22. Christopher Columbus
In 1992, two movies about Christopher Columbus hit the silver screen. These were 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. In both movies, Christopher Columbus is painted as being brave, and benevolent towards the Native Americans. These movies may have contributed to the celebration of his work, especially with the fact that we have Columbus Day in the United States. In reality, what was shown in the movies couldn’t be further from the truth. He was actually tyrannical and responsible for the murder and enslavement of a countless number of native people. On top of that, he wasn’t even the first explorer to discover the Caribbean islands.