#1 Nikola Tesla
1856–1943 — Serbia/USA
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 10/10 | Index: 100
He lit the world and died in the dark.
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1856–1943 — Serbia/USA
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 10/10 | Index: 100
He lit the world and died in the dark.
Read full profile1867–1934 — Poland/France
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 90
She refused to patent the process that killed her.
Read full profile1822–1895 — France
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 90
Fortune favors the prepared mind.
Read full profile1685–1750 — Germany
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 90
Soli Deo Gloria.
Read full profile1791–1867 — England
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 90
A bookbinder's apprentice who harnessed lightning.
Read full profilec. 970–931 BC — Israel
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 90
He asked for wisdom. He received everything.
Read full profile1623–1662 — France
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 90
He built the first computer, then gave everything away.
Read full profile1864–1943 — USA
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 10/10 | Index: 90
God gave them to me. How can I sell them?
Read full profilec. 760–755 BCE — Israel/Ancient Near East
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 10/10 | Index: 90
Prophet of justice who challenged kings with God's word
Read full profilec. 4 BC – c. AD 30/33 — Roman Judea (modern-day Israel/Palestine)
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 10/10 | Index: 90
A humble carpenter whose radical message of love, justice, and forgiveness reshaped civilization and inspired billions.
Read full profilec. 620–538 BC — Babylon/Israel
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 10/10 | Index: 90
Integrity through every empire.
Read full profilec. 1200–1150 BCE — Israel/Ancient Near East
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 10/10 | Index: 90
Loyalty and redemption redeemed a family's faith.
Read full profile1945–present — USA
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 81
Cryptographer who made secrets shareable with the world
Read full profilec. 563–483 BC — India/Nepal
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 81
He left a palace to understand suffering.
Read full profilec. 1 CE–c. 68 CE — Israel/Ancient Near East
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 81
First witness to resurrection, spiritual revolutionary
Read full profile1939– — USA
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 81
Mother of data abstraction and trustworthy software design
Read full profile1914–2009 — USA
Brilliance: 9/10 | Stewardship: 9/10 | Index: 81
The Green Revolution. He saved a billion people from famine. A billion.
Read full profile469–399 BC — Greece
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 8/10 | Index: 80
He knew that he knew nothing. They killed him for it.
Read full profile1966– — Russia
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 8/10 | Index: 80
Proved the Poincaré conjecture. Declined the $1 million prize and the Fields Medal.
Read full profile354–430 AD — North Africa
Brilliance: 10/10 | Stewardship: 8/10 | Index: 80
From hedonist to the most influential theologian in Western history.
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