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Einstein.
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Einstein is believed to have had an IQ of around 160. Hawking is believed to have an IQ also around 160. There probably isn't much between them, and it would be hard to say for sure since I don't believe there is a definitive IQ result for Einstein.
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Hawking is a great physicist no doubt about it but he is not nearly as influential as Einstein, Maxwell or Newton. The public and media tend to perceive Hawking as the greatest physicist on Earth but most physicists whilst accepting he is quite brilliant would name several other physicists before Hawking. Ed Witten for example. But Hawking is far better known by the general public. We can't say who is smarter really as we don't really know what intelligence is nor how to really define or quantify it however in terms of influence Einstein wins hands-down.
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