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Who was the greatest intellect of the ages?
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1.
Albert Einstein
56
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Oct 7 2008 9:14
74
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Aug 31 1998 1:42
2.
Bob Dylan
55
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May 10 2008 10:48
71
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Aug 15 2006 12:34
3.
Charlie Chaplin
53
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Apr 6 2008 1:36
53
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Oct 11 2000 14:50
4.
Noam Chomsky
50
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Apr 25 2008 18:02
brains wired for language
78
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Oct 7 2002 15:01
5.
Leonardo Da'Vinci
50
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Dec 24 2007 16:10
72
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Sep 7 1998 13:57
6.
Charles Darwin
49
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Jun 15 2008 3:50
49
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Jul 18 2003 3:42
7.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
49
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Feb 4 2008 19:02
Greatest Genius of All Time
59
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Sep 26 2000 13:45
8.
John Lennon
48
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Apr 17 2008 23:57
52
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Apr 4 2002 18:09
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
42
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Sep 22 2008 12:04
42
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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
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Apr 16 2008 18:25
solo, and with UTOPIA
41
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Jan 9 2007 19:22
14.
Jimi Hendrix
36
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Apr 17 2008 23:57
46
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Mar 27 2003 14:04
15.
Sir Issac Newton
32
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Jan 5 2009 22:53
40
1
Feb 23 1999 12:55
16.
Nichola Tesla
29
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Aug 28 2008 18:49
33
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Nov 10 1999 8:12
17.
Richard Feynman
27
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Jun 14 2006 20:51
www.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Physicists
29
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Sep 18 1998 21:56
18.
Leonhard Euler
26
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Dec 30 2002 0:36
26
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Feb 23 1999 12:54
19.
Donald Fagen
25
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Apr 8 2008 19:19
77
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Oct 21 1998 15:26
20.
Thomas Edison
19
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Aug 9 2007 18:17
21
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Mar 13 2003 19:44
21.
Freddie Mercury
16
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Jul 10 2007 19:35
26
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Oct 9 2003 20:38
22.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
15
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Jul 14 2004 7:02
15
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Mar 30 2004 21:00
23.
God
14
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Apr 23 2007 20:48
32
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Jun 29 2001 16:45
24.
Walter Becker
13
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Mar 25 2006 18:02
www.steelydan.com
69
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Aug 3 2000 11:59
25.
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
26.
Tomislav Sabol
12
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Apr 5 2001 14:30
12
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Oct 11 2000 14:51
27.
Howard Stern
9
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Nov 16 2007 14:12
9
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Mar 24 2007 3:16
28.
Claude Shannon
8
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Jul 27 2004 9:00
Information Theory
8
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Jun 25 2004 10:08
29.
John von Neumann
8
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Jul 24 2004 11:11
10
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Mar 10 1999 10:56
30.
Aristotle
7
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Apr 15 2008 17:14
9
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Sep 25 2000 3:09
31.
Kurt Godel
7
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Dec 23 2004 16:27
7
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May 1 1999 21:58
32.
Sigmund Freud
6
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Apr 29 2008 18:05
6
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Mar 26 2006 12:04
33.
Joe Randazzo
6
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Mar 30 2003 2:43
6
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Mar 19 2003 3:19
34.
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
35.
Friedrich Nietzsche
6
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Jul 6 2006 2:01
6
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Mar 14 1999 13:33
36.
Archimedes
6
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Dec 30 2002 0:37
6
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Feb 23 1999 12:55
37.
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
38.
Andrew Carnegie
5
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Apr 20 2007 1:06
7
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Sep 8 2003 4:39
39.
Johann Gutenberg
5
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Jun 4 2003 9:56
5
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May 15 2003 22:50
40.
Enrico Fermi
5
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Feb 14 2007 4:35
5
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May 24 2002 17:59
41.
Dexter
5
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Apr 19 2004 8:21
9
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Dec 17 2001 16:44
42.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
5
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Apr 14 2007 8:53
5
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Mar 9 1999 16:55
43.
Socrates
5
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Apr 7 2008 22:12
7
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Oct 8 1998 12:42
44.
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
45.
Mr Bean
4
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Mar 18 2004 20:12
8
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Oct 11 2000 15:00
46.
Eric Brewster Marsh - Never the lesser
3
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Apr 25 2007 7:36
inventor of original heavy metal
3
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Apr 25 2007 7:35
47.
Duke Ellington
3
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Feb 24 2008 16:11
3
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Jul 11 2005 4:25
48.
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
49.
Charles L. Smith
3
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Feb 26 2005 17:34
3
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Aug 26 2003 3:55
50.
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
51.
Kevin Filippini
3
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Aug 18 2003 5:24
3
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Aug 8 2003 4:07
52.
Salvator Dali
3
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Feb 14 2007 4:35
3
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Apr 3 2003 1:16
53.
Baruch de Spinoza
2
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Apr 7 2008 22:20
2
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Apr 7 2008 22:19
54.
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
55.
Ben Franklin
2
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Mar 25 2006 5:13
2
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Jan 30 2005 7:23
56.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
2
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Mar 29 2008 15:25
The Spanish Shakespeare
2
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Mar 18 2004 20:10
57.
Escher
2
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Apr 10 2003 6:02
2
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Mar 13 2003 7:51
58.
James Clerk Maxwell
2
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Sep 16 2003 5:33
2
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May 24 2002 17:59
59.
Garry Kasparov
2
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Apr 19 2004 8:20
2
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May 24 2002 17:57
60.
William James Sidis
2
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Apr 9 2007 19:34
2
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May 24 2002 17:55
61.
Marilyn Vos Savant
2
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Aug 21 2003 0:33
2
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May 24 2002 17:55
62.
Thom York
2
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May 24 2001 17:15
2
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May 24 2001 17:14
63.
Elton John
2
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Apr 4 2002 19:27
4
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Oct 11 2000 14:47
64.
John Bardeen (transistor)
2
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May 4 1999 20:22
www.att-research.com
2
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May 4 1999 20:21
65.
Rene Descartes
2
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Jul 20 2004 19:59
2
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Feb 23 1999 12:55
66.
Nicolaus Copernicus
1
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Mar 25 2006 5:12
1
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Mar 25 2006 5:12
67.
Galileo Galilei
1
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Mar 25 2006 5:12
1
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Mar 25 2006 5:10
68.
Willie Nelson
1
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Jul 11 2005 4:24
1
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Jul 11 2005 4:24
69.
Alfred Hitchcock
1
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Oct 22 2004 12:53
1
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Jun 26 2004 6:27
70.
Carl Sagan
1
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Mar 26 2006 3:21
Astronomist
1
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Mar 18 2004 22:15
71.
Alexander Von Humboldt
1
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Mar 18 2004 22:08
www.humboldt.edu/~german/Alex/ALEX1.HTM
1
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Mar 18 2004 22:07
72.
Filippo Brunelleschi
1
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Mar 18 2004 21:52
Sculptor and architect Florence 1377 - 1446 He is famous for
1
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Mar 18 2004 20:08
73.
guy who invented the "Pet Rock"
1
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Jan 3 2004 16:37
3
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Nov 9 2003 22:03
74.
Walter Brattain (Transistor)
1
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Sep 13 2003 12:45
1
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Aug 28 2003 12:00
75.
William Shockley (transistor)
1
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Sep 13 2003 12:45
1
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Aug 28 2003 12:00
76.
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
77.
Pierre-Simon Laplace - mathematician
1
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Sep 13 2003 12:45
1
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Aug 21 2003 10:55
78.
Evariste Galois
1
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Apr 10 2003 6:02
1
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Apr 10 2003 6:02
79.
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
1
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Mar 30 2003 1:43
1
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Mar 30 2003 1:42
80.
Norbert Wiener
1
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May 28 2003 0:40
1
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May 24 2002 17:58
81.
Bertrand Russel
1
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Feb 28 2004 16:33
1
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May 24 2002 17:49
82.
Immanuel Kant
1
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May 7 2008 4:37
3
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May 24 2002 17:49
83.
Mr. T
1
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May 8 2005 2:16
7
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Apr 16 2001 22:36
84.
Bobby Fischer
1
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May 1 2004 12:52
5
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Apr 4 2002 18:08
85.
Pablo Picasso
1
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Aug 19 1999 9:53
1
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Aug 19 1999 9:53
86.
William Shakespeare
1
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Mar 20 2005 1:08
http://www.shakespeare.com/
7
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Jul 1 1999 10:15
87.
Pierre de Fermat
1
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Sep 24 1999 21:49
1
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Mar 9 1999 16:57
88.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1
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Oct 30 2005 0:52
http://simsrv.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~schir
3
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Oct 23 1998 18:31
89.
Werner Heisenberg
0
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Quantum theory- uncertainty principle
0
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Jan 11 2005 18:23
90.
King Solomon --- 2 Chronicles 9:23
0
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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
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Nov 27 2004 19:32
91.
Sir Frank Whittle
0
-
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Jet Engine
0
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Apr 13 2004 22:06
92.
Winston Churchill
0
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0
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Apr 13 2004 22:02
93.
Lennon and Mc Cartney
0
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0
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Mar 30 2004 21:12
94.
Thomas Crapper
0
-
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Toilet System
0
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Mar 30 2004 21:04
95.
Samuel Hahnemann
0
-
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father of Homeopathywww.samuel-hahnemann-stiftung.de
0
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Mar 18 2004 20:16
96.
Nezahualcoyotl
0
-
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Aztec king and poet
0
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Mar 18 2004 20:11
97.
Robert Oppenheimer
0
-
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Manhattan Project - atomic bomb
0
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Aug 28 2003 11:59
98.
Lee De Forest
0
-
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vacuum tube
0
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Aug 28 2003 11:58
99.
Carter Jordan
0
-
-
0
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May 6 2003 18:19
100.
Sax (inventor of the Saxophone)
0
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-
0
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Mar 18 2003 14:51
101.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
0
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-
0
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Jun 6 2002 14:00
102.
Terry Winograd
0
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-
0
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May 24 2002 17:57
103.
Marvin Minsky
0
-
-
0
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May 24 2002 17:50
104.
The Apostle Paul
0
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Feb 26 2003 4:59
2
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Jul 22 2001 18:07
105.
Homer Simpson
0
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-
0
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Oct 11 2000 14:54
106.
Hunter S. Thompson
0
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Apr 16 2001 22:35
6
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Sep 23 2000 21:43
107.
Doug Beck
0
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Feb 22 2005 2:00
http://www.wanderlist.com/Doug Beck
10
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Jan 2 2000 0:05
108.
Pythagoras
0
-
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www.geocities.com/~mattgilliam
0
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Mar 14 1999 13:34
109.
Ayn Rand
0
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Oct 11 2003 4:25
22
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Oct 21 1998 15:26
110.
Spielberg
-1
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Jul 22 2002 14:11
1
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Oct 11 2000 14:53
111.
Joseph Smith
-2
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May 7 2008 4:14
8
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Oct 29 2005 10:05
112.
Michael Jackson
-2
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Jun 19 2007 15:47
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