โ€” Not the Bee Edition

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Founders & Early Patriots

  1. George Washington

  2. Thomas Jefferson

  3. John Adams

  4. James Madison

  5. Alexander Hamilton

  6. Benjamin Franklin

  7. Patrick Henry

  8. Samuel Adams

  9. George Mason

  10. John Jay

โš”๏ธ Military, Courage, and Heroism

  1. Douglas MacArthur

  2. George S. Patton

  3. Dwight D. Eisenhower

  4. Alvin York

  5. Chesty Puller

  6. Audie Murphy

  7. Robert E. Lee

  8. Nathan Hale

  9. Chris Kyle - "American Sniper"

  10. Marcus Luttrell - Lone Survivor

๐Ÿฆ… Presidents with Guts

  1. Donald J. Trump - Unapologetically America First

  2. Abraham Lincoln - Held the Union together

  3. Ronald Reagan - "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

  4. Theodore Roosevelt - Rough Rider energy

  5. Andrew Jackson - No patience for elitists

  6. George Washington - Still the gold standard

  7. Calvin Coolidge - "Silent Cal," less government

  8. James K. Polk - Finished the job on Manifest Destiny

  9. William McKinley - Firm but fair

  10. Grover Cleveland - The last Dem conservatives still like

Presidents, Founders, military leaders all seem self explanatory. Little adjustment would be needed.

Here's where the fun begins.

๐Ÿง  Intellectual & Cultural Warriors

  1. Thomas Sowell

  2. Jordan Peterson (honorary American at this point)

  3. Ben Shapiro

  4. William F. Buckley Jr.

  5. Russell Kirk

  6. Dennis Prager

  7. C.S. Lewis (not American, but wildly influential to N.T.B. readers)

  8. Victor Davis Hanson

  9. Glenn Beck

  10. Matt Walsh - Because someone had to say it

We have a Canadian (JBP) and an Englishman (C.S. Lewis) on our Independence Day list of greatest Americans just because ChatGPT understands this site so well ๐Ÿ˜‚

๐Ÿ“– Faithful Christians Who Shaped the Nation

  1. Jonathan Edwards

  2. Billy Graham

  3. Charles Finney

  4. D. James Kennedy

  5. A.W. Tozer

  6. R.C. Sproul

  7. Francis Schaeffer

  8. W.A. Criswell

  9. John MacArthur

  10. Voddie Baucham - Based and fearless

Voddie, MacArthur, Sproul, and Schaeffer?

๐ŸŽค Conservative Commentators & Modern Prophets

  1. Tucker Carlson

  2. Rush Limbaugh

  3. Mark Levin

  4. Candace Owens

  5. Jason Whitlock

  6. Eric Metaxas

  7. Charlie Kirk

  8. Allie Beth Stuckey

  9. Tim Pool

  10. Steve Deace

๐Ÿงฑ Defenders of Traditional Culture

  1. Phyllis Schlafly - Killed the ERA

  2. Clarence Thomas - Originalist titan

  3. Antonin Scalia

  4. Robert Bork

  5. Matt Drudge

  6. James O'Keefe

  7. Seth Dillon - CEO of The Babylon Bee

  8. Lila Rose - Pro-life warrior

  9. Abby Johnson - Former Planned Parenthood director turned activist

  10. Kirk Cameron - Actor turned Christian culture fighter

No Bee related list would be completed with him, am I right?

๐ŸŽฌ Artists Who Didn't Bow to the Woke

  1. Clint Eastwood

  2. Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Christ

  3. Dennis Quaid

  4. Chris Pratt

  5. Mark Wahlberg (post-conversion)

  6. Kevin Sorbo

  7. Jon Voight

  8. Gary Sinise

  9. Kelsey Grammer

  10. Dean Cain

๐Ÿ’ผ Businessmen Who Built & Fought Back

  1. Elon Musk - Free speech absolutist

  2. Peter Thiel - Billionaire dissenter

  3. Sam Walton - Built Walmart from scratch

  4. Dave Ramsey - Biblical finance

  5. Phil Robertson - Duck Commander

  6. Truett Cathy - Chick-fil-A founder

  7. Mike Lindell - The MyPillow guy

  8. Donald Trump Jr. - Culture warrior

  9. Vivek Ramaswamy - Bold truth-teller

  10. Robert Herjavec - Represents the immigrant success story

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Real Americans / Everyday Heroes

  1. Rosa Parks - Courage with dignity

  2. Kyle Rittenhouse - Self-defense under fire

  3. Jack Phillips - Christian baker who stood his ground

  4. Coach Joe Kennedy - Prayed on the field

  5. Tim Tebow - Bold about his faith

  6. Riley Gaines - Women's sports defender

  7. James Damore - Fired for stating facts

  8. Amish community - Still holding the line

  9. Your local pastor preaching biblical truth

  10. Mom and Dad - Raising kids right in a crazy world

I've gotta say, I couldn't have come up with a better list myself.

Well, I probably could, but it would have taken more than 8 seconds.


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