The Most Influential People That Never Lived

It’s hard to make an impact on this world. You live and try to make the most of it, hopefully excelling in some way or another. And then maybe, at the end of the road, people will remember you as someone that changed the world – either for better or for worse.

Imagine how hard it is to have this kind of impact on the world if you’re never even alive! Well, these “people” managed to do that exact thing.

Barbie

Despite Barbie not being an actual person, she has shaped society’s image of girls and how girls should behave for decades. Heck, even her impossible figure has set the tone for what a girl’s body should look like.

Santa Claus

I mean, let’s be honest, Christmas isn’t really about Jesus being born anymore, is it? It’s about a fat, bearded man climbing through your chimney to give you presents if you’ve been nice. And if you haven’t been nice or don’t own a house with a chimney, you’re pretty much screwed.

Rosie The Riveter

Women weren’t allowed in the army, but that didn’t mean that women couldn’t fight the war! Rosie gave American women that small push they needed to take up jobs in the factories to keep the economy going while their men were off to war.