Okay to qualify to be on this list, they had to do some of their stuff in the 20th century. Mark Twain, hmmmm. Probably not. Igor Stravinsky? Maybe.......
And then there's that whole thing about are they a genius or an over-achiever? Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were probably over-achievers, not true geniuses...
Here are my picks:
1. Albert Einstein
2. Pablo Picasso
3. Louis Armstrong
4. Charlie Chaplin
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Miles Davis
7. Steve Jobs
8. Jack Kerouac
9. John Steinbeck
10. Tennessee Williams
So what do you think? Comments please. And this is not my definitive list...I can't find my original...when I do. Edits....pure and simple.
