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Top 100 living geniuses

Story first published 28 October 2007. The Simpsons creator Matt Groening ranked number four in the list of living geniuses. Photo: REUTERS Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed the framework upon which the world wide web was built Photo: GETTY IMAGES

8:01AM GMT 30 Oct 2007

British geniuses feature heavily in a 2007 list that notes the greatest living thinkers of our time - proportionately more than any other country.

The top 100 living geniuses was compiled by a panel of six experts in creativity and innovation from Creators Synectics, a global consultants firm.

The company emailed 4,000 Britons in the summer of 2007 and asked them to nominate up to 10 living people who they considered geniuses.
