Greatest man of the 20th Century has died

The people who we think of as the great men of the 20th Century: FDR, Churchill, etc. don't hold a candle to the man who affected more people for the better than any other in history. This man literally saved the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

Yet his name is almost totally unknown.

Norman Borlaug. RIP.

Who the heck is he?

He was an agricultural scientist who helped engineer hearty, high-yield crops that have fed the Third World. Back when people were predicting mass starvation because of out-of-control population growth, he very quietly solved the problem.

The masses didn't starve because Borlaug fed them.

Some estimates have him saving a billion lives.

He was not unknown to everyone, and back before the Nobel Peace Prize became a joke, they were smart enough to give him one.

Here are a list of the awards he received in his life:

• Nobel Peace Prize, 1970
  
  
• Election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1970
  
  
• Aztec Eagle, Government of Mexico, 1970
  
  
• Outstanding Agricultural Achievement Award, World Farm Foundation (USA), 1971
  
  
• Presidential Medal of Freedom (USA), 1977
  
  
• Jefferson Award, American Institute for Public Service, 1980
  
  
• Distinguished Achievement Award in Food and Agricultural Sciences, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (USA), 1982
  
  
• The Presidential World without Hunger Award: Educator/Scientist category (USA), 1985
  
  
• The Americas Award, The Americas Foundation (USA), 1998
  
  
• Jefferson Lifetime Achievement Award (USA), 1997
  
  
• Altruistic Green Revolution Award, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 1998
  
  
• Recognition Award for Contributions to World Wheat and Maize Research and Production, Republic of El Salvador, 1999
  
  
• Dedication of Norman E. Borlaug Center for Southern Crop Improvement, Texas A&M University, 1999
  
  
• Vannevar Bush Award, National Science Foundation (USA), 2000
  
  
• Memorial Centennial Medial of the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry (Russia), 2000
  
  
• Public Welfare Medal, National Academy of Sciences (USA), 2002
  
  
• The Rotary International Award for World Understanding and Peace; Barcelona, Spain, 2002
  
  
• The Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002
  
  
• Award for Distinguished Achievements to Science and Medicine, American Council of Science and Health, 2003
  
  
• National Medal of Science (USA), 2004
  
  
• Padma Vibhushan in Science and Engineering, awarded by the Government of India, 2006
  
  
• Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture created as part of the Texas A&M University System, 2006
  
  
• Congressional Gold Medal, received 2007
  
  
• Texas A&M University honorary doctor of letters degree, 2007
  
  
• Borlaug received more than 50 honorary degrees in his career.