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1) Albert Einstein - Albert Einstein

is a name that comes to mind first

when thinking of geniuses.

Einsteins brain was found to be

deficient in certain parts, but

extraordinarily powerful in others.

Another trait of Albe rts brain was

the fact that he had a much larger

corpus callosum than the average

man. The corpus callosum connectsthe right and left hemispheres and

allows them to successfully transfer

information back and forth

(communicate with one another).

Einstein has received the Nobel

Prize in physics, was named

Person Of The Century by Time

Magazine, and has contributed phenomenal theories to the world of science (i.e. theory of

relativity, unique field theory, etc).

2) Leonardo Da Vinci - Leonardo Da Vinci is considered one of the best painters of all time

and possibly the most multi-talented man to have ever lived! Two of his works include: The

Last Super & The Mona Lisa. Da Vinci was truly ahead of his time with ideas such as: a

helicopter, a ta nk, so lar power, a calculator, and a theo ry of plate te ctonics. Leo nardo was a

unique individual who exercised the curiosity of his powerful brain.

3) Nikola Tesla- Tesla was a renowned physicist, inventor, and e nginee r. He ha s ma de

phenomenal contributions to science and has been classified as the worlds greatest electrical

engine er. Nikola engag ed in studying many works, mem orizing comp lete book s, and

supposedly had a photographic memory. Tesla had a bove average brain powerand was an

advanced thinker when compared to others of his time.

4) Sir Isaac Newton - Sir Isaac Newtonwas anastronomer astronom er,physicist, in vento r,

ma thema tician, and ph ilosophe r. In a 2005 poll, Newton was nam ed mo re influential than

Einstein in science. He has developed laws of motion, principles of momentum, and invented

the reflecting telescope. Newton has had tons of great scientific achievements. His diverse list

of scientific and mathematic accomplishments demonstrate the incredible ability of his brain.

5) Stephen Hawking - Hawking is known best for his theories of black holes, cosmology, and

quantum gravity. He has also written several bestselling books such as: A Brief History Of

Time and The Universe In A Nutshell. Though Stephen is currently bound to a wheelchair

due to paralysis from Lou Gehrigs disease (ALS). Hawking has been recognized a s a

revolutionary thinker and one who displays above average intelligence.

6) Michelangelo - Michelangelo was a phen ome nal pa inter, sculptor, architect, and po et. Hisdiverse interest in art and the world really showed. He sculpted the Pieta and the David before

he was 30 years old! He painted the Sistine Chapel and worked on the dome of St. Peters

Basilica. Michelangelo was a genius that was able to bring an entirely new artistic perspective

from his mind to reality.

7) Archimedes - Archimed es was a Greek philosophe r, eng ineer, inventor and astronome r. He

is also considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Though there isnt a ton of

documented information regarding his personal life, we do know that he has had a large

impact on science and physics. Archimedes thoughts were clearly ahead of his time: not

many would disagree that he was a genius.

8) Warren Buffet Though Warren Buffet isnt a big contributor to science like many other

names listed, he doe s have a ton of knowledge a bout making m oney through investing. He is

a known philanthropist (someone who donates their time & money for charitable causes) and

Time Maga zine has regarded Buffet as one o f the Top 100 Most Influential People in the

world. He was also ranked by Forbes in 2008 as the richest person in the world. His company

[Berkshire Hathaway] has an estimated net worth of $62 billion dollars. Warren is a very

intelligent man a nd a financial genius.

9) Swami Vivekananda - In the Eastern world, Swami Vivekananda is regarded as a genius by

many. He was one of the most influential and spiritual leaders ever and was a highly-

renowned thinke r. Because of his insig ht and unique philosophy that he had contributed to

eastern religions, his knowledge and intellect will continue to be admired.

10) Samuel Johnson - Samuel Johnson is regarded as one of the biggest literary influences of

all time. He was a bio ra her, critic, and essa ist. Johnson is the hi hest uoted author since

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William Shakespeare a nd was one of the most influential peop le in the 18th century. The m an

invented and compiled terms for what many consider the first official dictionary.

11) Immanuel Kant - Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century philosopher from Russia. He has

been considered one of the most influential thinkers of all time in Europe. Kant brought forth

a unique theory of perception and thought deeply about life. Many regard Kant as a ge nius of

his time.

12) Aristotle - Aristotle was a Greek philoso pher, student of Pla to and one who taught

Alexander the Great. Aristotle became a great writer and is regarded as one of the most

important and influential figures towards shaping Western philosophy. His works were the first

to ever study logic and he had a profound influence on others during his time.

13) Pablo Picasso - Though Picasso may not have bee n an am azing scientist, his

revolutionary mind forever changed the way people lo oke d at a rt. He was a m aster drawer,

painter, and sculptor. He founde d cubism an a rt style which became a huge m oveme nt in

the 20th century. Pablo Picassos unique perception, which he expressed through his art,

caused many people to view reality from a different perspective.

14) Niles Bohr - Niels Bohr was a pheno men al physicist and a highly advanced thinker. He

invented the Bohr Model which is regarded as a huge contribution to atomic physics. Bohr was

heavily involved with post World War II scientific issues and carried a great head on his

shoulders.

15) Thomas Jeff erson - Thomas Jefferson was a very brilliant individual. He was the 3rd

president of the United States, wrote The Declaration Of Independence, and was the most

influential Founding Father for the U.S. He influenced the republican party and was a

horticulturist, statesm an, a rchitect, author and inven tor. Jeffe rson was the founde r of the

University of Virginia and understood that slavery was unethical in a time when most everyone

else thoug ht it was prope r. Thoma s Jefferson was definitely had an ex ceptional brain.

16) Plato - Plato was a Greek philosopher that was taught by Socrates, but taught Aristotle.

Along with Socrates and Aristotle, Plato helped lay the groundwork for Western philosophy. He

was k nown to be a m athem atician, great writer, and founde d the Acade my or institute of

higher education and learning, in Athens. His works in philosophy, logic, and mathematics,

were studied and used by many teachers after his time. Not only was Plato a revolutionary

thinker, he was a g enius of his time .

17) Winston Churchill W inston Chu rchill was a rightfully famous British politician during

World War II. He is well-known for his abilities a s a great lea der, spe ake r, officer in the British

Army, a h istorical writer, and an a rtist. Churchill became a he ro of his time a nd is consid ered

one of the m ost intelligent men of his time.

18) Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S., an

author, and a printer. He was als o a great po litician, inventor, and scientist. Benjamin

Franklins scientific contributions have shaped physics and the field of electricity. He invented

the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, the odome ter, and the glas s harmonica.

Franklin created the first public lending library in the United States and first fire department in

the city of Pennsylvania. Ben Franklin was a true genius of his time.

19) Thomas Edison Thomas Edison was a great inventor and businessman who created

many appliances that have had profound influence on life around the world. A couple of his

inventions are: the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. Jefferson was also one of the

first inventors to apply the idea of mass production to the invention process. Many give

Jefferson credit with creating the first ever industrial research lab. He is considered one of the

most gifted inventors ever and holds over 1,000 United States patents. Edison truly added his

touch of genius to the scientific community.

20) Daniel Tammet - Daniel Tammet is a high-functioning autistic savant. He has been gifted

with a kna ck for mathema tics, language learning, and above a verage mem orization skills. He

was featured on a discovery channel special that tested his abilities and showed his ability to

learn arguably the toughest language, Icelandic, in less than 7 days to appear in an interview.

Daniel has an incredible brain and was gifted with an above-average intellect.

21) William Shakespeare - William Shakespea re was a poet, playwright, and has been hailed

the greate st write r in the Engl ish language and the worlds be st drama tist. He has be en

deemed the national poet of England and his works include: nearly 40 plays, around 150

sonnets, and 2 long poe ms. Shakespe ares plays have been translated into every language,

and a re performed more often than any other playwright. Shakespeare shed his genius-like

thoughts through his complex storytelling.

22) Kim Peek - Though Kim Peek is a savant, he has some e xceptional brain abilities. He is

lacking a functional corpus callosum (which makes it impossible for his right and left brain

hemispheres to exchange information) and has a dama ged cerebellum. Without a corpus

callosum, some develop above a verage m emory abilities. In Kim Peeks case, he can read a

new book in about 1 hour and manages to retain over 98% of the information within the

book! Imp ressive.

23) Ludwig van Beethoven - Beethoven was a German pianist and legendary musician. He

was very influential in Western classical music and is thought of as the best composer of all

time. Though Beethovens hearing began to cease in his early twenties, he was still able to

create classical masterpieces. He was able to conduct, compose, and perform music even

after he was completely deaf! Beethoven blessed the world with his musical genius and

brilliant mind.

24) Srinivasa Ramanujan - Srinivasa was an Indian mathematician who was able to make

huge contributions in the area of mathematical analysis and number theory. Srinivasa

demonstrated an uncanny, natural ability to master mathematics. He had a complete math

book mastered by 13, and even discovered theorems of his own. He won many awards by

showing others his superior mathematical ability at his school. By age 17, this mathematical

prodigy was doing his own research with mathematics and numbers. He compiled nearly 4,000

equations and identities in his short lifetime.

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25) Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach was an exceptional composer and organist. He specialized

in choir, orchestra, an d solo instruments. He was able to enrich the German composing s tyle

with a full harmonic scale and was able to adapt rhythms from Italy and France. Though his

music began early in the 19th century, he is now noted as one of the greatest composers in

the Western tradition. Bach was yet another musical genius.

26) Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart - Mozart was a very influential composer during the classical

era. He was able to create over 600 compositions that were widely accepted and

acknowledged. His music specialties included symphony, chamber music, piano, opera, and

choral music. Mozart is among the most popular of classical composers, and many of his

works a re still included in concerts toda y. Moza rt clearly dem onstrated his musical proficiency

and level of genius.

27) Sir Francis Drake - Drake was a famou s traveler, navigator, and p olitician from England .

He ma naged to circumnavigate the world in 1577 and has be en proclaimed a lege nd in

England. Drake was an exceptionally smart individual and had a n estimated I.Q. of 130. Sir

Francis was a powerful man that happened to have an incredibly powerful brain.

28) George Berkeley - George Berkeley was a n Irish philosopher and de veloped a famous

theory of immaterialism. Berkeley also published a book called The Analyst that would

critique calculus and influence common day mathematics. University Of California, Berkeley

was named after George due to his intelligence and philosophical insight.

29) Ludwig Wittgenstein - Ludwig was an Austrian philosopher that developed theories

involving logic. He contributed to the philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, and

philosophy of the mind. He ha s had a huge influence on philosophy and is widely accepted a s

one o f the twentieth centurys best philosophers. Wittengenstein published 2 books and b oth

were highly influe ntial in philoso phy.

30) Socrates - Socrates is regarded a s one of the be st ancient greek philosophers of all time.

As teacher of Plato, he has been associated with highly advanced thinking during his time. His

work continues to form much of the foundation for the study of philosophy today. Socrates

has made important contributions to the study of logic and writings, and has provided a lot of

groundwork that much of the Western civilization has followed.

31) Linus Pauling Linus Pauling was a pea ce activist, scientist, author, and teacher. Pau ling is

regarded as one of the m ost influential chemists in history and was one of the m ost

important scientists of all time. He was one of the pioneers to work in the study of molecular

biology and quantum chemistry. He has been a warded more than 1 Nobel Prize and is one of

only 2 individuals to receive them for different fields.

32) Christopher Michael Langan - Christopher Langan is an American with an IQ was reported

by 20/20 and other media s ources to have be en me asured at nearly 200. Though he used

to work as a bouncer in Long Island, he rose to fame as the smartest man in America in

1999. Langan has developed a theory of the relationship between mind and reality which he

calls the Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe and is still alive today. This man has one

of the highest I.Q.s ever on Earth.

33) Michael Faraday - Michael Faraday was a phenomenal chemist and physicist who

contributed to the fields of electrochemistry and electromagnetics. His inventions of

electromagnetic devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology, and it was largely

due to his efforts that electricity became available for use in technology. Faraday was also the

very first Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

34) Blaise P ascal Blaise P ascal was a French physicist, religious philosopher, and g reat

ma thema tician. Pa scal was a child prodigy and was taug ht a lot by his father. Pascals

contributions included: mechanical calculators, concepts of pressure, concepts of vacuum, and

the study of fluids. In literature, Pascal is regarded as one of the most important authors of

the French classical period. His name (Pascal) has been given to the SI unit of pressure,

some programming language, and Pascals law.

35) Galileo Galilei - Galileo Galilei was a le gendery astronomer, physicist, ma thema tician, and

philosopher. He played a ma jor role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include the

first studies of uniformly accelerated motion, improvements to the telescope, and

astronomical obse rvations. Galileo has be en called the father of modern obse rvational

astronomy, the father of modern physics, the father of science, and the Father of Modern

Science. With his discoveries and studies, Galileo was able to display his brilliance.

36) Martin Luther - Martin Luther was a German p rofessor, a m onk, the ologia n, and church

reformer. Luthers theology challenged the authority of the church by stating that the Bible is

the only infallible source of religious authority and that all baptized Christians are a

priesthood o f belie vers. According to Luther, salvation was attainab le only by true repentan ce

and faith in Jesus as the Messiah. His revolutionary ideas inspired the Protestant

Reformation and changed the philosophy of Western civilization.

37) Robert Boyle - Was a natural philoso pher, chemist, ph ysicist, inventor, and early

gentleman scientist. Boyle was largely known for his works in physics and chemistry. He is best

known for the creation of Boyles law. Boyle is recognized today as one of the first modern

chemists and one of the founding fathers of chemistry. One of his works, The Sceptical

Chymist is viewed as a legendary book in the field of chemistry.

38) John Locke - John Locke was a phe nome nal English philosopher. Lockes ideas had a

huge influence on the developme nt of political philosophy and he is considered one of the

most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment and one of the biggest contibutors to

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42) Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov was a former World Ches s Cha mpion , writer, and

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Obi

Dude, I love this post and I think your Top 3 are spot on, but

How the hell can you put Warren Buffett in the Top 10, and like 20 spots above Socrates?!

And where is Marcus Aurelius in all this madness!?!

Youve got some explaining to do man

Drew

Hey Obi,

Glad to hea r you enjoyed it. I didnt put them in a ranked order. Im plann ing anothe r

project where inte lligence will be ranked .

Thanks for your comments :)

Obi

Alright bro, youre in the clear. :)

Ranjeet

hi..

I guess John Nash did an incredible job too His mind was quoted as A beautiful mind

indeed

What say??

Ranjeet

stardust

Interesting list, I feel Rudo lph Steiner should have appea red on it though!

Stardust

Mark

Wheres Richard Feynman? He was a by far the most brilliant physicist way beyond

Hawking, just not as s tereotypical.

sad

whats the point? all born geniuses whats the point for losers to read about them. its not

like you can get as good as these guys.

Obi

Dont be so sad, Sad.

Geniuses arent born, theyre created. And you have the power to be just as great, if not

greater, if you decide to be.

Bill

u r list is a little messed upit only list people with magnificent achievement and a major

influence to humankind. The definition of genius. 1.exceptional intellectual or creative power

or other natural ability. 2 an exceptionally intelligent or able person. from oxford university

dictionary. like i dont understand why Winston Churchill is on there, he is not like insane

smart.

Thanks

lawal mustapha oluwatosin

genetically ingenious

Mimi

Where are the women? Are there no women geniuses?

Heres m y try at a list, in no p articular order:

Marie Curie

Sor Juana Inez de la C ruz

Elizabeth I

Jane Addams

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Lady Murasaki

Jane Austen

Charlotte Bront

Joni Mitchell

Toni Morrison

Golda Meir

eq

there are no women on this list..

alaa

I cannot believe sigmund freud is not up there!

Jven

hey a friend told me about a book of the most brilliant minds in hstory where can I find it??

Martin

Very good list I must say,though I would add Salvador Dali to the list as well.

ilias

Well, it is subjective as who to put in this list. I mean Napoleaon was a great general, but

was he really smarter than julius ceasar or alexander the great who expanded his empire to

India? Philosopher Karl Marx is not on the list as well as Homer and Hippokrates father of

medicine.

tathiana

WHERES MARX!!!!???

kristofferson

awesome lists dude.. notify me(if you can) when u get that ranked lists of brilliant people

=)

ajit vadakayil

gentlemen,

NICOLA TESLA SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE!

von neumann should have come ahead of albert einstein.

does anybody know that einstein borrowed ideas, as he was working in the patents office?

like how marconi and edison borrowed teslas ideas!

CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

yasha

Kasparov doesnt belong on this list.

Id never put Picasso a head of Van Gogh and Rembrandt.

Some so-called geniuses are noted here for their IQs and how quickly they can absorb

information (such as Peek). I am not aware of the full range of Peeks abilities, but true

genius is not so much about absorbing information quickly (reading a boo k in under an

hour, say), but is actually about creative po tential, new ideas , etc

Where is Dante and Chaucer here?

What about Rumi?

Dostoyevsky?

Julius C aesar?

William Blake?

Krishnamurti is a more interesting thinker than Vivekananda.

What abo ut the spiritual geniuses, such as Buddha, Jes us, etc? Where are they?

This is far from a satisfactory list.

I dont kno w abou t Samuel Joh nson e ither. As admirable as he was, compared with the

geniuses I listed he re, he had m echanical talents.

Descartes overrated. His statement I think, therefore I am is childish, something even

the laziest Buddhist philosopher would never say. And Buddhists were around centuries

before he lived. It would have be en better had Hume been included instead, though I have

my doubts abo ut the inclusion of Hume

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yasha

I should have said: Where are Dante and Chaucer here?

Other serious candidates:

Li Po

Whitman

Hafez

Brahms

Wagner

Heifetz

Dickinson

King David

Nagarjuna

Ibsen

Nietzsche

D Armor

Please do your research and include Richard Feynman. One of the most brilliant physics and

ma thema ticians e ver. The m ore you read ab out him the m ore you will put in in your top 50;

I promise. He could replace Kim Peek who really did not do anything relavent.

Amran

Hey what about Muhamm ad the prophet?

Cesar

Just one question to show you what is more important for mankind..

Do you know who was the richest m an of the world when Socrates was alive?

Did you notice in one documentary, that even the US military was involved trying to find

Mozarts DNA?

Can you imagine doing that trying to get the austrians emperor DNA or the DNA of a very

wealthy man of that time?

The richest men tend to benefit THEMSELVES..the work of the REAL genius of the mankind,

tend to benefit HUMANS.think about it.

Socrates , Da Vinci, Newton, Darwin, Galile o, Boh r..

Wich of them were the wealthiest of their time?

Raymond

good list i like but imo if your going to put thomas jefferson and washington lincoln has to

be there as well. he is considered the greatest president by a lot.

SONNY

WHERE IS DR. JOSE RIZAL O F PHILI PPINES??HES A GENIUS MAN WHO I S VERY HUMBLE..HE

KNOWS A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO ARTS,MEDICINE,POETRY,,HE IS AN EXCELLENT

PAINTER,SCULPT OR,AUTHO R,MATHEMATICIAN,PHYSICIST,OPTHALMOLOGIST,NATIONAL HERO

OF THE PHI LIPPINES,PHILOSO PHER,THEOLOGIAN,EDUCATOR,CONVERSANT IN ALL

LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD,POET,WRITER AND HE HAS A VERY UNIQUE TALENT WHICH

ALBERT EINSTEIN CANNOT DO,HE MUST BE PUT AS NUMBER ONEAND FOR YOUR INFO HE

GOT AN EXCELLENT GRADES IN ALL SUBJECTS WHEN HE WAS STILL STUDYING

acube

Why did Galileo Galilei ended up at top 30 only? He was like the founder of mode rn science!

I was hoping to see James Clerk Maxwell and som e strategic military geniuses like

Alexander the Great and Julius Cesar who almost took over the world itself!

Pablo

I think we nee d mo re than one list, or else mak e a n effort to look beyond the white m ale

world.

Genius

Obi got caught!

ryan

besides many others me ntioned before, i would put p articular emphasis o n add ing nietsche

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lostto

I reviewed this list looking to solve a personal mystery thats plagued me for the last 10 yrs

or soI read a reference once that described a man living in the 5th or 6th century as the

most brilliant and accomplished mind of all time. I was very surprised Id never heard the

name, since I read alot of history books.

My recollection of the bio was a s follows: he was born in the 5th or 6th century in the south

of France to a undistinguished, uneducated family; recognized as brilliant by church officials,

he was placed in and educated by the church very early in his life, and spent the rest of his

life in Italy. He was renowned in several fields, but especially mathematics and philosophy.

Several figures fit most parts of this bio (Pope Gregory, Gaspard Monge, and 1-2 others),

but are way off for a major detail. Any help in id-ing this person is appreciated!

BTWGeorge Washington!? Do you mean Thomas Jefferson? Washington wrote next to

nothing compared with his contemporaries, nor was he an intellectual or highly educated

man. A brilliant military talent perhaps, but little else distinguished him. Ive never

understood anyone stating he was a great president. More like in the right place at the

time, and a compromise, default pick for the first, based on his military heroism. It was

Jefferson who was so renowned for his well-rounded genius, pursuit of knowledge, and

brilliant writings.

Lenya

It see ms tha t this list was created by one p erson, with his idea s and without anything other.

Of course most of first 20 are really geniuses, but its very strange that some living peoples

did nothing genially and added in this list only after they high results on IQ test. Also

strange that no women in list, i think here could be Curie at least.

Now we cant rate g eniuse s of antique world in one list with living peop le; au thor tried to do

it, but had not good result.

PS:Im sorry for my bad english

Jimi

Where are the eskimos? Are there no esquimaux ge niuses?

Hawking is a popula r writer with a lot of time o n his ha nds no t Da Vinci. Same with Warren

Buffett, right place at the right time.

Carl Jung, John Coltrane, and Milton Erickson had more sophisticated minds

BOBALOO

What about Helen Keller??? I would call her one because she SURVIVED BEING DEAF AND

BLIND! And I do belie ve that Dr. Jose R izal should h ave be en on the list. He is a very

powerful person who changed the Phillipines. Lincoln maybe should be on there but IDK.

deadman

please consider Henry Cavendish as he m ight be even at one of the top spots

Alex

I agree with Mimi!

And, I believe Kate Bush should be added. I just think she is a brilliant musician. Brilliant!

But, I am biaseda little.

David

Nooo in no wayy is Einstein #1 they say his IQ was in the 160s. At the age of eleven Ted

Kaczynski had a n IQ of 169

jake

Muhammad the prophet should definitely be cosidered. I am a white male(trying not to be

biased) and i think som e women should be included (Mimis list has some go od

suggestions). Also more people beyond the western world should be considered. And yes it

does seem like one person created this list. What about Adolf Hitler (even though we

perceive him to be evil).

Cindi

Only white men make the genius list? I must conclude the list-maker and applauders would

certainly not make the list. And I am not asking for token names. But a measure that truly

covers the range of genius.

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An incomplete list, Wittgenstein as nro. 1 for me. And Plato over Socrates? But well done

anyway, a goo d list for starters.

And yes there are no women geniuses, there never was and never will be, since genius is

the highest form of masculinity there is.

IOA N COSMA

I cannot believe that Lagrange is not on the list.

Punchy

3 words: A Dolf Hitler

Oh, and Wayne Gretzky too.

ashkara

haha..this list is clearly meaninglessno Muhammad included..if you could think logically,

this guy have supergreat influenced and huge amounts of followers. now there around 1.4

billion muslim peoples which follow muhammad teaching. so there are so weird if this great

guy havent listed.

IQ is subjective

Firstly , I would like to point out that the measurement of IQ and intelligence in general is

subjective.Secondly , I think that a lot of the people on the list are not geniuses , but rather

just ind ividua ls who did some thing impo rtant. Also a lot of physicis ts and ma thema ticians

were missed out , in fact almost all of the list should have been filled with them.

nicolass vpn ahn

nikola tesla s hould rule

he is the best

smater then eistien and fuke george washington

Fish

Punchy, Hitler may have been pretty smart at the beginning, but he let the power get the

best of him, so that was pretty foolish right there. Besides, Goebbels was the real genius,

with all of his work with the propaganda. And Gretzky is just plain awesome XD

Anush

Few more must haves..

Science: Fermi, Tsiolkovsky

Medicine: Pa steur, Fleming

Humanitarian: Gandhi, Mother Theresa

Sports: Pele, Maradona, Tal, Bradman

Economics: Caines, Marx, Chanak ya

Film: Cha plin, Stanislavsk y, Hitchcock

list is bollocks

Where a re Euler, Gauss, Ferma t, Chopin?

Warren Buffet? Are you kidding me?

TOM THOMAS

This list meaning less top genius ma n of all time is

OSHO RAJNEESH (india n m ystic)

GAUTAM BUDDHA

Jain 24 Tirthankara MAHAVIR

LAO TZU (TAO)

KABIR (indian saint)

AND ALL ENLIGHTENMET MASTERS

cusa

Where is Gau?

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cusa

And, Immanuel Kant was not Russian, he was Prussian.

the K.A.P

Why top up ya list with whites, are u saying negroes have no influential men, what about

imoteph (the first named Arch.), Hannibal (worlds great warrior who defeated roman

empire) H. Macaulay, Mandela among others. Da list is not educative, xry 4 dat word. Try to

renew ur list

Corinne Nelsen

I think we can all agree it would take a much longer list to name every genius or great

intelligence in our worlds history. Just because someone is not on this particular list does

not mean they are less intelligent than the individuals here.

That being said I would like to submit Ayn Rand as one of the greatest minds of our time.

Angela

You ought to include names like James Watt , who made significant impact in

revolutionalizing the misteries behind DNA. Top on the list should be The wright Brothers,

Philip Emeagwali, Ukemenam Angela

baghlani

Faithfuully I think the most brilliant mind in all over the world & in all along the history is

certainly karl friedrich gauss.Please rearange the above mentioned list accordingly.

PLB

Its sad to say that all modern thought/mathematics/philosophy came from the Egyptian

and or Nubian cultue and that there isnt any credit given. But white man has always done

that. Wow. Sad a nd p redictible.

a

WHERE ON EARTH IS KARL FREDRICH GAUSS!!!!!!!!!! AND WHY THE HELL IS NAPOLEAN A

HITLER SHAPED MANIAC ON THIS LIST OF GENIUSES??? IS THIS A CHILD PR ODIHY LI ST OR

A GENIUS ONE ? IS THIS A GENIUS LIST O R A LIST OF RANDOM un(in)fam ous

maniacs????????????? whhere is kim ung yong

Name

Here is my top 5 list that i reccommend.

1.GAUSS

2.EULER

3.ERDOS

4.NEWTON

5.MAXWELL

mostly math and p hysiscs and people b ut thats what i think takes the most genius.

and also i do nt think that these people should be called geniuses since the definition of a

genius is VAUGE and all humans are pretty dumb.

impersonator

I dont think any of our mode rn day geniuses hshould have a ny chance to be on the top 10.

maybe Torrence Tao. especailly steven hawkins has contributed little usefulness or proved

anything impossinle for the world.

Gauss

I dont think einstein should be considerd the greatest genius of all time!!!! I think i have

done much more than an d is much smarter than eulre and niudun combbin ed!!!!!!!

Yeknomo

First off the list is very good it shows many geniuses but as always the order is debatable.

The reason for the lack of women and African Americans is because for the majority of time

they werent take n se riously in the workforce. In the U S wome n and African Am ericans were

discriminated against until the 20th century. I agree with Madam Currie being on the list

though. secondly, people like Jesus a nd Mohamm ad a nd MLK Jr. shouldnt be on the list

because they were influential but not in science and math and thus are not geniuses. White

men should dominate the list because until around 200years ago they ruled the world.



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THEGAME

I REALLY disagree with this list! WHERE is archemedis euclid and george bush!??? i think first

place should definetly be oiler followed by kim ung yong! take out buffet and replace him

with GATES. there both crazy rich pe ole b ut at lestt bill g atese is a nerd!

GAUSS????

John

It makes sense that Einstein is 1st, but I would actually put Beethoven at one. But which is

more impressive: figuring out that time is relative, or writing the greatest music in history

while totally deaf?

zzzp

IDIOS!!What a shame !!!: Alexander the Great ,Michel Angelo,Dostoyevsky

,Plato,Riemann,Gauss,Einstein

Amritesh

GOOD WORK!!! u should try making a new list reading all suggestionstry including john

nash,madam curie and richard feynman..try including votes so many people can vote their

top 50 and the list will be more relevant.

America

When you post a comment know your facts. Hannibal did not defe at the Rom an Empire

Carthage was defeated. He performed extremely well but in the end he lost. Definitely a

brilliant perhaps the most brilliant general of all time but he still lost.

America

This list is somewhat biased but consider the American education system. It is largely based

on European history therefore who appears on the list? White Males of course. People need

to stop attacking the maker of the list he simply went by the people he/she could think of.

John Sanders

Iqbal Saleh Abba has the highest IQ tested in the world: so, the info he re has to be latest

and Chris Langdon is not the person. Why dont you be accurate?

Korey

Where is Bill Gates he is a huge part of the technological revolution.

Me

Tesla should be number 1. Da vinci is overrated.

David Koevoets

Tesla nr 1or

Max well nr 1

No woman in the list, they should clean! :-p

Bruz2r

Bach 2 the Future?

25 ) Johann Sebas tian Bach Ba ch was an ex cep tion al compo se r and organ ist his mu sic

began e arly in the 19 th century.

Zach

Speaking composers, I fee l Brian Wilson should have m ade the list. His mind is so vast and

so complicated, that the thoughts that go through his mind about music could be compared

to those that went through Einsteins concerning science. I can see why he didnt amongst

competition from composers like Mozart and Beethoven, but just a thought.

Dr guru

Good tr .can b considerd as list of 50 eniuses instead of TOP.Read man su essions to

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improve it

whatthe

Tesla is the greatest by far!

john

i agree einstein is numbe r 1, but newton suppose to be num ber 2 or 3.. he have more

contribution than tesla..

lia

ilias,tathiana ,mimi -you nailed it!!! thats what im asking myself? where the hell are the

w0me n, hippo crates,HO MER and especially KARL MARX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve

AQUINAS. AUGUSTINE John Paul II

You had Fr. Martin Luther but not his wife the e x-nun? I f you wanted to pick a Protes tant

Reformer Zwingli or C alvi n would have be en be tter cho ices

platomk

notable missing

pythagoras mathema tician

hero of alexandria greatest inventor of all time

over rated.

leonardo hardly ever finshed anything. notes and drawings that werte never made or

published so had no influence. as all in the renaissance these figures rediscovered the

greek ideas, never equalling them as Michaeangelo cried when he saw the sculpture Lacoon

because as he put it he could never equal its magnigicance and told the pope he a nd no

one else could ever reach the perfection of the greek artists almost 2000 years before.

science and its discipline was almost single handedly created by Aristotle. what he achieved

was profound. ever one since has m erely stood on the shoulders fo giants and can see a

little further but could not see anything without the mental giants that proceeded them.

whitehead said that all western philosophy is a footnote to Plato and many agree with him.

Plato and socrates should top this list as without them the others dont exist.

archimedes revolutionsed war, catapults, bows so ahe ad o f his time and the world that he

kept Rome at bay from ravaging his city SYracuse for 50 years. all real world all working

machines that changed the world as we know it. to put leonardo ahead of him is just .. well

silly.

Euclids book on mathema tics has been the text book for mathematics for most of the world

for 2000 years with no changes or additions till the late 1920s when new ideas were added.

none of the other mathematics was changed or altered as it was all but perfection.

heros steam engine, hsi car, coin operated vending machines, nuematic doors, pipe

organs and the list goes on..

Galens work in anatomy is still studied by Surgeons today. Hypocrates changed the myths

and gods out of healing and pa ved the way for modern medicine.

phythogoras work in mathematics changed it from mere rules of thumb to become the

language of science. somthing that today is regarded as possibly mans greatest

achievement. and its attibuted to him. sciencists and physicians today owe a debt of

grattitude to him.

aristotle work in all fields of knowledge has never been equelled and profound. he basically

IS science. regarded to this day as knowing more than any human who has ever lived.

alexander never lost and gennerals today still study him and his plans, Shwartzcoff has

stated that certain monueveures in Iraq were based on his tactics in India. Caesar wept as

he was was just starting as a commander and at the sam e ag e Alexande r had conquered

the world.

Homers Illiad and the Odyssey are still influencing storytelling and the movies you watch

today.

Platos writings changed the world, influe ncing drastically the christian world and theology, the

middle ea st, crea tor fo the first university.

the list should have at the top a bout 20 greeks a nd then everyone else listed and which

greek influenced their ideas.. but hey perhaps im biased but then a gain I got this from

reading it form EInstein, Betrand Russell, Voltaire, THomas Aquinus, and a thousand others

including msot fo the people on your list who said the same.

Steven

Albert Einstein should be high on the list, but not number 1. He benefited from a lot work

developed before him. Riemann was trying to develop a gravitational theory with curved

space, which Einstein realized he should have been looking at space-time not space. Also,

with Max wells work Einstein would not have develop ed special relativity. Einstein great

genius, but not greatest.

I would definitely put Newton above Einstein. He developed physics and calculus, during a

time when most people during his time were still burning witches and thought plagues was

punishment from God. When Newton didnt have the mathematics required to his work in

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physics, HE INVENTED CALCULUS T O DO IT!

But, for the greate st gen ius ever, I would have to go with Archimed es. Archimede s was

probably the greatest mathematician that has ever lived. His work was still being studied

and de ciphered by ma thematicians over 1000 years after he was de ad. At the time of his

death, Archimedes was working on Limits and started developing Calculus. Let me repeat

that, he was developing Calculus over 1500 years before Newton invented it. But, he was

killed by Roma n soldiers before he could complete it. If he had not been killed, physics and

science would probably be ridiculously more advanced than it is today, because once you

have Calculus (deals with things like rates of change) Newtonian Physics will soon start to

poor out of it.

Archimedes did all of this when very little mathematical notation had been developed and

pretty much only well known math was Euclids geometry. Archimedes was so far a head of

his time that no one during his time could even understand what the hell he was doing. Only

Newton seems the only one that has a chance to compare to this kind of genius.

HIStory vetted

Tesla @ the top and a rgue about the other 49.

He who se ek s sha ll f ind. If one cares to loo k.

@ Yek enom o I DO ag ree with you about why Jesus, Moha mm ed and MLK Jr. should be

excluded, but why prove your ignorance of black geniuses? True ingenuity and intelligence

cant be discriminated against.

But when I saw Sammel Jackson on the list, for a second there I thought.aw, never mind.

:)

The names are for everyone. Their serious accomplishments are for Nomo!

Mark E. Dean

Do you k now why you can Plug and Play an y printer, ke yboard, m onitor or peripheral without

programing your computer to work with it every time? Because of the ISA bus. Mark Dean

was the computer scientist who led the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led the

design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz computer processor chip too. He

also contributed to the de sign of IBMs first personal compu ter, holding three of the nine

core patents upon which these machines were based. He holds some 25 patents with at

least 10 more pending and has been honored with numerous awards including election to

the National Academy of Engineers, membership in the American Academy of Arts and

Science and b eing a warded with the Ro nald H. Brown Ame rican In novators Award. Hes an

IBM Fe llow (on ly 231 sin ce 196 2) which is the highe st leve l o f techn ical ex cellen ce at the

company, and has held a variety of posts at IBM, including Vice President of Performance for

the RS/6000 division; Director of the Austin Research Research Lab; and, as of 2004, Vice

President of the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif., where he has lead the

effort to develop tablet-style PCs. In 1997 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall

of Fame .

James West

He studied physics at Temple U. Specializing in microphones, West went on to author 200

patents and more than 60 technical and scientific publications. In 1962, with Gerhard

Sessler, West develope d the foil ele ctret microphone, which becam e the indus try standa rd.

Approximately 90% of microphones in use today are based on this invention and a lmost all

telephones utilize it, as well as tape recorders, camcorders, baby monitors and hearing aids.

In 1999, West and Sessler were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for their

invention of the Electroacoustic Transducer/Electret Microphone. West lef t Bell Lab s in 2 001

as a retired Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and Bell Labs Fellow. His numerous

distinctions include Fellowship in the IEEE and membership in the National Academy of

Engineering, National Pa tent Law Association, the Electrochemical Society of Ame rica, the

Acoustical Society of America and the National Society of Black Engineers. In 1997, he was

named president-elect of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

West has more than 40 U.S. and over 100 foreign patents and has authored or contributed

to more than 100 technical papers and several books on acoustics, solid-state physics andmaterials science. He is especially active in programs designed to inspire minorities and

women to enter fields in science, technology and engineering. As of 2003, he has served as

a research professor at the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in

Baltimore. He was named Divisional Diversity Council of the Whiting School in the fall of that

yea r.

Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)

An interna tiona lly known alma nac author, farme r, eng inee r, surveyor, city pla nne r,

astronom er, ma thema tician, inventor, author, and social critic. He ta ught him self a dvanced

mathematics and astronomy. He is best known for successfully predicting an eclipse in 1789.

His estimate made well in advance of the celestial event, contradicted predictions of better-

known ma thematicians and astronomers. From 1792 to 1802, Banneke r published an

annual Farmers Almanac based on his astronomical calculations. In 1753, when he was 22,

using a pocket watch he had borrowed for a model, Banneker carved wooden replicas of

each piece and use d the pa rts to ma ke the first striking clock to be made completely in

America. Banne kers clock was so precise it struck every hour, on the ho ur, for forty years.

Banneker even helped Joseph Ellicott to build a complex clock.

Banneker became close friends with the Ellicott brothers. They lent him books on astronomy

and mathematics as well as instruments for observing the stars. Banneker taught himself

astronomy and advanced m athematics.

Bannekers parents died, leaving him the farm since his two sisters had married and moved

away. Banneker built a work cabin with a skylight to study the stars and make calculations.

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Almanac.

Around this time, Major Andrew Ellicott, George Ellicotts cousin, a ske d Banne ker to he lp him

survey the Federal Territory. Banneker and Ellicott worked closely with Pierre LEnfant who

was the architect in charge of planning Washington D.C. LEnfant was suddenly dismissed

from the project, due to his tempe r. When he left, he took the plans with him. Banneke r

recreated the plans from mem ory, saving the U.S. government the effort and expense of

having someone else design the capital.

Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931)

Performed the first SUCCESSFUL surgery on the heart in the 1800s and his procedure was

used as the standard for future internal surgeries because EVERY patient operated on prior

to that (by white doctors, Yekenomo) died of infection.

Charles Henry Turner 1867-1923

Insects out number humans abo ut 200 million to one, have 6-10mil different species a nd

represent more than half of all known living organisms, so a major breakthrough in their

study would be pretty significant, right?

This zoologist became the first person to prove that insects can hear and can distinguish

pitch. In addition, he first discovered that cockroaches can learn by trial and error (those

funny maze tests o f his we still do) and tha t honeybee s can see color. So, Yeknom o, white

scientists actually thought inse cts didnt hear, learn or se e in color. Nkaay?

@ America (No excuse for missing this next one!)

George Washington? No. George Washington CARVER? Hells yeah!

Born into slavery (Ok, that means educating yourself or your children is VERY likely to be

punishable by death), after AGRICULTURAL CHEMIST, George Washington CARVER, became

Tuskegee Institutes director of agricultural research in 1896, he devoted his time to

research projects aimed at helping Southern agriculture, demonstrating ways that farmers

could improve their economic situation. He conducted ex periments in soil mana gement and

crop production and directed an experimental farm. At this time agriculture in the Deep

South was in serious trouble because the unremitting single-crop cultivation of cotton had

left the soil of ma ny fields exhausted a nd WOR THLESS, and erosion had then take n its toll

on area s that could no lon ger sustain a ny plant cover. As a reme dy, Carver urged Southern

farmers to plant peanuts and soybeans, which, since they belong to the legume family,

could restore nitrogen to the soil while also providing the protein so badly needed in the diet

of many Southerners. Carver found that Alabamas soils were particularly well-suited to

growing peanuts and sweet potatoes,

but when the states farmers began cultivating these crops instead of cotton, they found

little demand for them on the market.

(and heres the genius part IMHO, on a scientific AND socio-economic scale.)

In response to this problem, Carver set about enlarging the commercial possibilities of the

peanut and sweet potato through a long and ingenious program of laboratory research. He

ultimately developed 300 derivative products from pea nutsamong them cheese, milk,

coffee, flour, ink, dyes, pla stics, wood sta ins, soap , linoleum, m edicinal oils, and cosm eticsand 118 f rom sweet potatoes , including flour, vinegar, mola sses , rubber, ink, a s ynthetic

rubber, and postage s tamp glue.

So those are my additions. Good enough?

And I dont think George Washington, Napoleon, or Hannibal for that matter should be

included solely because thats just military planning. A big ol chess game. You just need to

be 5% smarter than your enemy. Strategic military geniuses? Definitely. But to use ones

intellect to AVOID war and dea th, now THAT is g enius.

HIStory vetted

But everyone on the list was a great in their own way and reading about their lives and work

would be nothing but beneficial. Good luck in your travels people. Mentally AND physically!

heyman231000

Great list, but I am disappointed that you left out Levi Boxell, a native of Zionsville, IN. At

the age of 17, he has already contributed greatly to the string theory studies, and is

currently poised to accept a job offer from NASA that would instantly place him in the upper-

echelon of the most powerful scientific minds in the world. President Obama recently

requested that Levi contribute to the war on terror in Afghanistan by helping the US

intelligence develop new weapons, but Levi politely declined the offer due to his

humanitarian interests. A great mind, but an even better person.

peter

All such lists tend to ma ke pe ople ma d because of whom they leave out. I am happy to see

Warren Buffett included, because he has succeeded by means of an approach that is very

systematic and mathema tical but blende d with a great deal of horse se nse. Also, he has

made so many good investments that theres no way luck can account for it. Finally, I think

he is one of our great economic thinkers. Read his letters to Berkshire shareholders for

many nuggets of logical thinking about economic principles which economists get wrong.

I am surprised at the high placing of Tesla. When I was a kid nobody me ntioned his name

in the company of Newton and Einstein. I wonder what is behind the Tesla surge? Did they

make a movie about him or something?

You left out most of the great mathe ma ticians: Gauss , Euler, Riema nn, Galois are a few.



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Was Bach on the list?

Actually, the proble m is tha t there is a diffe rence between brain power, on one hand ,

intellectual achievement, on the other, and fame , on the third hand, supposing the reader

to have three ha nds

buch

where a re the Wright Brothers,without whom there would be no air travels ,Spa ce,aviation or

even airforce wing of the millitary or have you forgotten?

buch

Where are the women? Are there no women geniuses?

Heres m y try at a list, in no p articular order:

Marie Curie

Sor Juana Inez de la C ruz

Elizabeth I

Jane Addams

Lady Murasaki

Jane Austen

Charlotte Bront

Joni Mitchell

Toni Morrison

Golda Meir

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I agree with you on CURIE alone,others are just not geniuses,there are women,this notdemocracy remember?

Andrew

Rudolf Steiner is missing in action here.

Biodynamics, eurythmy, Steiner education,Weleda architecture, etc etc. 100 years ago he

said the bees would be in trouble about now, so his genius transcends time. He has lectures

across a huge range of subject areas, the relevance of many we are only just now beginning

to be understood. Some one hit wonders in this list.

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