Please help to settle this!

I think de Vinci had more vision Albert Einstein managed to get more acknowledgement.

I am for de Vinci!!

Crumbs, on a Friday night - that's too much for my poor brain.

If I have to choose - da Vinci!

Da Vinci for me. Brilliant engineer I know but his art trumps Einstein's science. Any accusations of frivolity duly accepted!

Einstein

Hooray, da Vinci leads!

I know he was reputed to be a bit odd, especially with regard to the acquisition of bodies but for me he was the ultimate, beyond all doubt, polymath of all time!

Da Vinci.

Einstein

Oh Leonardo, without question.

Da vinci.

AIBU - he is known as Leonardo Like we say “Michelangelo”.
Nobody talks of “The daVinci Cartoon” do they?
The forthcoming exhibitions are advertised as “Leonardo” - not da Vinci.
It’s just that stupid Dan Brown who started it.

Thanks to those who have taken time to respond.

Please may I ask those who have said Einstein, what made you decide that?

Mr P went for Einstein, and has put forward his reason, but would be interested to hear others reasons for their choice.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting... Wikipedia

So not just me, then

I think mentally they must have been about equal, but Leonardo's artistic talent just gives him the edge.

I'm with you phoenix - he was an all-round genius, whereas Einstein was more of a one-trick-pony.

Only on gransnet could Einstein be dismissed thus!!!

Oh Leonardo for sure. Einstein was undoubtedly a genius, a scientist par excellence, but he was a bit of a one trick pony, whereas Leonardo da Vinci was the ultimate all rounder

Haha, Luckygirl great minds and all that....

Maw (etc!) humble apologies if I have transgressed in the naming of "you know who"

He's still my absolute hero, and if I could bring one person from the past back to life, it would be him!

Think about the things he designed when engines weren't even invented, just imagine what he could come up with now!

Did you see Fiona Bruce’s programme on him last night?
Funnily enough, his art was the talent he rated least of all!

I’m way too uneducated to join in this discussion!
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On a Friday night my husband and I discuss the merits of the local bars .... and whether a pizza trumps pasta!

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Einstein

This argument is unsettleable! It's comparing two such different skill sets. We're lucky we had them both.

I`ve never been one for science, art trumps it every time, so Leonardo for me.

A difficult one. Leonardo was a polymath so had a broader skill set and was able to apply himself to a wide range of subjects. Leonard was a visionary even in science, but did not have technology or the later development of science to underpin his visions. Einstein was able to apply his work living in a later time to a greater degree.

I think they were equals in their own time(s). We can't really judge who was greater from our 21st century standpoint imho. Having said that if I had a choice of which one I would like to 'meet' then Leonardo would win every time.

Einstein - much better hair ? (secondary school gal here!)