Have you ever thought who is the intelligent human to exist? Raymond Keene and Tony Buzan decided to figure it out. They’ve been questioning people for more than two decades in order to rule out ten most intelligent people in history.

Experts handled to question over one hundred thousand people from distinctive corners of our planet. Moreover, the evidence has covered different categories. It has been calculated:

• How innovative the achievements of a genius were

• Whether his activity was multilateral

• How powerful he was in his field

• How universal his discoveries and inventions were

• How much he has influenced the subsequent history of mankind

Of course, the nationality of defendants has greatly influenced their options, that’s why the conclusion has turned out to be mixed. It’s given in a list of corresponding rating. winners: each one from the list is the most brilliant mind in history. So, here are the most intelligent men of humanity:

1. William Shakespeare (creator of English repertory theater, multi-faceted and profound writer of the Renaissance);

2. Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, poet, philosopher, painter, architect – one of the titans of the Renaissance);

3. Architects who built the Egyptian pyramids;

4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German poet, novelist, playwright, philosopher, scientist and statesman);

5. Alexander the Great (the greatest warrior, king, conqueror, creator of a world empire);

6. Isaac Newton (British mathematician, engineer, astronomer and physicist who discovered the law of gravity);

7. Thomas Jefferson (3d president of the United States of America, one of the founding fathers of this power);

8. Leonardo da Vinci (Great Italian artist: painter, sculptor, architect) and scientist (anatomist, mathematician, physicist, naturalist), still one of the greatest Renaissance figures);

9. Phidias (Athens architect);

10. Albert Einstein (scientist, founder of modern theoretical physics and social activist).

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BONUS:

Nikola Tesla

(Inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.)

This list was originally posted on: Learning-Mind.com