Nikola Tesla

A man who lived on the frantic edge of the future, Tesla viewed the world as a vibrating symphony of frequencies waiting to be harnessed. He famously possessed a photographic memory and a profound aversion to pearls, but his true obsession was the "World Wireless System" designed to pull free energy from the very air. While others built motors, he dreamt of lighting the atmosphere itself, speaking to the lightning as if it were a pet. He remains the patron saint of the brilliant and the broke, the visionary who died in a hotel room with only pigeons for company, having already given the world the alternating current that powers its nights.