Excluding religious icons,who is the smartest person who ever lived?

I believe that Nikola Tesla was by far the smartest person who ever lived. I can't believe Edison's on here and not him. He was Edison's pupil, and when Edison wasn't able to figure out a method to distribute power using DC power (cheaply) for his light bulb. Tesla stepped up and "BAM" we now have AC power and not that's not all, Edison's had promised to pay him a large bonus, and he didn't. So I think all y'all are retarded (Except the dude who put Morgan Freeman I like that Morgan Freeman), Tesla was the most brilliant human being that has ever lived and you can cry about it.

Leonard Euler. A lot of people were more influential, like Newton, and they didn't all need to be geniuses. Edison and Darwin in particular had hugely important ideas, but probably weren't much more intelligent than their compatriots. Euler, however, was a shockingly brilliant man - he could do things with numbers that nobody else could.

Leonhard Euler

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Albert Einstein.

Einstein's I.Q. is so arcahmiquivelantly underestimated because he cannot be charted by perimephorical norms..Darwin to the contrary
is pseudoelevated into a superlatine strata to crediate his thesis.
Einstein's progulation; 245-280, Darwin at 125-135.
prognosis: Einstein genius/ Darwin slightly gifted. incidentallly acadadentially achieved...King Solomon at 300-350 and Jesus of Nazareth a Vesuvi-amazent 1500!! Da vinci achieves a 160-180.
herecumdajudge at 135/140

I think Errol Flynn was the smartest guy in the world

You would definately be wrong on that one.

I vote for Ayn Rand. She solved many of the philosophical riddles that had lasted for millennia.

Each one of these people had something to offer the world, in addition to countless others...it's a hard question to answer.

doogie howser LOL

William Shakespeare

Leonardo Da vinci

My Grandfather who surived the Depression raised his Kids took care of his Wife and taught me that a Man needs to be Honest, trust God, love your Wife, love your kids, give your job 100%, always balanced your monthly budget, always provided food/clothing and shelter for your Family, trust your friends and keep your ememies within sight, fight hard to protect what you believe in, always help those in need and dont be afraid because God will take you home soon. That is the smartest Person to me!!!!

Marine, let me know when your prototypes come out. I want one.

I am thinking of going to Sweden to mass produce me, thoughts? LOL

LOL! Just remember I made the first request!

Your order is in

That's the right answer! LOL Don't think I won't hold you to it. LOL

I know you will

That could either be a good thing or a bad thing depending on one's perspective!

True but it is all good

Glad to hear it. What was the topic again? LOL

Smartest Person

Glad someone's keeping track!! I guess I would rather go with those I know personally and say my Dad and my grandmother.

Yeah,sure

Would have said all of the above, but you threw Darwin in. I am not into his idiocy and thought about my grandparents being knuckle walkers. Plus those who follow his reason of origin; are some of the most ignorant I have encountered.

If I added one it would be Albert Pike, He predicted 2 world wars and is on record as stating the third one would be in the Middle East

Freud was a true genius, I enjoyed studying him the most and I still quote him quite frequently.

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?"
Sigmund Freud

Having a gifted and talented daughter his "way" of thinking was amazing to me. Plus he is my son's favorite person to read about!!!

very intelligent and he did a lot for America.

Dude that thought to use two limbs to stand, and see all sorts of new relationships.
Or Giotto, alone at the beginning of the Renaissance by a couple of hundred years, for having realized from the world class debates in Toledo, Spain around 1180 that they were missing something important: attention and acceptance of 'natural science'. A superstar in his life, we all owe this painter of Francis Assisi.

He never ceases to amaze me.

out of the list i think he was the smartest person as he is the classic icon for geniuses and he was incredibly smart

Someone unknown, who was smart enough not to draw a lot of attention to themselves but humbly lived a rich loving and giving life.

The man is in a class of his own. Someday we may get around to understanding everything he said and did.

I like Morgan Freeman

What great world changing accomplishments has he contributed?

Telling it like it is.

Ben was amazing on many levels and topics - we could use more like him