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Isaac Newton

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Aristotle

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Aristotle leads this board.

Fame score 93.9, ahead of Isaac Newton by 0.3.

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  2. 5thKarl MarxAcademics92.5
  3. 6thPlatoAcademics92.3
  4. 7thRené DescartesAcademics91.8
  5. 8thConfuciusAcademics91.7
  6. 9thFriedrich NietzscheAcademics91.4
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10th, stableImmanuel KantAcademics · 1724-1804Academics91.0mom 311th, stableArchimedesAcademics · 287 BC-212 BCAcademics90.6mom 412th, risingJean-Jacques RousseauAcademics · 1712-1778SwitzerlandSwitzerland★ #1Academics90.0mom 913th, stableAugustine of HippoAcademics · 354-430Academics89.5mom 614th, stableAdam SmithAcademics · 1723-1790United KingdomUnited KingdomAcademics88.6mom 515th, risingJohn LockeAcademics · 1632-1704United KingdomUnited KingdomAcademics87.9mom 2016th, risingPythagorasAcademics · 582 BC-490 BCAcademics87.6mom 617th, stableNicolaus CopernicusAcademics · 1473-1543Academics87.2mom 318th, stableGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizAcademics · 1646-1716Academics86.8mom 419th, stableFriedrich EngelsAcademics · 1820-1895GermanyGermanyAcademics86.8mom 1320th, stableAlbert CamusAcademics · 1913-1960FranceFranceAcademics86.6mom 321st, risingGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAcademics · 1770-1831GermanyGermanyAcademics86.4mom 23

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