Top 50 Geniuses Of All Time [In A Random Order]

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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 Alberts brain was
the fact that he had a much larger
corpus callosum than the average
man. The corpus callosum connects
the 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 tank, solar power, a calculator, and a theory of plate tectonics. Leonardo was a
unique individual who exercised the curiosity of his powerful brain.
3) Nikola Tesla- Tesla was a renowned physicist, inventor, and engineer. He has made
phenomenal contributions to science and has been classified as the worlds greatest electrical
engineer. Nikola engaged in studying many works, memorizing complete books, and
supposedly had a photographic memory. Tesla had above average brain power and was an
advanced thinker when compared to others of his time.
4) Sir Isaac Newton - Sir Isaac Newton was an astronomer astronomer, physicist, inventor,
mathematician, and philosopher. In a 2005 poll, Newton was named more 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 as a
revolutionary thinker and one who displays above average intelligence.
6) Michelangelo - Michelangelo was a phenomenal painter, sculptor, architect, and poet. His
diverse 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 - Archimedes was a Greek philosopher, engineer, inventor and astronomer. 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 does have a ton of knowledge about making money through investing. He is
a known philanthropist (someone who donates their time & money for charitable causes) and
Time Magazine has regarded Buffet as one of 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 and 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 thinker. Because of his insight 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 biographer, critic, and essayist. Johnson is the highest quoted author since
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all time. He was a biographer, critic, and essayist. Johnson is the highest quoted author since
William Shakespeare and was one of the most influential people in the 18th century. The man
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 genius of
his time.
12) Aristotle - Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, student of Plato 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 been an amazing scientist, his
revolutionary mind forever changed the way people looked at art. He was a master drawer,
painter, and sculptor. He founded cubism an art style which became a huge movement 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 phenomenal 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 Jefferson - 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, statesman, architect, author and inventor. Jefferson was the founder of the
University of Virginia and understood that slavery was unethical in a time when most everyone
else thought it was proper. Thomas Jefferson was definitely had an exceptional 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 known to be a mathematician, great writer, and founded the Academy 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 genius of his time.
17) Winston Churchill Winston Churchill was a rightfully famous British politician during
World War II. He is well-known for his abilities as a great leader, speaker, officer in the British
Army, a historical writer, and an artist. Churchill became a hero of his time and is considered
one of the most 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 also a great politician, 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 odometer, and the glass 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 knack for mathematics, language learning, and above average memorization 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 Shakespeare was a poet, playwright, and has been hailed
the greatest writer in the English language and the worlds best dramatist. He has been
deemed the national poet of England and his works include: nearly 40 plays, around 150
sonnets, and 2 long poems. Shakespeares plays have been translated into every language,
and are 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 exceptional 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 damaged cerebellum. Without a corpus
callosum, some develop above average memory 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! Impressive.
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, and solo instruments. He was able to enrich the German composing style
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 are still included in concerts today. Mozart clearly demonstrated his musical proficiency
and level of genius.
27) Sir Francis Drake - Drake was a famous traveler, navigator, and politician from England.
He managed to circumnavigate the world in 1577 and has been proclaimed a legend in
England. Drake was an exceptionally smart individual and had an 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 an Irish philosopher and developed 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 has had a huge influence on philosophy and is widely accepted as
one of the twentieth centurys best philosophers. Wittengenstein published 2 books and both
were highly influential in philosophy.
30) Socrates - Socrates is regarded as one of the best 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 peace activist, scientist, author, and teacher. Pauling is
regarded as one of the most influential chemists in history and was one of the most
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 awarded 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 sources to have been measured 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 Pascal Blaise Pascal was a French physicist, religious philosopher, and great
mathematician. Pascal was a child prodigy and was taught 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 legendery astronomer, physicist, mathematician, and
philosopher. He played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include the
first studies of uniformly accelerated motion, improvements to the telescope, and
astronomical observations. Galileo has been called the father of modern observational
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 professor, a monk, theologian, 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 of believers. According to Luther, salvation was attainable only by true repentance
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 philosopher, chemist, physicist, 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 phenomenal English philosopher. Lockes ideas had a
huge influence on the development of political philosophy and he is considered one of the
most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment and one of the biggest contibutors to
liberal theory. Lockes influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence.
Locke was the first philosopher to define the self through a continuity of consciousness. John
Locke was an independent thinker and among the greatest philosophers.
39) Charles Darwin - Charles Darwin was a naturalist and geologist who proposed that all
species of life have evolved over time. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the
scientific community and the general public. Darwins scientific discovery remains the
foundation of biology. Darwin is yet another great thinker of his time and his theories are still
studied and discussed today.
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40) Johannes Kepler - Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. He
was a huge influence towards the astronomical revolution of the 17th century. Kepler is best
known for his laws of planetary motion. His laws also provided one of the foundations for
Isaac Newtons theory of universal gravitation. Kepler is regarded as a man with revolutionary
thoughts towards astronomy.
41) Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon Bonaparte was a political and French military leader who
had a huge influence on European history. Napoleon was a general during the French
Revolution, Emperor of France, King of Italy, and Mediator of the Swiss. Napoleon was a very
intelligent military leader who used innovative tactics and strategy to help him win many
battles.
42) Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov was a former World Chess Champion, writer, and
political activist. Kasparov was a candidate for the Russian presidential race of 2008. Kasparov
holds the all-time highest chess rating of 2851 and records for consecutive tournament
victories.
43) John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill largely influenced British thought and politics in the 19th
century. His large number of works include: texts in logic, economics, social and political
philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, and religion. John Stuart Mill is recognized as one of the
most intelligent men of his time and is regarded as one of the smartest men of all time.
44) Rene Descartes - Rene Descartes was an influential philosopher, mathematician, scientist,
and writer. Descartes has been given the title Father of Modern Philosophy, and has
contributed a lot to Western philosophy. His writings are still being studied today and he has
had a huge influence in mathematics. Rene was a key figure in the scientific revolution and
was able to share his incredible insights with others.
45) George Washington - George Washington was the first President of the United States, and
lead the U.S. continental Army to defeat the British in the Revolutionary war. Washington is
viewed as a symbol of the United States and republican party. He has been consistently
ranked by citizens as one of the greatest presidents of the United States.
46) Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish novelist, poet, painter and
playwright. He is one of the most influential and important people in literature and the leader
of culture in 16th century Spain. Cervantes novel Don Quixote is considered a classic of
Western literature and has been ranked among the best novels ever written. Miguel de
Cervantes work is considered among the most important in all of literature!
47) Francois Marie-Arouet Commonly known by the pen-name Voltaire, Francois Marie-
Arouet was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher. He was known for his wit,
defense of civil liberties, and philosophy. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform and
was one of several Enlightenment figures whose works and ideas influenced important
thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions.
48) Baruch de Spinoza - Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher that was very proficient in
science. Most of Spinozas work was not recognized until after his death. Today, Spinoza is
regarded as one of the greatest 17th century philosophers. His work in philosophy laid the
foundation for the 18th century Enlightenment.
49) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - Leibniz was a German polymath who is regarded as one of the
greatest philosophers. Liebniz invented calculus, and his version is widely used. He also
discovered the binary system, the structure of modern computer architectures. He was, along
with Rene Descartes and Baruch Spinoza, one of the 3 greatest 17th century philosophers. He
also made major contributions to physics, technology, and made anticipations that surfaced
much later in biology, medicine, geology, probability theory, psychology, and linguistics.
Liebniz also wrote about politics, law, ethics, theology, and history.
50) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer whose
works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism, and science. Goethe
was a key figure in German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in the late
18th and early 19th centuries. Goethe is the inventor of the concept of world literature,
having taken great interest in the literatures of England, France, Italy, classical Greece,
Persia, and Arabic literature. His influence on German philosophy is unparalleled and his
influence has spread across Europe. Many of his works were a primary source of inspiration in
music, drama, and poetry. Goethe is considered one of the most important thinkers in the
Western culture and generally recognized as the most important writer in the German
language.
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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 hear you enjoyed it. I didnt put them in a ranked order. Im planning another
project where intelligence 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 Rudolph Steiner should have appeared on it though!
Stardust
Mark
Wheres Richard Feynman? He was a by far the most brilliant physicist way beyond
Hawking, just not as stereotypical.
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 my try at a list, in no particular order:
Marie Curie
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
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 ahead 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 book in under an
hour, say), but is actually about creative potential, new ideas, etc
Where is Dante and Chaucer here?
What about Rumi?
Dostoyevsky?
Julius Caesar?
William Blake?
Krishnamurti is a more interesting thinker than Vivekananda.
What about the spiritual geniuses, such as Buddha, Jesus, etc? Where are they?
This is far from a satisfactory list.
I dont know about Samuel Johnson either. As admirable as he was, compared with the
geniuses I listed here, he had mechanical 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 been better had Hume been included instead, though I have
my doubts about 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
mathematicians ever. The more you read about him the more 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 Muhammad the prophet?
Cesar
Just one question to show you what is more important for mankind..
Do you know who was the richest man 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, Galileo, Bohr..
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 OF PHILIPPINES??HES A GENIUS MAN WHO IS VERY HUMBLE..HE
KNOWS A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO ARTS,MEDICINE,POETRY,,HE IS AN EXCELLENT
PAINTER,SCULPTOR,AUTHOR,MATHEMATICIAN,PHYSICIST,OPTHALMOLOGIST,NATIONAL HERO
OF THE PHILIPPINES,PHILOSOPHER,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 modern science!
I was hoping to see James Clerk Maxwell and some strategic military geniuses like
Alexander the Great and Julius Cesar who almost took over the world itself!
Pablo
I think we need more than one list, or else make an effort to look beyond the white male
world.
Genius
Obi got caught!
ryan
besides many others mentioned before, i would put particular emphasis on adding nietsche
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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 as 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 seems that this list was created by one person, with his ideas 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 geniuses of antique world in one list with living people; author 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 geniuses?
Hawking is a popular writer with a lot of time on his hands not 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 believe that Dr. Jose Rizal should have been 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 might 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 an IQ of 169
jake
Muhammad the prophet should definitely be cosidered. I am a white male(trying not to be
biased) and i think some women should be included (Mimis list has some good
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 good 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.
IOAN 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 individuals who did something important. Also a lot of physicists and mathematicians
were missed out , in fact almost all of the list should have been filled with them.
nicolass vpn ahn
nikola tesla should 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: Pasteur, Fleming
Humanitarian: Gandhi, Mother Theresa
Sports: Pele, Maradona, Tal, Bradman
Economics: Caines, Marx, Chanakya
Film: Chaplin, Stanislavsky, Hitchcock
list is bollocks
Where are Euler, Gauss, Fermat, Chopin?
Warren Buffet? Are you kidding me?
TOM THOMAS
This list meaning less top genius man of all time is
OSHO RAJNEESH (indian mystic)
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 and predictible.
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 PRODIHY LIST OR
A GENIUS ONE ? IS THIS A GENIUS LIST OR A LIST OF RANDOM un(in)famous
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 physiscs and people but thats what i think takes the most genius.
and also i dont 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 modern day geniuses hshould have any 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 taken seriously in the workforce. In the US women and African Americans were
discriminated against until the 20th century. I agree with Madam Currie being on the list
though. secondly, people like Jesus and Mohammad and 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 peole but at lestt bill gatese 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 defeat the Roman 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 here 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 1
or
Maxwell nr 1
No woman in the list, they should clean! :-p
Bruz2r
Bach 2 the Future?
25) Johann Sebastian Bach Bach was an exceptional composer and organist his music
began early in the 19th century.
Zach
Speaking composers, I feel Brian Wilson should have made 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 try.can b considerd as list of 50 geniuses instead of TOP.Read many suggessions to
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whatthe
Tesla is the greatest by far!
john
i agree einstein is number 1, but newton suppose to be number 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
w0men, hippocrates,HOMER and especially KARL MARX!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve
AQUINAS. AUGUSTINE John Paul II
You had Fr. Martin Luther but not his wife the ex-nun? If you wanted to pick a Protestant
Reformer Zwingli or Calvin would have been better choices
platomk
notable missing
pythagoras mathematician
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 and 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 merely 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 ahead of 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 mathematics 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 paved 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 same age Alexander had conquered
the world.
Homers Illiad and the Odyssey are still influencing storytelling and the movies you watch
today.
Platos writings changed the world, influencing drastically the christian world and theology, the
middle east, creator fo the first university.
the list should have at the top about 20 greeks and then everyone else listed and which
greek influenced their ideas.. but hey perhaps im biased but then again 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 Maxwells work Einstein would not have developed 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 TO DO IT!
But, for the greatest genius ever, I would have to go with Archimedes. Archimedes was
probably the greatest mathematician that has ever lived. His work was still being studied
and deciphered by mathematicians over 1000 years after he was dead. 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 Roman 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 argue about the other 49.
He who seeks shall find. If one cares to look.
@ Yekenomo I DO agree with you about why Jesus, Mohammed 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 know why you can Plug and Play any printer, keyboard, monitor 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 design of IBMs first personal computer, 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 being awarded with the Ronald H. Brown American Innovators Award. Hes an
IBM Fellow (only 231 since 1962) which is the highest level of technical excellence 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 developed the foil electret microphone, which became the industry standard.
Approximately 90% of microphones in use today are based on this invention and almost 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 left Bell Labs in 2001
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 Patent Law Association, the Electrochemical Society of America, 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 and
materials 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
year.
Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)
An internationally known almanac author, farmer, engineer, surveyor, city planner,
astronomer, mathematician, inventor, author, and social critic. He taught himself advanced
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 mathematicians and astronomers. From 1792 to 1802, Banneker 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 used the parts to make the first striking clock to be made completely in
America. Bannekers clock was so precise it struck every hour, on the hour, 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 mathematics.
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.
Working largely alone, with few visitors, he compiled results which he published in his
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Almanac.
Around this time, Major Andrew Ellicott, George Ellicotts cousin, asked Banneker to help 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 temper. When he left, he took the plans with him. Banneker
recreated the plans from memory, 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 about 200 million to one, have 6-10mil different species and
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 of his we still do) and that honeybees can see color. So, Yeknomo, white
scientists actually thought insects didnt hear, learn or see 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 experiments in soil management 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 many fields exhausted and WORTHLESS, and erosion had then taken its toll
on areas that could no longer sustain any plant cover. As a remedy, 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 peanutsamong them cheese, milk,
coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils, and cosmetics
and 118 from sweet potatoes, including flour, vinegar, molasses, rubber, ink, a synthetic
rubber, and postage stamp 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 death, now THAT is genius.
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 make people mad 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 mathematical but blended with a great deal of horse sense. 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 mentioned 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 mathematicians: Gauss, Euler, Riemann, Galois are a few.
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Was Bach on the list?
Actually, the problem is that there is a difference between brain power, on one hand,
intellectual achievement, on the other, and fame, on the third hand, supposing the reader
to have three hands
buch
where are the Wright Brothers,without whom there would be no air travels ,Space,aviation or
even airforce wing of the millitary or have you forgotten?
buch
Where are the women? Are there no women geniuses?
Heres my try at a list, in no particular order:
Marie Curie
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
Elizabeth I
Jane Addams
Lady Murasaki
Jane Austen
Charlotte Bront
Joni Mitchell
Toni Morrison
Golda Meir
on 21 Feb 2009 at 5:34 pm # eq
I agree with you on CURIE alone,others are just not geniuses,there are women,this not
democracy 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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