8 most intelligent people ever born on Earth

1. Aryabhatta (476–550 CE) was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy.

2. Isaac Newton (1643-1727) - English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author.

3. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) - German-born theoretical physicist, widely regarded as the most influential physicist of the 20th century.

4. Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) - English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author.

5. Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was one of India's greatest mathematical geniuses.

6. Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) - German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields, including number theory, algebra, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, optics, and probability theory.

7. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) - American statesman, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.