Mother Thersia. I don't have to agree with her religion to know she was a great women who will be noticed in heaven. Accually she is more a symbol of those who took on similear missionary work, but refused the public spotlight, and so we will never know them.
The problem with man of the centry is they want to know now, while we won't really know until latter. For instance I belive the bad decisions of FDR and president Kennedy just have not caught up with them yet. I think it is safe to start thinking about the man of the century for the 1800s. It is not safe to start thinking of the man of the century for the 1900s.