Benjamin Franklin


 * Allegedly flew a kite in a thunderstorm
 * Printed an almanac as Poor Richard
 * Drew the "Join or Die" political cartoon
 * Indirectly prompted Louis XVI to sign the Edict of Versailles while ambassador
 * Served on the Committee of Five
 * Started the Hutchinson Love Affair by giving documents to Sam Adams that were previously exchanged between two Massachusetts politicians
 * Member of the Secret Committee of Correspondence
 * Proposed a labor theory of value in a work proposing a paper currency