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Who was the greatest intellect of the ages?
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1.
Noam Chomsky
55
5
May 27 2009 18:04
brains wired for language
83
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Oct 7 2002 15:01
2.
John Lennon
55
7
May 9 2009 18:28
61
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Apr 4 2002 18:09
3.
Charlie Chaplin
53
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Apr 6 2008 1:36
53
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Oct 11 2000 14:50
4.
Leonardo Da'Vinci
53
3
Jun 4 2009 0:17
75
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Sep 7 1998 13:57
5.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
52
3
Jun 28 2009 19:19
Greatest Genius of All Time
62
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Sep 26 2000 13:45
6.
Bob Dylan
51
-4
Apr 24 2009 19:22
75
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Aug 15 2006 12:34
7.
Charles Darwin
51
2
May 20 2009 19:13
51
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Jul 18 2003 3:42
8.
Albert Einstein
48
-8
Mar 27 2009 14:16
82
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Aug 31 1998 1:42
9.
Johann Sebastian Bach
44
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Feb 24 2008 16:11
44
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Mar 9 1999 16:56
10.
Beethoven
43
1
Feb 1 2009 20:28
43
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Aug 19 1999 9:53
11.
Steven Hawking
38
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Jul 11 2007 13:23
42
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Oct 30 1999 22:15
12.
Michelangelo
38
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Apr 25 2008 18:02
44
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Jan 30 1999 13:18
13.
Todd Rundgren
37
-
Apr 16 2008 18:25
solo, and with UTOPIA
41
-
Jan 9 2007 19:22
14.
Jimi Hendrix
36
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Apr 17 2008 23:57
46
-
Mar 27 2003 14:04
15.
Sir Issac Newton
33
2
Jun 4 2009 0:17
41
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Feb 23 1999 12:55
16.
Nichola Tesla
31
2
Jun 13 2009 0:27
35
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Nov 10 1999 8:12
17.
Richard Feynman
28
1
May 20 2009 19:14
www.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Physicists
30
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Sep 18 1998 21:56
18.
Leonhard Euler
26
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Dec 30 2002 0:36
26
-
Feb 23 1999 12:54
19.
Donald Fagen
25
-
Apr 8 2008 19:19
77
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Oct 21 1998 15:26
20.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
17
2
Apr 20 2009 14:35
17
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Mar 30 2004 21:00
21.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
17
12
Apr 1 2009 14:55
17
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Mar 9 1999 16:55
22.
Freddie Mercury
16
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Jul 10 2007 19:35
26
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Oct 9 2003 20:38
23.
Thomas Edison
16
-3
Jun 4 2009 0:17
24
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Mar 13 2003 19:44
24.
Rory Gallagher
14
14
Jun 18 2009 18:21
14
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Mar 24 2009 19:26
25.
Walter Becker
13
-
Mar 25 2006 18:02
www.steelydan.com
69
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Aug 3 2000 11:59
26.
R. Buckminster Fuller
13
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Jul 29 2004 15:03
http://www.netaxs.com/people/cjf/fuller-
21
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Oct 1 1998 1:12
27.
God
12
-2
Jun 23 2009 10:15
34
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Jun 29 2001 16:45
28.
Tomislav Sabol
12
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Apr 5 2001 14:30
12
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Oct 11 2000 14:51
29.
Howard Stern
9
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Nov 16 2007 14:12
9
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Mar 24 2007 3:16
30.
Claude Shannon
8
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Jul 27 2004 9:00
Information Theory
8
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Jun 25 2004 10:08
31.
John von Neumann
8
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Jul 24 2004 11:11
10
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Mar 10 1999 10:56
32.
Charles L. Smith
7
4
May 31 2009 16:21
7
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Aug 26 2003 3:55
33.
Thom York
7
5
Jun 17 2009 18:10
7
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May 24 2001 17:14
34.
Aristotle
7
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Apr 15 2008 17:14
9
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Sep 25 2000 3:09
35.
Kurt Godel
7
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Dec 23 2004 16:27
7
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May 1 1999 21:58
36.
Sigmund Freud
6
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Apr 29 2008 18:05
6
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Mar 26 2006 12:04
37.
Joe Randazzo
6
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Mar 30 2003 2:43
6
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Mar 19 2003 3:19
38.
Matt Selou
6
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Dec 15 2005 10:45
matt72582@hotmail.com
12
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Sep 25 2001 1:10
39.
Friedrich Nietzsche
6
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Jul 6 2006 2:01
6
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Mar 14 1999 13:33
40.
Archimedes
6
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Dec 30 2002 0:37
6
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Feb 23 1999 12:55
41.
Bejamin Franklin
5
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May 7 2008 5:38
the man that made the USA famous!
5
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Apr 29 2008 18:04
42.
Andrew Carnegie
5
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Apr 20 2007 1:06
7
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Sep 8 2003 4:39
43.
Johann Gutenberg
5
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Jun 4 2003 9:56
5
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May 15 2003 22:50
44.
Enrico Fermi
5
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Feb 14 2007 4:35
5
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May 24 2002 17:59
45.
Dexter
5
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Apr 19 2004 8:21
9
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Dec 17 2001 16:44
46.
Mr Bean
5
1
May 27 2009 18:05
9
-
Oct 11 2000 15:00
47.
Socrates
5
-
Apr 7 2008 22:12
7
-
Oct 8 1998 12:42
48.
Alfred Hitchcock
4
3
Jun 27 2009 19:26
4
-
Jun 26 2004 6:27
49.
Arthur C. Clarke
4
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Jul 2 2004 6:44
sci/fi, science writer; orig. idea of orbiting comm. satellite
4
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Aug 18 2003 14:25
50.
Tracy Lords
3
3
Jun 27 2009 16:55
3
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Jun 27 2009 16:54
51.
Eric Brewster Marsh - Never the lesser
3
-
Apr 25 2007 7:36
inventor of original heavy metal
3
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Apr 25 2007 7:35
52.
Duke Ellington
3
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Feb 24 2008 16:11
3
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Jul 11 2005 4:25
53.
Alexander Hamilton Founder of U.S financial system
3
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Jul 28 2004 15:12
3
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Jul 28 2004 15:10
54.
Srinivasa Ramanujan - brilliant Indian mathematician
3
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Aug 22 2003 19:04
3
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Aug 21 2003 10:56
55.
Kevin Filippini
3
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Aug 18 2003 5:24
3
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Aug 8 2003 4:07
56.
Salvator Dali
3
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Feb 14 2007 4:35
3
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Apr 3 2003 1:16
57.
Baruch de Spinoza
2
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Apr 7 2008 22:20
2
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Apr 7 2008 22:19
58.
Gottfried Leibniz
2
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Mar 26 2006 12:03
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_L
2
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Jan 29 2006 14:31
59.
Ben Franklin
2
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Mar 25 2006 5:13
2
-
Jan 30 2005 7:23
60.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
2
-
Mar 29 2008 15:25
The Spanish Shakespeare
2
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Mar 18 2004 20:10
61.
Filippo Brunelleschi
2
1
May 9 2009 18:28
Sculptor and architect Florence 1377 - 1446 He is famous for
2
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Mar 18 2004 20:08
62.
guy who invented the "Pet Rock"
2
1
Jun 23 2009 10:14
4
-
Nov 9 2003 22:03
63.
Escher
2
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Apr 10 2003 6:02
2
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Mar 13 2003 7:51
64.
James Clerk Maxwell
2
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Sep 16 2003 5:33
2
-
May 24 2002 17:59
65.
Garry Kasparov
2
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Apr 19 2004 8:20
2
-
May 24 2002 17:57
66.
William James Sidis
2
-
Apr 9 2007 19:34
2
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May 24 2002 17:55
67.
Marilyn Vos Savant
2
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Aug 21 2003 0:33
2
-
May 24 2002 17:55
68.
Mr. T
2
1
Jun 23 2009 10:14
8
-
Apr 16 2001 22:36
69.
Elton John
2
-
Apr 4 2002 19:27
4
-
Oct 11 2000 14:47
70.
John Bardeen (transistor)
2
-
May 4 1999 20:22
www.att-research.com
2
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May 4 1999 20:21
71.
Rene Descartes
2
-
Jul 20 2004 19:59
2
-
Feb 23 1999 12:55
72.
Nicolaus Copernicus
1
-
Mar 25 2006 5:12
1
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Mar 25 2006 5:12
73.
Galileo Galilei
1
-
Mar 25 2006 5:12
1
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Mar 25 2006 5:10
74.
Willie Nelson
1
-
Jul 11 2005 4:24
1
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Jul 11 2005 4:24
75.
Thomas Crapper
1
1
May 9 2009 18:27
Toilet System
1
-
Mar 30 2004 21:04
76.
Carl Sagan
1
-
Mar 26 2006 3:21
Astronomist
1
-
Mar 18 2004 22:15
77.
Alexander Von Humboldt
1
-
Mar 18 2004 22:08
www.humboldt.edu/~german/Alex/ALEX1.HTM
1
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Mar 18 2004 22:07
78.
Walter Brattain (Transistor)
1
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Sep 13 2003 12:45
1
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Aug 28 2003 12:00
79.
William Shockley (transistor)
1
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Sep 13 2003 12:45
1
-
Aug 28 2003 12:00
80.
Johannes Kepler - 3 laws of planetary motion
1
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Aug 28 2003 11:58
1
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Aug 21 2003 10:58
81.
Pierre-Simon Laplace - mathematician
1
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Sep 13 2003 12:45
1
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Aug 21 2003 10:55
82.
Evariste Galois
1
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Apr 10 2003 6:02
1
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Apr 10 2003 6:02
83.
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
1
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Mar 30 2003 1:43
1
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Mar 30 2003 1:42
84.
Norbert Wiener
1
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May 28 2003 0:40
1
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May 24 2002 17:58
85.
Bertrand Russel
1
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Feb 28 2004 16:33
1
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May 24 2002 17:49
86.
Immanuel Kant
1
-
May 7 2008 4:37
3
-
May 24 2002 17:49
87.
Bobby Fischer
1
-
May 1 2004 12:52
5
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Apr 4 2002 18:08
88.
Pablo Picasso
1
-
Aug 19 1999 9:53
1
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Aug 19 1999 9:53
89.
William Shakespeare
1
-
Mar 20 2005 1:08
http://www.shakespeare.com/
7
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Jul 1 1999 10:15
90.
Pierre de Fermat
1
-
Sep 24 1999 21:49
1
-
Mar 9 1999 16:57
91.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1
-
Oct 30 2005 0:52
http://simsrv.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~schir
3
-
Oct 23 1998 18:31
92.
Sir Alec Jeffrey
0
-
-
Invented DNA
0
-
Jun 19 2009 18:49
93.
Einstein
0
-
-
0
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Jun 4 2009 0:18
94.
Zechariah Sitchin
0
-
-
0
-
May 9 2009 18:29
95.
Alex Comfort
0
-
-
Author of ''The Joy of Sex''
0
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Apr 4 2009 12:24
96.
Pyotr Kropotkin
0
-
-
0
-
Mar 20 2009 15:06
97.
Me & Everybody Else
0
-
-
0
-
Mar 20 2009 15:05
98.
Werner Heisenberg
0
-
-
Quantum theory- uncertainty principle
0
-
Jan 11 2005 18:23
99.
King Solomon --- 2 Chronicles 9:23
0
-
Jun 15 2007 16:59
All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart
2
-
Nov 27 2004 19:32
100.
Sir Frank Whittle
0
-
-
Jet Engine
0
-
Apr 13 2004 22:06
101.
Winston Churchill
0
-
-
0
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Apr 13 2004 22:02
102.
Lennon and Mc Cartney
0
-
-
0
-
Mar 30 2004 21:12
103.
Samuel Hahnemann
0
-
-
father of Homeopathywww.samuel-hahnemann-stiftung.de
0
-
Mar 18 2004 20:16
104.
Nezahualcoyotl
0
-
-
Aztec king and poet
0
-
Mar 18 2004 20:11
105.
Robert Oppenheimer
0
-
-
Manhattan Project - atomic bomb
0
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Aug 28 2003 11:59
106.
Lee De Forest
0
-
-
vacuum tube
0
-
Aug 28 2003 11:58
107.
Carter Jordan
0
-
-
0
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May 6 2003 18:19
108.
Sax (inventor of the Saxophone)
0
-
-
0
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Mar 18 2003 14:51
109.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
0
-
-
0
-
Jun 6 2002 14:00
110.
Terry Winograd
0
-
-
0
-
May 24 2002 17:57
111.
Marvin Minsky
0
-
-
0
-
May 24 2002 17:50
112.
The Apostle Paul
0
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Feb 26 2003 4:59
2
-
Jul 22 2001 18:07
113.
Homer Simpson
0
-
-
0
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Oct 11 2000 14:54
114.
Hunter S. Thompson
0
-
Apr 16 2001 22:35
6
-
Sep 23 2000 21:43
115.
Doug Beck
0
-
Feb 22 2005 2:00
http://www.wanderlist.com/Doug Beck
10
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Jan 2 2000 0:05
116.
Pythagoras
0
-
-
www.geocities.com/~mattgilliam
0
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Mar 14 1999 13:34
117.
Ayn Rand
0
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Oct 11 2003 4:25
22
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Oct 21 1998 15:26
118.
Spielberg
-1
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Jul 22 2002 14:11
1
-
Oct 11 2000 14:53
119.
Joseph Smith
-2
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May 7 2008 4:14
8
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Oct 29 2005 10:05
120.
Michael Jackson
-2
-
Jun 19 2007 15:47
www.wanderlist.com/genius
4
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Nov 25 2000 17:05
121.
Jesus Christ
-6
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May 29 2007 14:41
Greatest Genius of All Time
106
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Sep 29 2000 11:15
122.
Bill Gates
-8
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Mar 26 2006 18:10
www.wanderlist.com/genius
8
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Nov 25 2000 17:06
123.
Rich Berkheimer
-13
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Jan 12 2001 21:42
Rberkheimer@hotmail.com
19
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Nov 4 1999 17:52
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