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Most influential scientists ever — Yourlist

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Most influential scientists ever

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

Who moved human knowledge furthest?

What counts: Seeded with approximate figures where shown — the crowd's votes decide the order.

Isaac Newton▲ Rising
Era: 1600s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
32
Albert Einstein▲ Rising
Era: 1900s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
27
Marie Curie▲ Rising
Era: 1900s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
15
Galileo Galilei▲ Rising
Era: 1600s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
14
Charles Darwin▲ Rising
Era: 1800s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
13
Alan Turing
Era: 1900s
added by IJRin 4 rankings
-1
Nikola Tesla
Era: 1900s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
-4
Rosalind Franklin▼ Falling
Era: 1900s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
-10
Stephen Hawking▼ Falling
Era: 1900s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
-14
Louis Pasteur▼ Falling
Era: 1800s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
-18

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ZZack Johnson5d
The crowd is sleeping on the bottom half of this list.
OOscar PatelJul 29, 2026
This order is closer to right than any editor would've gotten.
XXimena Novak6d
Voted — and the gap between #1 and #2 should be bigger.
HHugo Reyes6d
Exactly the kind of argument the internet was built for.