i think you know that no human has or ever will hold that title.

There was such a person?

I doubt such a person ever existed, and it's becoming less likely as time goes on. Here's an interesting quote from Time magazine that's vaguely relevant: "One issue of The Times contains more information than the average person came across in a lifetime in 17th Century England."

1) I’m always the last person to know about stuff like this. ;-) 2) "A polymath (Greek polymathÄ“s, πολυμαθής, "having learned much") is a person whose knowledge is not restricted to one subject area. In less formal terms, a polymath (or polymathic person) may simply refer to someone who is very knowledgeable. Most ancient scientists were polymaths by today’s standards. The terms Renaissance Man and (less commonly) Homo Universalis (Latin for "universal man" or "man of the world") are related and used to describe a person who is well educated or who excels in a wide variety of subjects or fields. This idea developed in Renaissance Italy from the notion expressed by one of its most accomplished representatives, Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72): that “a man can do all things if he will.” It embodied the basic tenets of Renaissance Humanism which considered man empowered, limitless in his capacities for development, and led to the notion that people should embrace all knowledge and develop their capacities as fully as possible. Thus the gifted men of the Renaissance sought to develop skills in all areas of knowledge, in physical development, in social accomplishments and in the arts." "Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) "In Leonardo Da Vinci, of course, he had as his subject not just an ordinary Italian painter, but the prototype of the universal genius, the 'Renaissance man,' ..."; "prodigious polymath.... Painter, sculptor, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, biologist, geologist, physicist, architect, philosopher, actor, singer, musician, humanist." " Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath (this article contains various lists) 3) "Thomas Young (13 June 1773 – 10 May 1829) was an English polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony and Egyptology." "Thomas Young: The Man Who Knew Everything" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Young_(scientist%29 4) ""Francis Bacon, a contemporary of Shakespeare, is regarded by historians as the last person to know everything in the world. Since then, each of us learns a progressively smaller percentage of all the information that exists." " Source and further information: http://www.christianitytoday.com/workplace/articles/bcl-stewardship-051904.html 5) " It has been suggested that Aristotle [(384 BC – 322 BC)]was probably the last person to know everything there was to be known in his own time." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle 6) "I eventually wrote my dissertation about twentieth century models of mind, and more specifically about the thought of the German philosopher Ernst Cassirer, who I consider to be the last person to know everything." Source and further information: http://www.ideaconnection.com/articles/00029-The-Creative-Frame-of-Mind.html 7) " I mentioned on a different post I wrote about a professor I had saying;" Shakespeare knew everything. Milton [(9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) ] was the last person to know everything. Because he'd read everything." " Source and further information: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/bn/board/message?board.id=Shakespeare&message.id=5232 8) "Renaissance woman Ingrid Rowland, who, like her idol, the Jesuit polymath Fr. Athanasius Kircher, may be the last person to know everything." Source and further information: http://www.dappledthings.org/mqa07/artprose01.php 9) "NOBODY LIKES A KNOW-IT-ALL: The winner of this year's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs is the definition of an overachiever. He's a professor at MIT, a yo-yo champ, the creator of the first digital library, and, according to a colleague, "the last person to know everything." One of the Van Cliburn judges probably summed him up best: "People like that are so annoying." " Source and further information: http://www.artsjournal.com/archives/zpeople%2006-02.htm

Probably Adam or Cain... if you're the religious sort that is.