Tesla is a rare person. I was more impressed by him than Einstein (who I also admire) and many others. Edison I didn't respect much as I know he got famous basically by putting his name on other people's work (I know he DID do some of his own too). Yet.... Tesla. If I go back in time perhaps Da Vinci was similar in historical sense. Then to find anyone else I'd have to go way back, and so much of that literature was destroyed by Christians and others burning books and libraries. There are hints that Pythagoras may have been a person of some seriously interesting traits as well.
Both of my parents were hippies. Lot's of sitting around a fire singing songs. We also had pet Doves... I got really good at doing dove calls, and their little sucking in and singing thing they do that sounds kind of like a kazoo.